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tomber enceinte verbe | fall pregnant◼◼◼(to become pregnant) |
tomber goutte à goutte verbe | drip [dripped, dripping, drips]◼◼◼(to fall one drop at a time) |
tomber malade verbe | fall ill◼◼◼(become ill) come down with◼◻◻(to show symptoms of an illness) |
tomber raide mort verbe | drop dead◼◼◼(to die suddenly) |
tomber sous le sens verbe | stand to reason◼◼◼(to seem logical, rational, or reasonable, see also: make sense) |
tomber sur verbe | come across◼◼◼(find, usually by accident) stumble upon◼◼◻(to come across by accident; to discover by accident) stumble against(to discover or find something by accident) stumble against(to meet somebody by chance) |
tomber sur un os verbe | hit a snag◼◼◼(to encounter an unexpected problem or delay) |
tombereau nom {m} | dump truck [dump trucks]◼◼◼(heavy truck for carrying loose, bulk cargo) |
[colloquial] tomber dans les pommes verbe | black out(lose consciousness) |
[informal] laisse tomber verbe | never mind(I was wrong; I withdraw my previous statement) |
[sur] retomber verbe | fall [fell, fallen, falling, falls](be allotted to) |
à tomber par terre adjectif | good enough to eat(supremely beautiful) |
camion-tombereau nom {m} | dump truck [dump trucks](heavy truck for carrying loose, bulk cargo) |
ce n’est pas en cassant le thermomètre qu’on fait tomber la fièvre phrase | don't shoot the messenger(the bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news) |
des têtes vont tomber phrase | heads will roll◼◼◼(some people will be fired for incompetence) |
entomber verbe | entomb [entombed, entombing, entombs](to deposit in a tomb) |
faire tomber verbe | fell [felled, felling, fells]◼◼◼(to make something fall) |
laisser se détériorer (tomber en ruine) | user à fond (ruiner | rincer) verbe | run into the ground(To wear out, especially through excessive use) |
laisser tomber verbe | drop [dropped, dropping, drops]◼◼◼(to let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on)) down [downed, downing, downs]◼◼◼(to drop) let go◼◼◻(to emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation) ditch [ditched, ditching, ditches]◼◼◻(to abandon) let down◼◼◻(to disappoint) fold [folded, folding, folds]◼◻◻(give way on a point or in an argument) chicken out(shy away from a daring task) |
laisser tomber (quelqu'un) verbe | bilk [bilked, bilking, bilks](defraud, cheat) |
laisser tomber comme une vieille chaussette verbe | |
laissez tomber verbe | forget it◼◼◼(It doesn't matter) |
retomber verbe | revert [reverted, reverting, reverts]◼◼◼(to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse) |
retomber sur ses pattes verbe | land on one's feetverb |