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Verbs with dans

French preposition

boire qqchose dans (une tasse) to drink something out of (a cup)
chercher dans (la boîte) to look in (the box)
courir dans (l'herbe) to run through (the grass)
coûter dans (les cent francs) to cost about 100 francs
entrer dans to enter
fouiller dans (les poches) to look through (the pockets)
lire dans (le journal) to read in (the paper)
manger dans la main à qqun
manger dans l'assiette
to eat out of one's hand
to eat off of a plate
mettre son espoir dans to pin one's hopes on
partir dans (10 minutes)
partir dans
(les montagnes)
to leave in (10 minutes)
to leave for (the mountains)
pleuvoir dans (la France) to rain in (France)
prendre qqch dans (une boîte)   to take s.t. from (a box)
regarder dans (la boîte) to look in (the box)
vivre dans (la misère, la peur) to live in (poverty, fear)

  

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