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se comporter

behave

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phrase Uncommon #9,656
behave Used for how someone acts or conducts themselves. Often followed by comme or an adverb like bien / mal / convenablement.
FR: Les enfants doivent se comporter à l'école.
EN: Children must behave at school.

Il lui suffit de se faire belle et de se comporter convenablement.

All she has to do is make herself beautiful and behave appropriately.

— Picnic (1955)

Je lui dis constamment de bien se comporter.

I constantly tell him/her to behave.

Je n'ai jamais vu Tom se comporter comme cela avant.

I've never seen Tom behave like that before.

Marie demanda à son fils de bien se comporter.

Mary asked her son to behave well.

Il s'est mis à se comporter bizarrement.

He started acting strangely.

Je n'ai jamais vu Tom se comporter de cette façon auparavant.

I’ve never seen Tom behave this way before.

Y a aucune raison de se comporter comme ça.

There's no reason to behave like that.

— Caché (2005)

Tu as déjà vu un beau-père riche se comporter comme ça ?

Have you ever seen a rich stepfather behave like that?

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Ce garçon ne sait pas comment se comporter.

This boy doesn't know how to behave.

Elle s'est mise à se comporter bizarrement.

She started behaving strangely.