phonso (corrigez-moi pls 🥲)

[red leaf]

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[vale wagon]

The verb "faillir" when followed by an infinitive means "almost" or "nearly." So "a failli" means "almost" or "nearly did something."
"se faire prendre" means "to get caught" or "to be caught." The verb "prendre" means "to take" or "to catch," and "se faire" implies that the action happened to someone (in this case to Thomas).

So, "Thomas a failli se faire prendre" literally breaks down to "Thomas almost got himself caught," which is why it's translated as "Thomas almost got caught"

[arctic cape]

Elle a failli se noyer pendant les vacances