dresser - French Language2024-03-28T14:26:41Zhttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/forum/topics/dresser?commentId=3179028%3AComment%3A1097785&feed=yes&xn_auth=no"Dresser" is heard in France…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2020-05-07:3179028:Comment:10977852020-05-07T10:39:41.645ZChantal Savignathttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/ChantalSavignat
<p>"Dresser" is heard in France for the next uses :</p>
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<p>"dresser la tête" </p>
<p>"tenir sa tête droite" is prefered.</p>
<p>= to have his head high and straight.</p>
<p>Attention, there is "dresser SUR la tête" for exemple "mes cheveux se dressent sur ma tête" which isn't the same meaning and means that I am so afraid that my hairs are erected on my head.</p>
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<p>"Dresser l'oreille" = to hear something with attention</p>
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<p>"dresser un objet" : une tente ou…</p>
<p>"Dresser" is heard in France for the next uses :</p>
<p></p>
<p>"dresser la tête" </p>
<p>"tenir sa tête droite" is prefered.</p>
<p>= to have his head high and straight.</p>
<p>Attention, there is "dresser SUR la tête" for exemple "mes cheveux se dressent sur ma tête" which isn't the same meaning and means that I am so afraid that my hairs are erected on my head.</p>
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<p>"Dresser l'oreille" = to hear something with attention</p>
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<p>"dresser un objet" : une tente ou un mât</p>
<p>= to put up.</p>
<p>"Dresser la tente" is really common.</p>
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<p>"Dresser la table" = to lay the table</p>
<p>is common too. "Mettre la table" is more used.</p>
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<p>"Dresser un chien"</p>
<p>Dresser = training a dog to have some discipline.</p>
<p>really very common.</p>
<p>It's used for a child with a pejorative idea about method and people who do that. Is used too, to say that someone has some learning method too rude and not natural.</p>
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<p>"dresser une contravention"</p>
<p>"dresser un procés verbal"</p>
<p>"dresser une carte"</p>
<p>"dresser le bilan", "dresser l'inventaire"</p>
<p>"dresser" here is like "write with attention". </p>
<p>It's the 5 principal words used with "dresser" and this meaning, I think.</p>
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