Francia | Angol |
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la parole est d’argent phrase | speech is silver, silence is golden(proverb) |
La Paz nom {f} | La Paz◼◼◼(capital city of Bolivia) |
la peste ou le choléra preposition | between the hammer and the anvil(with the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options) |
la pièce est tombée phrase | the penny drops(understanding is reached, one comprehends) |
la plume est plus forte que l’épée phrase | the pen is mightier than the sword◼◼◼(more power can achieved writing than fighting) |
la plupart de determiner | most◼◼◼(majority of) |
la plus nom {f} | most◼◼◼(forming the superlative) |
la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l'arbre phrase | the apple does not fall far from the tree(a child is similar to its parents) |
la prochaine fois nom | next time◼◼◼(on the following occasion) |
la qualité se révèle à l’usage phrase | the proof of the pudding is in the eating(the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for) |
la question à un million nom | million-dollar question◼◼◼noun |
la queue entre les jambes adverbe | tail between one's legs(defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner) |
la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure phrase | might makes right◼◼◼(morality cannot question the powerful) |
la République de Chine nom {f} | Republic of China◼◼◼(state in East Asia) |
La République de Croatie nom propre | Republic of Croatia◼◼◼(official name of Croatia) |
la responsabilité commence ici phrase | the buck stops here◼◼◼(statement that no excuses will be made, that the speaker is going to take direct responsibility for matters, rather than pass the responsibility to higher authorities) |
La Réunion nom {f} | Réunion◼◼◼(Overseas department of France) |
la rivière Winnipeg nom {f} | Winnipeg◼◼◼(river) |
La Rochelle nom {f} | La Rochelle◼◼◼(city in New Aquitaine, France) |
la roue de fortune nom {f} | wheel of Fortune◼◼◼(Tarot card) |
la roue tourne verbe | turn the tables(To reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted) |
la routine nom {f} | same old story(the repetition of an annoying occurrence) |
la semaine dernière adverbe | last week◼◼◼(week before this one) |
la semaine des quatre jeudis adverbe | never in a month of Sundays◼◼◼(at no time) |
la semaine des quatre jeudis (the week with four Thursdays) adverbe | when pigs fly(never, expressed by an idiom) |
la sienne nom {f} | his◼◼◼(that which belongs to him) its◼◼◼(that which belongs to it) |
la sienne pronoun {f-S} | hers◼◼◼(that which belongs to her) |
la Sonore nom {f} | Sonora(state of Mexico) |
La Spezia nom {f} | La Spezia◼◼◼(city in Liguria, Italy) La Spezia◼◼◼(province in Liguria, Italy) |
la terre ferme nom | terra firma◼◼◼(land, as opposed to water or air) |
la tête la première adverbe | headlong◼◼◼(with the head first or down) |
la tienne nom {f} | yours◼◼◼(possessive pronoun, singular) thine◼◻◻(possessive pronoun) |
la Tour nom propre | Towers◼◼◼(equivalent surnames) |
La Tour nom propre | Towers◼◼◼(equivalent surnames) |
La Tour-du-Crieu nom propre | La Tour-du-Crieu◼◼◼(village in Ariège) |
La Trobe nom propre | La Trobe◼◼◼(university) |
la troisième fois sera la bonne phrase | third time's a charm◼◼◼phrase |