Franceză | Engleză |
---|---|
détourner [customer] verbe | poach [poached, poaching, poaches]◼◼◼(to entice an employee or customer to switch) |
détourner le courant électrique verbe | shunt [shunted, shunting, shunts](to divert electric current) |
détourner un avion verbe | skyjackverb |
empêcheur de tourner en rond nom {m} | gadfly [gadflies](person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant) |
être/tourner au point mort verbe | idle [idled, idling, idles](to run at a slow speed, or out of gear) |
faire tourner verbe | rotate [rotated, rotating, rotates]◼◼◼(to spin, turn, or revolve something) |
faire tourner le monde verbe | make the world go around◼◼◼verb |
for example to go back pre-1960 - retourner avant 1960) adjectif | pre-(before) |
mal tourner verbe | go wrong◼◼◼(to become depraved) go wrong◼◼◼(to fail) go south◼◼◻(become unfavorable) break bad◼◻◻(to go wrong, to turn toward immorality or crime) |
ne pas tourner rond verbe | have a screw loose(to be insane, irrational, or eccentric) |
retourner verbe | return [returned, returning, returns]◼◼◼(to come or go back) return [returned, returning, returns]◼◼◼(to give something back to its original holder or owner) go back◼◼◼(to return to a place) get back◼◼◻(to retrieve, to have an item returned) get back◼◼◻(to return to where one came from) flip [flipped, flipping, flips]◼◼◻(to throw (as in to turn over)) turn around◼◼◻(to physically rotate horizontally 360 degrees) revert [reverted, reverting, reverts]◼◼◻(to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse) revert [reverted, reverting, reverts]◼◼◻verb turn over◼◼◻verb turn over◼◼◻(to flip over) overturn [overturned, overturning, overturns]◼◻◻(to turn over, capsize) yield [yielded, yielding, yields]◼◻◻(to produce as a result) yield [yielded, yielding, yields]◼◻◻(to produce as return) take back◼◻◻(to return something to a vendor for a refund) evert [everted, everting, everts]◼◻◻(to turn inside out) cock [cocked, cocking, cocks]◼◻◻(to turn upwards or to the side) revolve [revolved, revolving, revolves]◼◻◻(to orbit a central point) revolve [revolved, revolving, revolves]◼◻◻(to turn on an axis) |
retourner à verbe | get on with◼◼◼(proceed with) |
retourner le fer dans la plaie verbe | rub it in◼◼◼(add insult to injury) |
retourner sa chemise verbe | tergiversate [tergiversated, tergiversating, tergiversates](to change sides or affiliation; to apostatize) |
retourner sa veste verbe | go rogue◼◼◼(switch allegiance, affiliation, or membership) turn one's coat(to turn against a previous affiliation of allegiance) |
s'en retourner verbe | return [returned, returning, returns]◼◼◼(to come or go back) |
scie à chantourner nom | coping saw◼◼◼(a saw for cutting wood into curved shapes) |
scie à chantourner nom {f} | fretsaw◼◼◼(saw) |