agi in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.agir [aʒiʀ] VB intr

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II.s'agir de VB vimpers

1. s'agir de:

de quoi s'agit-il? (il est question de)
what is it about?
de quoi s'agit-il? (il y a un problème)
what's the matter?
mais il ne s'agit pas de ça!
but that's not the point!
mais il s'agit de ton bonheur/ta santé!
but we're talking about your happiness/your health here!, but it's your happiness/your health that's at stake (here)!
dans ce livre, il s'agit d'une famille d'agriculteurs
this book is about a family of farmers
il s'agit de votre mari
it's about your husband, it's to do with your husband
on connaît maintenant les gagnants: il s'agit de messieurs X et Y
we now know who the winners are: they're Mr X and Mr Y
d'après les experts il s'agirait d'un attentat
according to the experts, it would appear to be an act of terrorism
quand il s'agit de faire le ménage, il n'est jamais là!
when there's cleaning to be done, he's never there ou around!
quand il s'agit d'argent il est toujours là!
where money's concerned ou when it comes to money, he's always right in there!
s'agissant de qc/qn
as regards sth/sb
il s'agit bien de partir en vacances maintenant que je suis au chômage! iron
now that I'm unemployed it's hardly the (right) time to talk about going on vacation!

III.s'agir que VB vimpers

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il a toujours agi posément
he has always trodden carefully
agir préventivement
to take preventive action
à bon escient agir
wittingly, advisedly
à mauvais escient agir, parler
ill-advisedly
agir avec désintéressement
to act disinterestedly
sourdement agir, intriguer
in an underhand manner
il nous a fait grief de ne pas avoir agi à temps
he held it against us that we hadn't acted in time
il a agi en toute lucidité
he knew perfectly well what he was doing

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agi in the PONS Dictionary

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I.agir [aʒiʀ] VB intr

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II.agir [aʒiʀ] VB refl impers

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sereinement agir, juger
dispassionately
cavalièrement agir
in a cavalier fashion
agir avec partialité
to act in a biased way
agir en esprit éclairé
to behave in an enlightened way
agir avec la rapidité de l'éclair
to act with lightning speed
moralement agir, se conduire
with integrity

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agi Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

agir sous l'effet de la colère
to act while in the grip of anger
agir en situation de légitime défense
to act in self-defence [or -defense Am]
agir sous l'emprise de la colère/jalousie
to act while in the grip of anger/jealousy
agir avec la rapidité de l'éclair
to act with lightning speed
agir sous l'impulsion de la vengeance
to act out an urge for vengeance
agir en dépit du bon sens
to fly in the face of common sense
agir sans la moindre préméditation
to act without thinking
agir avec beaucoup de discernement/sans aucun discernement
to show good judgment/no sense of judgment
agir en tant que représentant de qn
to act as deputy for sb
agir dans le meilleur intérêt de qn
to act in sb's best interests
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