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thicken 
  vi 
  [sauce, soup] épaissir 
→ Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.   
  [crowd] s'épaissir, grossir 
→ The crowds around him began to thicken.   
  [fog, clouds, smoke] s'épaissir 
→ The clouds thickened in the west, climbing ever higher and darker.   
→ Smoke thickened until the gunners were firing blind.   
 the plot thickens  ça se complique 
→ "Find anything?" he asked. "Yeah. The plot thickens," I said.   
  vt 
 [+sauce, soup] épaissir 
→ Thicken the sauce by adding the cream.   



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