can’t help but in Anglais

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions verbales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
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      "parents": [],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Confusion entre can’t help et cannot but."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "La forme can help but se trouve uniquement après une forme négative.\n*:* No one can help but laugh."
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
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      "categories": [
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can’t help but cry whenever I see Romeo and Juliet.",
          "translation": "Je ne peux m’empêcher de pleurer quand je vois Roméo et Juliette."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Kathryn Stockett, The Help, 2009,ISBN 9781440697661, page 45",
          "text": "But I can’t help but think that I’ve just doubled my trouble, what with Miss Hilly and now Mister Johnny too."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de."
      ],
      "id": "fr-can’t_help_but-en-verb-ZvmrYclH",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Populaire",
        "Avec un infinitif"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkænt ˌhɛlp bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑːnt ˌhɛlp bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cannot but"
    },
    {
      "word": "cannot help"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help"
    }
  ],
  "word": "can’t help but"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Confusion entre can’t help et cannot but."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "La forme can help but se trouve uniquement après une forme négative.\n*:* No one can help but laugh."
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Termes populaires en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can’t help but cry whenever I see Romeo and Juliet.",
          "translation": "Je ne peux m’empêcher de pleurer quand je vois Roméo et Juliette."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Kathryn Stockett, The Help, 2009,ISBN 9781440697661, page 45",
          "text": "But I can’t help but think that I’ve just doubled my trouble, what with Miss Hilly and now Mister Johnny too."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Populaire",
        "Avec un infinitif"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkænt ˌhɛlp bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkɑːnt ˌhɛlp bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cannot but"
    },
    {
      "word": "cannot help"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help"
    }
  ],
  "word": "can’t help but"
}

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"can’t help but" meaning in Anglais

Verb