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donner l'heure verbe | tell time◼◼◼(to read a clock) |
douze heures nom {f pl} | twelve o'clock◼◼◼(start of the first hour of the day (expressed in the 12-hour system; 12 a.m.), see also: midnight) twelve o'clock◼◼◼(start of the thirteenth hour of the day (12 p.m.), see also: midday; noon) |
écorcheur nom {m} | skinner [skinners]◼◼◼(someone who skins animals) flayer [flayers]◼◻◻(one who flays, see also: knacker) |
écorcheuse nom {f} | skinner [skinners](someone who skins animals) |
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) |
en temps et en heure preposition | in time◼◼◼(at or before the time assigned) in due course◼◼◻(when the time is right) |
éperon rocheux nom {m} | crag [crags](rocky outcrop) |
éplucheur nom {m}; éPllucheuSe {f} | peeler [peelers]◼◼◼(person who peels food) |
escarmoucheur nom {m} | skirmisher◼◼◼(soldier) |
faucheur nom {m} | harvestman [harvestmen]◼◼◼(arachnid) daddy longlegs [daddy longlegs](harvestman) scythernoun |
Faucheuse nom {f} | Grim Reaper◼◼◼(personification of Death) |
faucheuse nom {f} | mower [mowers]◼◼◼(a person who cuts grass) scythernoun |
faucheux nom {m} | harvestman [harvestmen]◼◼◼(arachnid) |
fin heureuse nom {f} | happy ending◼◼◼(happy end) |
fraîcheur nom {f} | freshness [freshnesses]◼◼◼noun |
fraicheur nom {f} | chill [chills]◼◼◼(moderate, but uncomfortable coldness) |
Grande Faucheuse nom {f} | Grim Reaper◼◼◼(personification of Death) |
grincheux adjectif | cranky [crankier, crankiest]◼◼◼(grouchy, irritable; easily upset) grouchy [grouchier, grouchiest]◼◼◻(irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain) surly◼◻◻(irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly) waspish◼◻◻(spiteful or irascible) |
grincheux nom | grouch [grouches]◼◼◻(one who is grumpy or irritable) |
hacheur nom {m} | chopper [choppers]◼◼◼(electronics: type of electronic switch) |
huit heures nom {f pl} | eight o'clock◼◼◼(the start of the ninth hour) |
ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants adverbe | happily ever after◼◼◼(happily until death) |
jours heureux nom {m pl} | halcyon days◼◼◼noun |
jusqu'à pas d'heure preposition | until all hours◼◼◼preposition |
kilowatt-heure nom {m} | kilowatt-hour [kilowatt-hours]◼◼◼(unit of energy) |
kilowattheure nom {m} | kilowatt-hour [kilowatt-hours]◼◼◼(unit of energy) |
l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur phrase | money can't buy happiness◼◼◼(true happiness comes from inside) |
l'heure du crime nom {f} | witching hour◼◼◼(hour after midnight, when witches were thought to be active) |
lâcheur adjectif {m} | flaky [flakier, flakiest](of a person: unreliable) |
laveuse-sécheuse nom | washer-dryer◼◼◼noun |
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres phrase | one man's loss is another man's gain◼◼◼(some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) |