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impression

impression, feeling

noun am-preh-SYON Less Common
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

print, printing

Usage Note

Impression appears in the very common phrase avoir l'impression que ('to have the feeling/impression that'), which introduces a subjective perception: j'ai l'impression qu'il ment ('I get the impression he's lying'). In printing contexts, impression means a print run or the act of printing. Faire bonne impression means to make a good impression.

Examples

"J'ai l'impression qu'il se trompe."

Natural Translation

I have the feeling he is mistaken.

Literal Translation

I-have the-impression that-he oneself mistakes

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