passer
French → English
(logic) to exceed; to go beyond a limit, force, or imagination
Cela passe toute imagination de voir une telle cruauté barbare.
(English) It exceeds all imagination to see such barbaric cruelty.
La turbulence farouche de cette armée passait tout ce qu'on avait vu.
(English) The fierce turbulence of this army exceeded everything we had seen.
(motion) to pass through; to move from one place to another through space
Alain et lui avaient passé le grand bras de la Seine hier.
(English) Alain and he had crossed the large branch of the Seine yesterday.
Des goélands passent, emportés par la tempête vers le large.
(English) Seagulls are passing by, carried by the storm toward the open sea.
Entry ID: fr:en:passer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary