Franska | Engelska |
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avoir du répondant verbe | give as good as one getsverb |
avoir du sang sur les mains verbe | have blood on one's hands(be responsible for a violent act) |
avoir du sens verbe | make sense◼◼◼(be coherent) |
avoir du succès verbe | succeed [succeeded, succeeding, succeeds]◼◼◼(To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful) |
avoir en main verbe | get the hang of◼◼◼(to learn to handle with some skill) |
avoir en tête verbe | have in mind◼◼◼(consider, intend) |
avoir envie [desire] verbe | want [wanted, wanting, wants]◼◼◼(desire) |
avoir envie de verbe | feel like◼◼◼(have a desire for something, or to do something) |
avoir faim verbe | hunger [hungered, hungering, hungers]◼◼◼(need food) |
avoir faim [to be hungry] adjectif | hungry [hungrier, hungriest]◼◼◼(affected by hunger; desirous of food) |
avoir fait Polytechnique [pas besoin d'avoir fait Polytechnique pour...] nom {m} | rocket scientist(capable of understanding complex things) |
avoir fait son temps verbe | have seen better days(to be in poor condition) |
avoir foi en quelqu’un verbe | trust [trusted, trusting, trusts](to give credence to) |
avoir hâte verbe | can't wait◼◼◼verb |
avoir hâte de verbe | look forward to◼◼◼(anticipate, expect, or wait for) |
avoir honte verbe | be ashamed◼◼◼(feel ashamed) |
avoir horreur de verbe | abhor [abhorred, abhorring, abhors]◼◼◼(to regard with horror or detestation) |
avoir intérêt verbe | had better◼◼◼(should; ought to; must) |
avoir l'air verbe | look [looked, looking, looks]◼◼◼(to appear, to seem) seem [seemed, seeming, seems]◼◼◼(to appear) |
avoir l'air de verbe | come across◼◼◼(give an appearance or impression) |
avoir l'attention de quelqu'un verbe | |
avoir l'effet inverse verbe | backfire [backfired, backfiring, backfires]◼◼◼(fail) |
avoir l'embarras du choix adjectif | spoilt for choice◼◼◼(having many good choices) |
avoir l'habitude de verbe | use [used, using, uses]◼◼◼(rare: to habitually do) |
avoir l'intention verbe | intend [intended, intending, intends]◼◼◼(to fix the mind upon a goal) plan [planned, planning, plans]◼◼◼(to intend) mean [meant, meaning, means]◼◼◻(to intend; plan on doing) purport [purported, purporting, purports](to intend) |
avoir l'occasion verbe | stand a chance◼◼◼(have a chance) |
avoir la chair de poule verbe | crawl [crawled, crawling, crawls]◼◼◼(to feel swarming sensation) |
avoir la dalle en pente nom | hollow leg(ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol) |
avoir la dent adjectif | peckishadjective |
avoir la gueule de l'emploi verbe | look the part◼◼◼(appear suitable for a particular kind of work) |
avoir la moindre chance [interrogative / negative form] verbe | stand a chance◼◼◼(have a chance) |
avoir la parole verbe | have the floor◼◼◼verb |
avoir la peau dure verbe | die hard◼◼◼(be slow in changing) have legs(to have endurance; to have prospects to exist or go on for a long time) |
avoir la tête dans les nuages phrase | head in the clouds◼◼◼phrase head in the clouds◼◼◼(daydreaming) |