Franska | Engelska |
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dépassé preposition | beside oneself(consumed by an emotion) |
dépasser verbe | exceed [exceeded, exceeding, exceeds]◼◼◼(to go beyond the limits of something) surpass [surpassed, surpassing, surpasses]◼◼◻(to exceed) pass [passed, passing, passes]◼◼◻(to go past) overtake [overtook, overtaken, overtaking, overtakes]◼◼◻(to pass a more slowly moving object) protrude [protruded, protruding, protrudes]◼◻◻(to extend from) excel [excelled, excelling, excels]◼◻◻(intransitive: to be much better than others) excel [excelled, excelling, excels]◼◻◻(transitive: to surpass someone or something) stick out◼◻◻(to protrude; to extend beyond) outreach [outreached, outreaching, outreaches]◼◻◻(to reach further than) outreach [outreached, outreaching, outreaches]◼◻◻(to surpass or exceed) go past◼◻◻(surpass a boundary) outshine [outshone, outshining, outshines]◼◻◻(to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) |
dépasser doucement verbe | skim [skimmed, skimming, skims](to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean) |
dépasser l'entendement verbe | beggar belief◼◼◼verb |
dépasser les bornes verbe | cross the line◼◼◼(overstep a boundary) go too far◼◼◻verb |
dépasser les bornes (to be beyond the pale) preposition | beyond the pale◼◼◼(of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, etc.) |
du passé adjectif | preterite◼◼◼(showing an action at a determined moment in the past) |
être du passé nom | thing of the past◼◼◼(something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) |
évènement passé nom {m} | bygone◼◼◼(A person or occurrence that took place in the past) |
faire l'impasse verbe | give something a miss(to forego something) |
faire passer verbe | pass on◼◼◼(to convey or communicate) pass off◼◼◼(to misrepresent) slip [slipped, slipping, slips]◼◼◼(to pass) |
faire passer pour verbe | make out◼◼◼(to represent as being true) |
fantôme des Noëls passés nom propre {m} | Ghost of Christmas Past◼◼◼(the fictional ghost) |
fer à repasser nom {m} | clothes iron◼◼◼(for pressing clothes) |
il faudra me passer sur le corps preposition | over my dead body◼◼◼(absolutely not) |
il faut que jeunesse se passe phrase | boys will be boys◼◼◼(boys are mischievous by nature) |
impasse nom {f} | deadlock [deadlocks]◼◼◼(standstill) stalemate [stalemates]◼◼◼(blocked situation without personal loss) dead end◼◼◻(position that offers no hope of progress) dead end◼◼◻(street or path that goes nowhere) logjam◼◼◻(A clog; any jam or mess that halts or greatly delays progress) finesse [finesses]◼◻◻((card games) technique to win a trick) finesse [finessed, finessing, finesses]◼◻◻(to play (a card) as a finesse) |
impasse nom {m} | gridlock◼◼◻(deadlock) |
infinitif passé nom {m} | perfect infinitive(nonfinite word or phrase equivalent to an infinite expressed in the perfect aspect) |
insurpassé adjectif | unsurpassed◼◼◼(not exceeded by others) |