French English Dictionary

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réussir in English:

1. succeed succeed


Maybe you'll succeed.
Mankind will succeed in using nuclear energy peacefully.
A young man asked us if he could succeed as a public speaker.
When we started out, we realized that if we didn't have a good product, we wouldn't succeed.
He felt that the reason he was able to succeed was because of his friends' help.
He who thinks himself already too wise to learn from others will never succeed in doing anything.
That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?
Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.
For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.
In light of his lack of abilities we cannot expect him to succeed.
How can I succeed in getting a date with Nancy?
The struggle to succeed sometimes leaves people feeling empty.
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
I succeeded in completing my first book for children.
he has finally succeeded in passing his exam, she has the skills to succeed

English word "réussir"(succeed) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Work" (Émile Zola)
Fiches du livre - "Jessie Trim" (B. L. Farjeon)
Fiches du livre - "Mona" (Mrs. Georgie Sheldon)
Fiches du livre - "Money (L'Argent)" (Émile Zola)
Fiches du livre - "Count Brühl" (Joseph Kraszewski)

2. succeeding succeeding


I am sure of succeeding.
There was a strong likelihood of his succeeding.
He is sure of succeeding in the experiment.
Peter overcame a lot of difficulties before succeeding as a doctor.
Mr Smith was announced as the succeeding chairman.
My brother tried many times to pass the examination, finally succeeding.
Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding.
I think there is little probability of his succeeding in the enterprise.

English word "réussir"(succeeding) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Spool Knitting" (Mary A. McCorm...
Fiches du livre - "Learning to Be a Schoolmaster" ...
Fiches du livre - "School, Church, and Home Games"...
Fiches du livre - "Aboriginal American Weaving" (M...
Fiches du livre - "Characters from Life or Moral H...

3. to pass to pass


to pass
I want to pass the exam

English word "réussir"(to pass) occurs in sets:

Education - L'éducation
Enseignement - Education