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poser un lapin à verbe | stand up◼◼◼(to avoid a prearranged meeting) |
poudre de perlimpimpin nom | nostrum [nostrums](medicine or remedy which has not been proven to have any desirable medical effects) |
poudre de perlimpinpin nom {f} | snake oil◼◼◼(fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum) |
prendre des pincettes verbe | walk on eggshells◼◼◼(to act carefully to avoid upsetting someone) walk on eggshells◼◼◼(to handle sensitive matters delicately) |
prisonnier d'opinion nom {m} | prisoner of conscience◼◼◼(person) |
rapine nom {f} | rapine◼◼◼(seizure of someone's property by force) |
rapini nom {m} | turnip greens(leaves of the turnip plant) |
République des Philippines nom {f} | Republic of the Philippines◼◼◼(country in Southeast Asia) |
réserpine nom {f} | reserpine◼◼◼(alkaloid) |
s'emmêler les pinceaux verbe | get one's wires crossed(to misunderstand one another) |
salpingoplastie nom {f} | salpingoplastynoun |
sapin nom {m} | fir [firs]◼◼◼(conifer of the genus Abies) |
sapin baumier nom {m} | balsam fir [balsam firs]◼◼◼(Abies balsamea) |
sapin de Noël nom {m} | Christmas tree [Christmas trees]◼◼◼(tree used during the Christmas holiday season) |
sapin pectiné nom {m} | silver fir◼◼◼(European silver fir Abies alba) |
shopping nom {m} | shopping [shoppings]◼◼◼(activity of buying) |
ski alpin nom {m} | alpine skiing◼◼◼(sport) |
ski para-alpin nom | |
somatotropine nom {f} | growth hormone [growth hormones]◼◼◼(hormone) |
sondage d'opinion nom {m} | opinion poll [opinion polls]◼◼◼(poll) |
spin nom {m} | spin [spins]◼◼◼(physics: quantum angular momentum) |
spin doctor nom {m} | spin doctor◼◼◼(person hired to improve public image) |
spin-off nom {m} | spin-off [spin-offs]◼◼◼(fictional work) |
spinal adjectif | spinal◼◼◼(related to the spine) |
spinelle nom {m} | spinel [spinels]◼◼◼(any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium) |
spinon nom {m} | spinon◼◼◼(quasiparticle) |
spinozien adjectif | Spinozanadjective |
spinozisme nom propre {m} | Spinozism(philosophical doctrine) |
subalpin adjectif {m} | subalpine◼◼◼(at the foot of the Alps) |
supin nom {m} | supine◼◼◼(verbal noun) |
supinal adjectif | supine(lying on its back) |
Taiping nom | Taiping◼◼◼noun |
taupin nom {m} | click beetle◼◼◼(beetle of the family Elateridae) |
taupinière nom {f} | molehill [molehills]◼◼◼(A small mound of earth) |
téléshopping nom {m} | teleshopping◼◼◼(shopping from home in response to offers on television advertising or shopping channels) |
terrain de camping nom {m} | campsite◼◼◼(a place where a tent may be or is pitched) |
terrier (de lapin) nom {m} | rabbit hole◼◼◼((entrance to) a rabbit warren or burrow) |
tête d'épingle nom {f} | pinhead [pinheads]◼◼◼(head of a pin) |
tiré à quatre épingles adjectif | dressed to the nines◼◼◼(very fancily or formally dressed) |