Grammatical class
Inflected form
serré
(past,participle) serrer
Variants
Sentences
J'ai serré les écrous.
I tightened the nuts.
A1
Tom m'a serré la main.
Tom shook my hand.
A1
Elle m'a serré la main.
She shook my hand.
A1
Il lui a serré la main.
He held out his hand.
A1
J'ai serré les poings.
I clenched my fists.
A2
Elle lui a serré la main.
She shook hands with him.
A2
Il m'a serré la main.
He shook hands with me.
B1
Il l'a abordée et ils se sont serré la main.
He went up to her and they shook hands.
B1
Le garçon a serré le chiot contre sa poitrine.
The boy clasped the puppy to his chest.
B1
Voilà pourquoi j'ai serré les dents et joué le jeu.
That's why I gritted my teeth and went along.
B1
J'ai serré les dents.
I clenched my teeth.
B2
J'ai serré la main de Tom et je suis parti.
I shook hands with Tom and left.
C1