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-on signifie français
| Anglais | Français |
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| come to one's senses (to reawaken after having lost consciousness) verb [UK: kʌm tuː wʌnz ˈsen.sɪz] [US: ˈkəm ˈtuː wʌnz ˈsen.səz] | revenir à soiverbe |
| comfortable in one's own skin (confident) adjective | bien dans sa peauadjectif bien dans ses basketsadjectif bien dans ses bottesadjectif bien dans ses pompesadjectif |
| conspicuous by one's absence phrase | |
| contemplate one's navel verb | |
| cool one's heels (to wait impatiently or restlessly) verb [UK: kuːl wʌnz hiːlz] [US: ˈkuːl wʌnz ˈhiːlz] | faire le poireauverbe poireauterverbe |
| count angels on pinheads (to spend time on fruitless intellectual matters) verb | |
| count on (rely upon, trust, or expect) verb [UK: kaʊnt ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈkaʊnt ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di] | compter sur◼◼◼verbe |
| count on the fingers of one hand verb | |
| count one's blessings verb | |
| cover one's back verb | assurer ses arrièresverbe couvrir ses arrièresverbe |
| cover one's feet verb | poser culotteverbe |
| cross one's arms (link one's arms) verb [UK: ˈkrɒs wʌnz ɑːmz] [US: ˈkrɑːs wʌnz ˈɑːrmz] | se croiser les brasverbe |
| cross one's fingers (do this or a similar gesture to tell a white lie) verb | croiser les doigts◼◼◼verbe |
| cross one's fingers (do this or a similar gesture to wish for good luck) verb | croiser les doigts◼◼◼verbe tenir les poucesverbe |
| cross one's fingers (put the middle finger across the index finger) verb | croiser les doigts◼◼◼verbe |
| cry one's eyes out (to weep for an elongated time) verb | pleurer à mouchoir que veux-tuverbe |
| cut one loose (fart) verb | lâcher une caisseverbe |
| cut one's losses (discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz ˈlɒ.sɪz] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈlɒ.səz] | arrêter les fraisverbe |
| cut one's teeth (gain early experience) verb [UK: kʌt wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈkət wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | faire ses dents [to begin]verbe se faire les dents sur ... [to gain early experience on ...]verbe |
| damned if one does and damned if one doesn't (dilemma with bad outcomes) adjective | c'est un choix cornélienadjectif ce n'est jamais bonadjectif quoi que je fasseadjectif |
| delayed-onset muscle soreness (pain and stiffness felt in muscles several hours to days after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise) noun | courbaturenom {f} |
| dig in one's heels (to act in a determined manner) verb | |
| dig one's own grave (to act in a way expected to backfire) verb | creuser sa tombeverbe |
| do one's bit (to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort) verb [UK: duː wʌnz bɪt] [US: ˈduː wʌnz ˈbɪt] | apporter sa pierre à l'édificeverbe faire sa partverbe |
