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effleurer
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to brush, to graze, to skim
toucher légèrement quelque chose, sans appuyer, de manière délicate ou superficielle
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Regular
Auxiliary verb
avoir
Present participle
effleurant
Past participle
effleuré
Examples
Elle a effleuré la table en passant.
She brushed past the table as she walked by.
