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Censé

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Definition: (adj) - supposed to

Où vas-tu ? Tu es censé travailler ! - Where are you going? You're supposed to be working!

Je suis censé faire mes devoirs, mais je suis trop fatigué. - I should be doing my homework, but I'm too tired.

Note that there is no preposition between censé and the verb that follows it. More verbs with no preposition

Related: censément (adv) - supposedly, virtually

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