Franska | Engelska |
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les | the(with an adjectival noun, as in "the hungry" to mean "hungry people") |
les {Pl} | the(article) |
les affaires sont les affaires phrase | business is business◼◼◼(business matters) |
les Andes nom propre {f-Pl} | Andes◼◼◼(mountain range in South America) |
les Anglais ont débarqué nom propre | Aunt Flo◼◼◼(slang, personification of the menstrual period) |
les années soixante-dix nom {f pl} | seventies◼◼◼(the decade of the 1970s) |
les apparences sont parfois trompeuses phrase | appearances are deceptive(Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone) |
les autres nom {m pl} nom {f pl} | others◼◼◼(other people) |
les avantages nom | pro [pros]◼◼◼(advantage of something) |
les Açores nom propre {f-Pl} | Azores◼◼◼(an archipelago and an autonomous region) |
les bases de adjectif {f-Pl} | 101◼◼◼(basic, beginner) |
les bons comptes font les bons amis phrase | |
les borgnes sont rois phrase | in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king◼◼◼(In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king) |
les boules interjection | bollocks◼◼◼(expressing anger, frustration) |
les briser verbe | badger [badgered, badgering, badgers](pester) bust someone's balls(to irritate someone) |
les carottes sont cuites phrase | goose is cooked◼◼◼(all hope is gone) |
les casser verbe | break someone's balls(to irritate someone) |
Les Cayes nom propre | Cayes◼◼◼(borough-arrondissement) Cayes◼◼◼(port municipality) |
les chats ne font pas des chiens phrase | a wild goose never laid a tame egg(most things are inherited and predetermined) |
les chiens aboient phrase | the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on◼◼◼(life goes on even if some will try to stop progress) |
les Chiens de chasse nom propre {m-Pl} | Canes Venatici◼◼◼(constellation) |
les chiens ne font pas des chats phrase | a wild goose never laid a tame egg(most things are inherited and predetermined) |
les chiens ne font pas des chats (dogs don't beget cats) phrase | the apple does not fall far from the tree(a child is similar to its parents) |
les Chinois nom propre {m-Pl} | Chinese◼◼◼proper noun |
les chômeurs adjectif {m-Pl} | unemployed◼◼◼(unemployed, used as a substantive: the unemployed as a group) |
les cordonniers sont toujours les plus mal chaussés (the shoemakers always wear the worst shoes) phrase | the shoemaker's children go barefoot(one often neglects those closest to oneself) |
les dames d’abord phrase | ladies first◼◼◼phrase |
les deux determiner {Pl} | both◼◼◼(each of two; one and the other) |
les deux côtés de la médaille nom {m pl} | two sides of the same coin◼◼◼noun |
les divers phrase | any other business◼◼◼(last item on the agenda of a meeting) |
les doigts dans le nez adverbe | hands down◼◼◼(without much effort, easily) with one's eyes closedadverb |
les doigts dans le nez adjectif | all in a day's work(a nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.) |
les dés sont jetés phrase | the die is cast◼◼◼(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
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 grands esprits se rencontrent phrase | great minds think alike◼◼◼(used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion) |
les jeunes nom {m pl} | youth [youths]◼◼◼(young persons, collectively) |