fall

fall
[[t]fo:l[/t]] 1. past tense - fell; verb
1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) tomber
2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) tomber
3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) baisser
4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) tomber
5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) tomber
6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) incomber à
2. noun
1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) chute
2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) chute
3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) chute
4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) automne
- fallout - his - her face fell - fall away - fall back - fall back on - fall behind - fall down - fall flat - fall for - fall in with - fall off - fall on/upon - fall out - fall short - fall through

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