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something (unspecified object)
pronoun
[UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]
[US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

quelque chose◼◼◼pronoun

something (talent that is hard to pin down)
pronoun
[UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]
[US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

quelque chose◼◼◼pronoun

something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right")
phrase
[UK: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ɪz ˈrɒt.n̩ ɪn ðə steɪt əv ˈden.mɑːk]
[US: ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ˈɪz ˈrɑːt.n̩ ɪn ðə ˈsteɪt əv ˈden.ˌmɑːrk]

il y a quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Danemarkphrase

eightysomething (a person between the ages of 80 and 89)
noun

octogénairenom {m} nom {f}

fiftysomething noun

quinquagénaire◼◼◼nom

fortysomething (A person between 40 and 49 years in age)
noun

quadragénairenom {m} nom {f}

get something over with (put behind oneself)
verb

en finir avecverbe

give something a miss (to forego something)
verb
[UK: ɡɪv ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ə mɪs]
[US: ˈɡɪv ˈsʌm.θɪŋ ə ˈmɪs]

faire l'impasseverbe

have something on good authority verb

savoir de source sûreverbe

in something's way (impeding the movement or line of sight)
preposition

dans le chemin de quelqu’unpreposition

lay something at the feet of (to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone))
verb

accuser (quelqu'un) de (quelque chose)verbe

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

put something into perspective (to compare with something similar)
verb

mettre en perspectiveverbe

remettre en perspectiveverbe

save something for a rainy day verb

mettre de côtéverbe

seventysomething (a person between the ages of 70 and 79)
noun

septuagénairenom

sixtysomething (a person between the ages of 60 and 69)
noun

sexagénairenom {m} nom {f}

soixantenairenom {m} nom {f}

sweep something under the rug (to conceal a problem expediently)
verb

cacher la poussière sous le tapisverbe

take something as it comes (take things as they come)
verb

prendre les choses comme elles viennentverbe

twentysomething (aged between twenty and twenty-nine)
noun
[UK: ˌtwen.ti.ˈsəm.θɪŋ]
[US: ˌtwen.ti.ˈsəm.θɪŋ]

[rare] vingtenairenom {m} nom {f}

you don't get something for nothing (everything has a price)
phrase

on n'a rien sans rien◼◼◼phrase

you learn something new every day (Uttered after acquiring new knowledge)
phrase

on en apprend tous les jours◼◼◼phrase

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