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someone meaning in French

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someone (some person)
pronoun
[UK: ˈsʌm.wʌn]
[US: ˈsʌˌm.wən]

quelqu'un◼◼◼pronoun

someone else (some other person)
pronoun
[UK: ˈsʌm.wʌn els]
[US: ˈsʌˌm.wən ˈels]

quelqu'un d'autre◼◼◼pronoun

someone's (the possessive adjective for someone)
adjective
[UK: ˈsəˌm.wənz]
[US: ˈsəˌm.wənz]

de quelqu'un◼◼◼adjectif

à quelqu'un◼◼◻adjectif

someone's luck is in (someone is the object of another person's sexual attraction)
phrase

avoir une touchephrase

against someone's will (reluctantly, unwillingly)
adverb

contre son gréadverbe

apple of someone's eye (favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one)
noun
[UK: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪ]
[US: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪ]

prunelle de ses yeuxnom

beat someone at their own game verb

battre à son propre jeuverbe

behind someone's back (secretly)
preposition

dans le dos de◼◼◼preposition

à l'insu depreposition

bend someone's ear (talk too long)
verb

rebattre les oreillesverbe

blow someone's mind (to astonish)
verb

estomaquerverbe

soufflerverbe

stupéfierverbe

époustouflerverbe

break someone's balls (to irritate someone)
verb

casser les couillesverbe

les casserverbe

break someone's heart (to cause a person to feel grief or sadness)
verb

briser le cœur (à)◼◼◼verbe

breathe down someone's neck (to follow or supervise too closely)
verb

fliquerverbe

être sur le dos de quelqu'unverbe

burst someone's bubble (to disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable)
verb

casser le morceauverbe

casser le mytheverbe

bust someone's balls (to irritate someone)
verb

briser les couillesverbe

les briserverbe

butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth (benign appearance, suggesting the contrary)
phrase

on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confessionphrase

cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?)
phrase

tu as perdu ta langue ? (have you lost your tongue/language?)phrase

catch someone's drift verb

saisir l'idéeverbe

suivreverbe

catch someone's eye verb

attirer l'attention de◼◼◼verbe

attirer le regard deverbe

change someone's mind (to convince someone to make a decision)
verb

faire changer quelqu'un d'avisverbe

clean someone's clock (defeat decisively)
verb

battre à plate coutureverbe

come to someone's aid (to assist and rescue someone)
verb

venir en aideverbe

cross someone's mind verb

traverser l'espritverbe

venir à l'espritverbe

cut someone some slack verb

donner du mouverbe

do someone's head in (irritate, disturb)
verb

prendre la têteverbe

eat out of someone's hand (to be submissive due to fascination)
verb

manger dans la mainverbe

fall on someone's neck (to embrace someone affectionately or thankfully)
verb

sauter au cou de quelqu'unverbe

follow in someone's footsteps (follow the same path as someone)
verb

marcher dans les pas de quelqu'unverbe

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