Continuer
Example: Nous devons continuer à travailler malgré les difficultés.
Definition
"Continuer" means to keep doing something without stopping or to resume an activity after a pause. It expresses the idea of maintaining an action or process in progress, as in the phrase 'Nous devons continuer à travailler malgré les difficultés,' which means we must keep working despite difficulties.
Etymology
The word "continuer" comes from the Latin verb 'continuare,' which means 'to join together, to make continuous.' It evolved into Old French before becoming the modern French verb. Did you know? The root 'continu-' relates to something unbroken or ongoing, perfectly fitting the meaning of "continuer".
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"Continuer" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (B1) - set 6", containing 114 commonly used words.
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