Synonyms
whet: quicken
English-French translation for "to whet"
"to whet" French translation
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to whet {verb}
to whet [whetted|whetted] {vb} (also: to edge, to sharpen)
to whet [whetted|whetted] {vb} (also: to energize, to stimulate, to boost, to energise)
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Usage examples
Usage examples for "to whet" in French
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I have the feeling that the incursion against Yugoslavia has whet the appetite of those warmongers who want to join the United States of America in its role as the world's gendarmerie.
J'ai l'impression que l'agression contre la Yougoslavie a ouvert l'appétit des bellicistes qui veulent concurrencer les États-Unis d'Amérique dans le rôle de gendarme du monde.
Is there anything better for the thieving dog than to find his household preoccupied by grief so that it can seize the thing it has set its eye on, the thing that whetted its appetite?
Y a-t-il quelque chose de mieux pour le chien qui vole que de trouver les siens préoccupés par le deuil au point qu'il se saisisse de ce sur quoi il a posé ses yeux et qui l'a mis en appétit?
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