French-English translations for user

wear outYoure going to wear out that game if you keep playing so rough with it.He wears a pair of tennis shoes out every summer.The old tractor finally wore out.
dull
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All these knives are dullHe sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awakeWhen does having a dull personality ever get you a girlfriend? Even if you get one, how does being dull help you keep a relationship for over a year?

abrade
frayThe ribbon frayed at the cut end.The hectic day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as stringsThough they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray.
use
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That is why Parliament must use its power to act. Il découle de cela que le Parlement doit user de sa possibilité d'agir. Now we have to use it to deal with the Western Balkans. Il nous faut maintenant en user dans les Balkans occidentaux. We should use our time to complete the vote for Quaestors. Nous devrions user du temps dont nous disposons pour clôturer l'élection des questeurs.
wear
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the same time?&emspHe wears eyeglasses. She wears her hair in braidsShe wore a smile all day. He walked out of the courtroom wearing an air of satisfaction
wear downThe eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.