Francia | Angol |
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cracheur de feu nom | fire-eater◼◼◼(performer) |
dans le feu de l'action preposition | in the heat of the moment◼◼◼preposition |
député sans portefeuille nom {m} | backbencher◼◼◼(member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank) |
députée sans portefeuille nom {f} | backbencher(member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank) |
donner le/son feu vert pour verbe | greenlight(to approve) OK [OKed, OKing, OKs](to approve) |
effeuillage nom {m} | striptease◼◼◼(arousing act) |
effeuillé adjectif | blasted(heraldry, of a tree whose branches bear no leaves) |
en feu preposition | on fire◼◼◼(being burned by fire) |
épilobe à feuille étroite nom {m} | fireweed◼◼◼(Epilobium angustifolium) |
Epiphyllum à large feuilles nom | broad-leaved epiphyllum(Epiphyllum oxypetalum) |
épreuve du feu nom {f} | trial by fire◼◼◼(idiomatic: any ordeal which tests one's strength, endurance, or resolve) trial by fire◼◼◼(situation in which a soldier or other combatant faces the discharge of opposing weapons) trial by fire◼◼◼(test in which a person is exposed to flames) crucible [crucibles]◼◻◻(difficult and trying experience) |
épreuve par le feu nom {f} | trial by fire◼◼◼(idiomatic: any ordeal which tests one's strength, endurance, or resolve) |
épreuve par le feu nom | acid test [acid tests](Rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth) |
éteindre un feu verbe | hose down(To put out or reduce a fire) |
faire feu verbe | fire [fired, firing, fires]◼◼◼(transitive: to shoot) |
fourmi coupe-feuille nom {f} | leaf-cutter ant(type of ant) |
golfeur nom {m} | golfer [golfers]◼◼◼(someone who plays golf) |
golfeuse nom {f} | golfer [golfers]◼◼◼(someone who plays golf) |
graffeur nom {m} | graffiti artist◼◼◼(Person who paints graffiti) |
griller un feu rouge verbe | run a red light◼◼◼(1.To pass through the traffic light when the red light is illuminated) |
il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu phrase | no smoke without fire◼◼◼(gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) |
il n'y a pas le feu au lac phrase | where's the firephrase |
il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu phrase | where there's smoke, there's fire(if there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but rumors should be handled with skepticism) |
j'ai perdu mon portefeuille phrase | I lost my wallet◼◼◼phrase |
jeter de l'huile sur le feu verbe | add fuel to the fire◼◼◼(worsen a conflict) |
jouer avec le feu verbe | play with fire◼◼◼(put oneself in a precarious situation) |
le feu adjectif {m} | fire◼◼◼(slang: amazing) |
mangeur de feu nom | fire-eater◼◼◼(performer) |
mettre de l'huile sur le feu verbe | add fuel to the fire◼◼◼(worsen a conflict) |
mettre le feu verbe | set fire◼◼◼(to light using fire) ignite [ignited, igniting, ignites]◼◼◼(to set fire to, to light) |
mettre sa main au feu verbe | bet one's bootsverb |
mille-feuille nom {m} | mille-feuille◼◼◼(a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry) |
mille-feuille nom {f} | yarrow◼◼◻(herb of the genus Achillea) |
mouche à feu [Louisiana] nom {f} | firefly [fireflies]◼◼◼(Lampyridae) |
mur coupe-feu nom {m} | firewall◼◼◼(fireproof barrier) |