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A number of French verbs require the preposition contre
(https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/contre/) in front of a noun
(https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/nouns/) or stressed pronoun
(https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/stressed-pronouns/).
aboyer contre quelqu’un
s’abriter contre (le vent, la pluie)
acculer quelqu’un contre
s’acharner contre quelqu’un
adosser contre
agir contre l’avis (de quelqu’un)
agir contre les ordres
aguerrir quelqu’un contre
aller contre le courant
aller contre le vent
s’appuyer contre (un arbre, mur)
s’asseoir contre (qqun)
se battre contre
se blottir contre (qqun)
se cogner la tête contre le mur
donner (qqch ) contre (qqch )
échanger (qqch ) contre (qqch )
être contre
être en colère contre
être juste contre qqch
se fâcher contre
faire grève contre
heurter contre
manifester contre
se mettre contre (le mur, la porte)
nager contre le courant
prendre le contre-pied
prendre parti contre
serrer qqun contre son cœur / sa
poitrine
troquer (qqch) contre (qqch)
s’unir contre
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Most common verbs
to bark/yell at someone
aller
to take shelter against (the wind, rain)
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to drive someone back to/against lesson/)
avoir
to dog, hound; to have one’s knife into
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to stand/lean against lesson/)
croire
to act against (someone’s) advice (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/croire-
to act against orders lesson/)
devoir
to harden / inure someone to (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/devoir-
lesson/)
to go against the current
dire
to go into the wind (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/dire-
lesson/)
to lean against (a tree, wall)
to sit next to (someone)
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to fight against
• Conjugation lessons
to cuddle next to (someone) (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/tag/conjugation-
lessons/)
to bang one’s head against the wall
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to exchange (something) for (something) • Verb tenses, moods, and voices
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to be against, disagree with
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to be mad/angry at • Verb timeline
to be right next to something (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/verb-
timeline/)
to get mad/angry at
to strike against
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to stumble/knock/bang against
to protest against Grammar
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to stand against (the wall, door)
Pronunciation
to swim against the current
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to take the opposing view / course
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to side against (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/quizzes-and-
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to hug someone
Vocabulary
to swap (something) for (something) (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/vocabulary/)
to unite against
 voter contre to vote against L ES SO N S BY LE V E L

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