Francia | Angol |
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La nom | world [worlds](the Earth) |
la nom {f} | the(article) |
la nom {m} | la(syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale) |
La Baie nom propre | Bay◼◼◼proper noun |
la balle est dans le camp de quelqu'un phrase | |
la bave du crapaud n'atteint pas la blanche colombe phrase | sticks and stones◼◼◼phrase sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me(a response to taunting proclaiming the speaker's indifference) |
la belle affaire ! nom {f} | big deal◼◼◼(so what) |
La Belle au bois dormant nom {f} | Sleeping Beauty◼◼◼(fairy tale) |
la belle plume fait le bel oiseau phrase | fine feathers make fine birdsphrase |
la bonne blague interjection | that's a laugh◼◼◼interjection |
la brièveté est l’âme de l’esprit phrase | brevity is the soul of wit(conciseness is essential to witty remarks) |
la bémol majeur nom | A-flat major◼◼◼noun |
la caravane passe phrase | the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on◼◼◼(life goes on even if some will try to stop progress) |
la carotte et le bâton nom | carrot and stick◼◼◼(simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) |
la chiasse nom {f} | shits◼◼◼(vulgar slang for diarrhea) |
La Corogne nom {f} | A Coruña◼◼◼(city in Galicia) |
la croix et la bannière nom {f} | tall order◼◼◼(big job, difficult challenge) |
la curiosité est un vilain défaut (curiosity is a bad thing) phrase | curiosity killed the cat◼◼◼(undue curiosity is dangerous) |
La Dame nom {f} | ladyship◼◼◼(Term of respect) |
la dame proteste un peu trop phrase | the lady doth protest too much(because someone is insisting too much about something, the opposite must be true) |
la dièse majeur nom | A-sharp majornoun |
la faire longue verbe | stay up lateverb |
la faucille et le marteau nom | hammer and sickle◼◼◼(symbol of communism) |
la femme porte la culotte adjectif {m} | henpecked◼◼◼(plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) |
la fin du monde tel que nous le connaissons nom | TEOTWAWKI((acronym) The end of the world as we know it) |
la fin justifie les moyens phrase | the end justifies the means◼◼◼(morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary) |
la Flandre nom {f} | Flanders◼◼◼(former province and region of northern France) Flanders◼◼◼(historical county) Flanders◼◼◼(subnational state in the north of federal Belgium) |
la Flandre française nom {f} | Flanders◼◼◼(former province and region of northern France) |
la foi transporte les montagnes phrase | faith will move mountains(proverb) |
la fortune sourit aux audacieux phrase | fortune favors the bold◼◼◼(luck favors the adventurous) |
la foudre ne tombe jamais deux fois au même endroit phrase | |
la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase nom {f} | last straw◼◼◼(small additional burden) |
la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase [the drop of water that makes the vase overflow] nom | the straw that broke the camel's back(small additional burden which causes failure) |
la haine de soi nom {f} | self-hatred◼◼◼(hatred of oneself) |
La Havane nom {f} | Havana◼◼◼(capital of Cuba) |
La Haye nom {f} | The Hague◼◼◼(Dutch city) |
la Joconde nom {f} | Mona Lisa◼◼◼(painting by Leonardo da Vinci) |