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The phrase 'avoir honte' means to be ashamed. In the word-by-word translation, the verb 'avoir' means 'to have'. The noun 'honte' means 'shame'.
to have pleasure
to have a horse
to have a life
'let me have that ...'
It's the infinitive of the verb "to have". As in the famous quote from the French playwright Molière: "Avoir ou ne pas avoir" (to have or not to have). Nah, just kidding! "Avoir" can a noun very rarely, meaning "possessions" (your "havings") such as your financial worth.
The French verb "avoir" means "to have." It is used to indicate possession or to form compound tenses in French.
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The French equivalent of the English phrase, to have, is: avoir.
"avoir un grand mercredi" means "to have a big/huge/lengthy" Wednesday in English.