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give something a miss (to forego something) verb [UK: ɡɪv ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ə mɪs] [US: ˈɡɪv ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ə ˈmɪs] | faire l'impasseverbe |
good-for-nothing (person of little worth or usefulness) noun [UK: ˈɡʊd fə nʌ.θɪŋ] [US: ˈɡʊd fə nʌ.θɪŋ] | bon à rien◼◼◼nom {m} vaurien◼◼◼nom {m} nullardnom {m} |
good-for-nothing (useless, worthless) adjective [UK: ˈɡʊd fə nʌ.θɪŋ] [US: ˈɡʊd fə nʌ.θɪŋ] | bon à rien◼◼◼adjectif |
good things come in threes (several fortunate events usually occur together) phrase | jamais deux sans trois◼◼◼phrase |
good things come to those who wait (patience is a virtue) phrase [UK: ɡʊd ˈθɪŋz kʌm tuː ðəʊz huː weɪt] [US: ˈɡʊd ˈθɪŋz ˈkəm ˈtuː ðoʊz ˈhuː ˈweɪt] | |
greatest thing since sliced bread (a relatively recent invention) noun | |
have something on good authority verb | |
I don't want to buy anything phrase | je ne veux rien acheter◼◼◼phrase |
if you want a thing done well, do it yourself (better to do something oneself) phrase | |
in nothing flat (very short amount of time) preposition | en un rien de temps◼◼◼preposition |
in something's way (impeding the movement or line of sight) preposition | dans le chemin de quelqu’unpreposition |
in the nature of things preposition | nature des choses◼◼◼preposition ordre des choses◼◼◻preposition |
Internet of Things (Internet-like structure connecting everyday physical objects) proper noun | Internet des objets◼◼◼nom propre |
lathe [lathed, lathing, lathes] (to shape with a lathe) verb [UK: leɪð] [US: ˈleɪð] | tourner◼◼◻verbe |
lay something at the feet of (to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)) verb | |
leave nothing to the imagination (to cover or hide very little or nothing) verb | |
living thing (something living) noun [UK: ˈlɪv.ɪŋ ˈθɪŋ] [US: ˈlɪv.ɪŋ ˈθɪŋ] | être vivant◼◼◼nom {m} |
loathing (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike) noun [UK: ˈləʊ.ðɪŋ] [US: ˈloʊ.ðɪŋ] | dégoût◼◼◼nom {m} |
loathe [loathed, loathing, loathes] (to detest, hate, revile) verb [UK: ləʊð] [US: loʊð] | détester◼◼◼verbeI loathe ignorance. = Je déteste l'ignorance. haïr◼◼◻verbe exécrer◼◼◻verbe |
locksmithing (art of making and defeating locks) noun | serrurerie◼◼◼nom {f} |
make a big thing out of (to make a fuss about) verb | |
man is the measure of all things phrase | l'homme est la mesure de toute chose◼◼◼phrase |
mouthing (in sign languages) noun [UK: ˈmaʊ.ðɪŋ] [US: ˈmaʊ.ðɪŋ] | labialisationnom {f} |
much ado about nothing (a lot of fuss) noun [UK: ˈmʌtʃ ə.ˈduː ə.ˈbaʊt ˈnʌ.θɪŋ] [US: ˈmʌtʃ ə.ˈduː ə.ˈbaʊt ˈnʌ.θɪŋ] | |
next to nothing (very little) pronoun [UK: nekst tuː ˈnʌ.θɪŋ] [US: ˈnekst ˈtuː ˈnʌ.θɪŋ] | trois fois rien◼◼◼pronoun |
ninetysomething (a person between the ages of 90 and 99) noun | nonagénairenom |
not touch something with a ten-foot pole (to avoid at all costs) verb | éviter à tout prixverbe |
not worth a brass farthing (worth nothing) adjective | ne pas valoir tripetteadjectif |
nothing (not any thing) pronoun [UK: ˈnʌ.θɪŋ] [US: ˈnʌ.θɪŋ] | rien◼◼◼pronounIt was nothing. = De rien. nulle chosenom {f} ne + verb + rienpronoun |
nothing but adverb [UK: ˈnʌ.θɪŋ bʌt] [US: ˈnʌ.θɪŋ ˈbət] | rien que◼◼◼adverbe |