"can’t help" meaning in All languages combined

See can’t help on Wiktionary

Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkænt ˌhɛlp\, \ˈkɑːnt ˌhɛlp\ Audio: En-au-can't help.ogg
  1. Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de.
    Sense id: fr-can’t_help-en-verb-ZvmrYclH Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cannot but, can’t help but Related terms: cannot help

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de can’t et de help."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Uniquement la forme négative de can help peut avoir ce sens.\n*: No one can help laughing when he comes on stage.",
    "Can help peut avoir le sens de pouvoir empêcher de uniquement quand le contexte a déjà établi le sens de \"can’t help\".\n*:* A: I can't help being scared.\n*:* B: Of course you can help it."
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cannot help"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can’t help crying whenever I see Romeo and Juliet.",
          "translation": "Je ne peux m’empêcher de pleurer quand je vois Roméo et Juliette."
        }
      ],
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        "Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de."
      ],
      "id": "fr-can’t_help-en-verb-ZvmrYclH",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Avec un gérondif"
      ]
    }
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑːnt ˌhɛlp\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
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    {
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
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    {
      "word": "cannot but"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help but"
    }
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}
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    "Composé de can’t et de help."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    "Uniquement la forme négative de can help peut avoir ce sens.\n*: No one can help laughing when he comes on stage.",
    "Can help peut avoir le sens de pouvoir empêcher de uniquement quand le contexte a déjà établi le sens de \"can’t help\".\n*:* A: I can't help being scared.\n*:* B: Of course you can help it."
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cannot help"
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          "text": "I can’t help crying whenever I see Romeo and Juliet.",
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        "Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de."
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        "Avec un gérondif"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑːnt ˌhɛlp\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "En-au-can't help.ogg",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "word": "cannot but"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help but"
    }
  ],
  "word": "can’t help"
}

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