mettre le feu
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to set fire to, to set on fire, to set alight, to torch, to ignite [with à ‘something’]
- Synonym: bouter le feu
- Abigaïl mit le feu à la maison, et contemplant les flammes, elle réfléchissait à toutes les horreurs qui s’étaient passées là.
- Abigail set fire to the house. As she contemplated the flames, she thought about all the terrible things that had happened there.
- (figuratively) to set on fire, to set alight [with à ‘something’]