French Conversation · Level 34
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IPA/lje/
Il faut lier le paquet avec une corde.
The package needs to be tied with a rope.
Elle a réussi à se lier d'amitié avec ses collègues.
She succeeded in becoming friends with her colleagues.
A cord fastening a parcel, extended to people, ideas, or things joined into one connection.
lier un paquet
tie a package
se lier d'amitié
become friends
lier les mains
tie the hands
se lier: To bond with someone by forming a close relationship.
attacher: To secure an object with string or a fastening device.
nouer: To join things firmly by making a knot in rope or cord.
Créer un lien entre deux choses ou personnes, les attacher matériellement ou les unir sur le plan des idées; s'employer aussi pronominalement pour parler de l'établissement d'une relation.
The French verb lier descends from Latin ligare, 'to bind', through Old French, retaining its physical sense and developing relational and abstract uses.