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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