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attogramme nom {m} | attogram(10^-18 grams) |
au commencement adverbe | initially◼◼◼(at the beginning) |
avec des amis comme ça phrase | with friends like these who needs enemies(indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents) |
Bagdadien [recommended] nom {m} | Baghdadi(person from Baghdad) |
Bagdadienne [recommended] nom {f} | Baghdadi(person from Baghdad) |
baiser comme des lapins verbe | fuck like rabbits◼◼◼(have copious amounts of sex) |
balance commerciale nom {f} | balance of trade◼◼◼(difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time) |
bas de gamme adjectif | low-end◼◼◼(low-quality) |
bête comme chou preposition | like shooting fish in a barrel(extremely easy) |
bête comme ses pieds ("dumb as their own feet") adjectif | thick as a brickadjective |
bête de somme nom {f} | beast of burden◼◼◼(animal that carries or pulls a load) |
bien commencer (la journée) verbe | kick start◼◼◼(to start or begin strongly) |
bien commencer amène à bien terminer phrase | a good beginning makes a good ending(good beginnings promise a good end) |
blanc comme neige adjectif | clean as a whistle◼◼◼(completely innocent) pure as the driven snow◼◻◻(free of flaws or imperfections) |
blanc comme un linge adjectif | white as a sheet◼◼◼(pale as if suffering from shock) |
boire comme un Polonais verbe | tipple [tippled, tippling, tipples](To drink too much alcohol) |
boire comme un Polonais nom | hollow leg(ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol) |
boire comme un trou verbe | drink like a fish◼◼◼(drink alcohol heavily) tipple [tippled, tippling, tipples](To drink too much alcohol) |
boire comme un trou nom | hollow leg(ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol) |
bonhomme nom | fellow [fellows]◼◼◼noun |
bonhomme allumette nom {m} | stick figure◼◼◼(simple line drawing) |
bonhomme bâton nom {m} | stick figure◼◼◼(simple line drawing) |
bonhomme de neige nom {m} | snowman [snowmen]◼◼◼(figure made of snow) |
bonhomme de pain d'épice nom {m} | gingerbread man◼◼◼(cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger) |
bonhomme de pain d'épices nom {m} | gingerbread man◼◼◼(cookie in the shape of a person, flavoured with ginger) |
Bonhomme sept-heures nom | whangdoodle(whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction) |
bonne nuit de sommeil nom {f} | good night's sleep◼◼◼noun |
bourré comme un coing adjectif | drunk as a skunk◼◼◼adjective pissed as a newt◼◻◻(drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated) |
brillamment adverbe | amazingly◼◼◼(wonderfully) |
bruyamment adverbe | noisily◼◼◼(in a noisy manner) |
c'est comme ça phrase | it is what it is◼◼◼(this thing has its own nature) |
c'est comme le vélo preposition | like riding a bike◼◼◼(once learned, never forgotten) |
c'est quand le jeu devient dur que les durs commencent à jouer phrase | when the going gets tough, the tough get going(in difficult times the strong-willed take action) |
ça commence à bien faire phrase | enough is enough◼◼◼phrase enough is enough◼◼◼(the limit of patience or tolerance has been reached) |
ça va bien (comme ça) interjection | all right◼◼◼(Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already ) |
calligramme nom {m} | calligram◼◼◼(text in which the layout has special significance) |