French · verb

manquer de

to lack, to be short of

with fixed prepositionverbs · set 16

Example sentences

Nous manquons de temps ce matin.
We are short of time this morning.
Elle a manqué de courage hier soir.
She lacked courage last night.
Cette ville manquera de médecins dans dix ans.
This town will lack doctors in ten years.

Note

The preposition is part of the word. Without it the answer is wrong in ripiti: manquer de, not manquer.

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