French English Dictionary

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profiter in English:

1. avail avail


Avail yourself of this opportunity.
He attempted to climb the fence to no avail.
All my efforts proved of no avail.
without avail
He was glad to avail himself of any means to succeed in life.
I tried to shut out the noise of the traffic, but it was of no avail.
We have discussed the problem several times but to no avail.
They searched high and low for the missing boy but to no avail.
Talk will not avail without work.
The anxiety of sellers to avail of prices which look very high.
Crying is of no avail.
The doctors' efforts to save the child were to/of no avail.
They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again--all to no avail.
Our best efforts did not avail
We searched the whole area but all to no avail. Robbie had disappeared.

English word "profiter"(avail) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Carry On!" (Virna Sheard)
Fiches du livre - "Little Cinderella" (Anonymous)
Fiches du livre - "The Penitent Boy or, Sin Brings...
Fiches du livre - "Signelil a Tale from the Cornis...
Fiches du livre - "Children in Prison and Other Cr...