Francúzština | Angličtina |
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jeter l'argent par les fenêtres verbe | throw money away◼◼◼verb |
joyeuses fêtes phrase | happy holidays◼◼◼(holiday greeting) |
l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt (the future is for those who get up early) phrase | the early bird gets the worm◼◼◼(whoever arrives first has the best chance of success) |
la plume est plus forte que l’épée phrase | the pen is mightier than the sword◼◼◼(more power can achieved writing than fighting) |
la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure phrase | might makes right◼◼◼(morality cannot question the powerful) |
langage des fleurs nom {m} | floriography(communication through the use of flowers) |
langue des signes française nom {f} | French Sign Language◼◼◼(a dacylological sign language) |
langues finno-ougriennes nom propre {f-Pl} | Finno-Ugric◼◼◼(non-Indo-European group of languages) |
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres phrase | one man's loss is another man's gain◼◼◼(some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) |
le sexe le plus faible nom | weaker vessel(a woman; women collectively) |
les bons comptes font les bons amis phrase | |
les femmes et les enfants d’abord phrase | women and children first◼◼◼(exhortation) |
les Flandres nom propre {f-Pl} | Flanders◼◼◼(subnational state in the north of federal Belgium) |
les îles Faeroe nom propre {f-Pl} | Faroe Islands(group of islands between Scotland and Iceland) |
les îles Féroé nom propre {f-Pl} | Faroe Islands◼◼◼(group of islands between Scotland and Iceland) |
les îles Ioniennes f plural nom propre | Ionian Islands(a group of islands in the Ionian Sea) |
les temps forts nom {m pl} | highlights◼◼◼(event summary, focussing on important/consequential aspects) |
lever les filets verbe | fillet [filleted, filleting, fillets]◼◼◼(to make into fillets) |
Liverpoolais (less frequent) nom {m} | Liverpudlian(a native or resident of Liverpool in the United Kingdom) |
liverpoolais (less frequent) adjectif {m} | Liverpudlian(of or relating to Liverpool in the United Kingdom) |
Liverpoolois (less frequent) nom {m} | Liverpudlian(a native or resident of Liverpool in the United Kingdom) |
liverpoolois (less frequent) adjectif {m} | Liverpudlian(of or relating to Liverpool in the United Kingdom) |
loi du plus fort nom {f} | law of the jungle◼◼◼(The survival of the fittest) |
Loup des Falkland nom | Falkland Islands wolf◼◼◼(Dusicyon australis) |
Madérois [less frequent] nom {m} | Madeiran(someone from Madeira) |
maillon le plus faible nom {m} | weakest link◼◼◼(the part of a system that is most likely to fail or cause problems) |
maintes fois adverbe | time and again◼◼◼(often; repeatedly) over and over◼◼◼(repeatedly) |
Maldivois [less frequent] nom {m} | Maldivian(person) |
Marche des fiertés nom {f} | Pride◼◼◼(a festival primarily for LGBT people, usually organized annually within a city) |
mauvais flic nom {m} | good cop bad cop◼◼◼(Psychological tactic) |
mécanique des fluides nom {f} | fluid mechanics◼◼◼(branch of mechanics dealing with fluids) |
mois des fiertés nom propre {m} | Pride Month◼◼◼(LGBT celebration month) |
montie des fontaines nom {f} | blinks◼◼◼(Montia fontana) |
mots fléchés nom {m pl} | arrowword(crossword puzzle with the clues written in the grid, accompanied by arrows) |
mouche des fruits nom {f} | fruit fly [fruit flies]◼◼◼(Drosophilidae) fruit fly [fruit flies]◼◼◼(Tephritidae) |
mouche méditerranéenne des fruits nom | medfly◼◼◼(fruit fly) |
mutilations génitales féminines nom {f pl} | female genital mutilation◼◼◼(the complete amputation or partial cutting of the external female genitalia) |
ne [see entries for usage] adverbe | not(negates meaning of verb) |