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manger à tous les râteliers verbe | run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(support both sides of an argument) |
manger les pissenlits par la racine adjectif | pushing up daisies◼◼◼((euphemism) dead) |
manger les pissenlits par la racine verbe | push up daisies◼◼◻(idiomatic: to be dead) |
mangouste rayée nom {f} | banded mongoose◼◼◼(Mungos mungo) |
martinet ramoneur nom {m} | chimney swift◼◼◼(Chaetura pelagica) |
mémoire RAM nom {f} | RAM◼◼◼(random access memory, see also: random access memory) random access memory◼◼◻(computer memory in which each byte of memory may be directly accessed, see also: RAM) |
mettre en rage verbe | enrage [enraged, enraging, enrages]◼◼◼(to fill with rage) |
mi-figue mi-raisin adjectif | neither fish nor fowl(not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; not having the advantages of the various options) |
mi-figue mi-raisin adjectif {n} | bittersweet(expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure) |
mon pote (rare) nom {m} | dude [dudes]◼◼◼(colloquial: term of address for a young man) |
more rarely in the singular form: divagation nom {f} | raving [ravings](Incoherent talk) |
mort-aux-rats nom {f} | rat poison◼◼◼(poison for killing rats, etc.) |
mousse à raser nom {f} | shaving cream◼◼◼(a substance that is applied to the face to provide lubrication and avoid razor burn during shaving) |
mouvement oculaire rapide nom {m} | rapid eye movement◼◼◼(rapid movement of the eyes) |
muscle court extenseur radial du carpe nom {m} | |
nid à rats nom | rathole(a particularly squalid human residence) |
nombre rationnel nom {m} | rational number [rational numbers]◼◼◼(quotient of integers) |
oiseau rare nom {m} | gem [gems]◼◼◼(precious or highly valued thing or person) rara avis [rarae aves]◼◼◼(rare or unique, and thus outstanding or unusual, person or thing) |
onde radio nom {f} | radio wave [radio waves]◼◼◼(electromagnetic radiation) |
ondes (hertziennes) (radio airwaves) nom {f pl} | airwaves◼◼◼noun |
pain aux raisins nom {m} | raisin bread◼◼◼noun |
Panamègne [obsolete and rare] nom {m} | Panamanian(person from Panama City) Panamanian(person from Panama) |
par rapport à preposition | in relation to◼◼◼(by comparison with, compared with) in the way of◼◻◻(in relation to) |
partir en randonnée verbe | hike [hiked, hiking, hikes]◼◼◼(to take a long walk for pleasure or exercise) |
perdre la raison verbe | lose one's mind◼◼◼(to become insane) |
perle rare nom {f} | one in a million◼◼◼noun special someone◼◼◻noun |
personne raisonnable nom {f} | reasonable person◼◼◼(a fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society) |
peur de rater quelque chose nom {f} | fear of missing out◼◼◼(form of social anxiety characterized by compulsive concern that one might be missing opportunities) |
piège à rats nom {m} | rattrap◼◼◼(device used to catch rats) |
piqûre de rappel nom {f} | wake-up call [wake-up calls]◼◼◼(figuratively: alert, reminder, call to action) |
pivoter rapidement verbe | spin [spun, spinning, spins](to turn around quickly) |
plan rapproché nom {m} | close-up [close-ups]◼◼◼(photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale) |
poil racinaire nom {m} | root hair◼◼◼noun |
poste de radio à cristal nom {m} | crystal set(an early kind of radio receiver) |
pour les mêmes raisons preposition | by the same token◼◼◼preposition |