Francúzština | Angličtina |
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compétitivité nom {f} | competitiveness◼◼◼(state of being competitive) |
compétitrice nom {f} | competitor [competitors]◼◼◼(person against whom one is competing) |
de petite fille adjectif | girlish◼◼◼(like a girl) |
donner un petit coup de coude verbe | nudge [nudged, nudging, nudges]◼◼◼(to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal) |
donner une petite tape amicale verbe | nudge [nudged, nudging, nudges](to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal) |
économie des petits boulots nom {f} | gig economy◼◼◼(economy) |
économie des « petits boulots » nom | gig economy(economy) |
être aux petits soins verbe | wait on someone hand and foot(attend to someone's every need) |
être en compétition pour verbe | vie [vied, vying, vies](to rival; to struggle for superiority; to compete) |
être sur un petit nuage verbe | walk on air◼◼◼(be ecstatic) |
être sur un petit nuage preposition | on cloud nine◼◼◼(very happy, blissful) |
faire un petit pont verbe | nutmeg((soccer) to play the ball between the legs of an opponent) |
femme de petite vertu nom {f} | woman of easy virtue◼◼◼noun wench [wenches]((archaic) promiscuous woman) wench [wenches]((archaic) prostitute) |
fréquenter des femmes de petite vertu verbe | wench [wenched, wenching, wenches](to frequent prostitutes) |
hibou petit-duc nom {m} | Eurasian scops owl(Otus scops) |
il n'y a pas de petit chez soi phrase | there's no place like home(one feels most comfortable at home) |
jouer petit bras verbe | play it safe(take a cautious, risk-free approach) |
l'appétit vient en mangeant phrase | appetite comes with eating◼◼◼(starting something increases your desire to continue it) |
le monde est petit phrase | it's a small world◼◼◼(phrase used when meeting an acquaintance or personal connection in an unexpected place or context) |
le Petit Cheval nom propre {m} | Equuleus◼◼◼(second smallest constellation of the northern sky) |
le plus petit determiner | least◼◼◼(the smallest amount of) |
les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières phrase | take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves(if you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things) |
les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières (small streams make big rivers) phrase | many a mickle makes a muckle◼◼◼(lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount) |
lever le petit doigt verbe | lift a finger◼◼◼(to make minimal effort) |
marque de petite vérole nom {f} | pockmark [pockmarks](mark or scar) |
matérialisme petit-bourgeois nom {m} | babbittry(narrow minded materialism) |
mon petit doigt m’a dit phrase | a little bird told me(idiomatic) |
nom d’un petit bonhomme nom | goodness(euphemistically: God) |
personne de petite taille nom {f} | little person◼◼◼(euphemistic term for a person with dwarfism, see also: dwarf) |
pété comme un Petit LU adjectif | cocked(drunk) |
plus petit commun multiple nom {m} | least common multiple [least common multiples]◼◼◼((number theory)) |
plus petit dénominateur commun nom {m} | lowest common denominator◼◼◼(smallest multiple of several denominators) |
plus petit que adjectif | less than◼◼◼(the character <) |
prendre le petit déjeuner verbe | break one's fast(archaic: to eat breakfast) |
prendre le petit-déjeuner verbe | breakfast [breakfasted, breakfasting, breakfasts]◼◼◼(to eat the morning meal) |
répétitif adjectif | repetitive◼◼◼(happening many times in a similar way) recurring◼◼◻adjective |
répétition nom {f} | repetition [repetitions]◼◼◼(act or an instance of repeating or being repeated) |