Englisch | Französisch |
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read someone's mind (to guess what someone is thinking) verb | |
rearrange someone's face verb | refaire le portraitverbe |
refresh someone's memory verb | |
send shivers down someone's spine (terrify) verb | |
send someone packing (expel, eject, or dismiss someone) verb | envoyer baladerverbe envoyer paîtreverbe envoyer promenerverbe |
serve someone right (serves you right!) verb [UK: sɜːv ˈsʌm.wʌn raɪt] [US: ˈsɝːv ˈsʌˌm.wən ˈraɪt] | bien fait !verbe |
slip through someone's fingers verb | passer sous le nezverbe |
special someone noun | amour◼◼◼nom {m} âme sœur◼◼◻nom {f} perle rare◼◼◻nom {f} personne de son cœurnom {f} |
steal someone's thunder (to appropriate someone's ideas) verb | |
step on someone's toes verb | |
stick in someone's craw verb | |
stick to someone's ribs verb | tenir au corpsverbe |
stop someone in their tracks verb | couper dans son élanverbe interrompreverbe |
take someone at their word (believe someone without having the means to check that what they said is true) verb | croire sur paroleverbe |
take someone at their word (take someone literally even though they may not have been serious) verb | prendre au motverbe prendre au pied de la lettreverbe prendre au sérieuxverbe |
take someone's breath away verb | couper le souffleverbe |
take someone's life verb | ôter la vie◼◼◼verbe coûter la vieverbe |
take someone's word for it (to believe what someone claims) verb | croire sur paroleverbe |
take the words out of someone's mouth verb | arracher les mots de la boucheverbe |
talk someone's ear off (talk to someone excessively) verb | |
teach someone a lesson (punish (informal)) verb | donner une leçon◼◼◼verbe |
the ball is in someone's court phrase | |
thorn in someone's side noun | |
twist someone's arm (to coerce) verb [UK: twɪst ˈsəˌm.wənz ɑːm] [US: ˈtwɪst ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈɑːrm] | forcer la mainverbe |
under someone's nose (obvious) preposition | sous le nez de◼◼◼preposition |
under someone's nose (visible) preposition | au nez et à la barbepreposition |
up someone's alley (matching a person's interests or abilities well) preposition | dans les cordes de quelqu'unpreposition |