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A vtr
1 continuer, poursuivre [career, studies, enquiry, TV series] ;
2 (resume) continuer ; ‘to be continued’ (in film) ‘à suivre’ ; ‘continued overleaf’ ‘suite page suivante’ ; ‘if I may continue’ iron ‘si vous me permettez de continuer’ ; ‘what's more,’ she continued ‘de plus,’ reprit-elle ;
3 continuer, poursuivre [journey] ;
4 (preserve) maintenir [tradition, culture, measures, standards].
B vi
1 [noise, weather, debate, strike, film] se poursuivre ; the trial continues le procès se poursuit ; repair work is continuing on les travaux se poursuivent sur ;
2 (keep on) continuer (doing, to do à or de faire) ; it continued raining ou to rain il a continué à or de pleuvoir ;
3 [person, route] continuer ; he continued across/down the street il a continué de traverser/descendre la rue ;
4 (in career, role) rester (in dans) ; she will continue as minister elle restera ministre ;
5 (in speech) poursuivre ; he continued by citing (in debate) il a poursuivi en citant ;
6 to continue with continuer, poursuivre [task, duties, treatment] ; to continue with the ironing continuer de repasser.
C continuing pres p adj [advance, trend, effort, debate] continuel/-elle ; on a continuing basis de façon permanente.

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