Francia | Angol |
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[informal and addressing one person; used after a preposition] toi pronoun | thee(Objective case of 'thou') |
[informal] coûter la peau du dos verbe | cost the earth(be a huge expense) |
[informal] gros bonnet nom {f} | big cheese(very important figure) |
[obsolete] caporal postiche nom | lance corporalnoun |
[possibly offensive] dégoûtant adjectif | sickening(causing sickness or disgust) |
[rare] Bosnie-et-Herzégovine nom {f} | Bosnia and Herzegovina(country on the Balkan peninsula) |
[unofficially] Val d'Aoste nom propre {m} | Valle d'Aosta(region of northwestern Italy) |
[vaginal] mycose vaginale nom {f} | thrush [thrushes]noun |
[verb] n’avoir que la peau sur les os nom | skin and bones(emaciated; very skinny) |
[vulgar] exploser à la gueule verbe | blow up in one's face(fail disastrously) |
à cœur vaillant rien d'impossible phrase | where there is a will there is a way(if someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found) |
à huis clos adverbe | in camera◼◼◼adverb |
à huis clos preposition | behind closed doors◼◼◼(in private) |
à l'eau de rose adjectif | mushy [mushier, mushiest]◼◼◼(overly sappy, corny, or cheesy) |
à petites doses preposition | in small doses◼◼◼preposition |
à peu de choses près adverbe | pretty much◼◼◼(almost completely; very nearly; mostly) |
a posteriori adverbe | a posteriori◼◼◼(in a manner that deduces theories from facts) |
à propos preposition | apropos◼◼◼(regarding or concerning) |
à propos adjectif | apropos◼◼◼(of an appropriate or pertinent nature) |
à propos adverbe | apropos◼◼◼(by the way) |
à propos (de) preposition | about◼◼◼(concerned with, engaged in) |
à propos de preposition | on◼◼◼(because of, or due to something) on◼◼◼(dealing with the subject of) concerning◼◼◻(regarding) with regard to◼◼◻(concerning) into◼◼◻(investigating the subject) |
à quelque chose malheur est bon phrase | every cloud has a silver lining◼◼◼(in every bad situation there is an element of good) |
à tête reposée preposition | in the cold light of day◼◼◼(viewed calmly and dispassionately after allowing emotions to cool) |
à vos amours interjection | bless you(said to somebody who has sneezed) |
à vos marques interjection | on your marks◼◼◼(Interjection used to start a race, followed by "Get set, go!" or "Set, go!".) |
à vos marques phrase | on your mark, get set, go◼◼◻(three-command start of racing) |
à vos souhaits [formal form] interjection | God bless you◼◼◼(said to somebody who has sneezed) |
à vos souhaits [formal] interjection | bless you◼◼◼(said to somebody who has sneezed) |
abdos nom {m pl} | sit-up [sit-ups]◼◼◼(exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted) |
accoster verbe | accost [accosted, accosting, accosts]◼◼◼(to approach and speak too boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request) harbor [harbored, harboring, harbors]◼◼◻(to provide safe place) |
Accusation de profanation d'hosties contre les Juifs nom {m} | host desecration(a form of sacrilege in Christian denominations) |
accuser (quelqu'un) de (quelque chose) verbe | lay something at the feet of(to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone)) |
Achéloos nom propre {m} | Achelous◼◼◼(deity) Achelous◼◼◼(river) |