Franska | Engelska |
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extirper verbe | extricate [extricated, extricating, extricates]◼◼◼(to free, disengage, loosen or untangle) extirpate [extirpated, extirpating, extirpates]◼◼◼(to destroy completely) extirpate [extirpated, extirpating, extirpates]◼◼◼(to pull up by the roots) extirpate [extirpated, extirpating, extirpates]◼◼◼(to surgically remove) |
faire sortir verbe | flush [flushed, flushing, flushes]◼◼◼(to cause to take flight from concealment) |
faire tout un fromage de (to make an entire cheese out of) verbe | make a mountain out of a molehill(to treat a problem as greater than it is) |
fenêtre de tir nom {f} | launch window◼◼◼noun |
film étirable nom {m} | cling film [cling films]◼◼◼(plastic film that clings) clingfilm [clingfilms]◼◼◻(plastic film) glad wrap(thin plastic food wrap) |
franc-tireur nom | maverick [mavericks]◼◼◼(one who is unconventional or does not abide by rules) |
franc-tireur nom {m} | maverick [mavericks]◼◼◼(one who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices) sniper [snipers]◼◼◼(a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) sniper [snipers]◼◼◼(any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) |
garantir verbe | ensure [ensured, ensuring, ensures]◼◼◼(make sure or certain) guarantee [guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees]◼◼◼(to give an assurance that something will be done right) |
il faut partir à point phrase | slow and steady wins the race◼◼◼(patient work will conquer any problem) |
intervertir verbe | rotate [rotated, rotating, rotates]◼◼◼(to change which tire is on each corner of the car, so that they wear evenly) |
invertir verbe | invert [inverted, inverting, inverts]◼◼◼(turn upside down or inside out) |
investir verbe | invest [invested, investing, invests]◼◼◼(to ceremonially install into office) invest [invested, investing, invests]◼◼◼(to commit resources in the hope of financial gain) invest [invested, investing, invests]◼◼◼(to formally give power) invest [invested, investing, invests]◼◼◼(to lay siege to) invest [invested, investing, invests]◼◼◼(to make investments) beleaguer [beleaguered, beleaguering, beleaguers](to besiege; to surround with troops) |
investir; consacrer [time and effort] verbe | invest [invested, investing, invests](to spend money, time, and effort into something) |
jeu de tir à la première personne nom | first-person shooter◼◼◼(game) |
lévétiracétam nom | levetiracetam◼◼◼noun |
mal fichu (to feel queer se sentir mal fichu) adjectif | queer [queerer, queerest](slightly unwell) |
mentir verbe | lie [lied, lying, lies]◼◼◼(tell an intentional untruth) sham [shammed, shamming, shams]◼◻◻(to cheat or deceive) |
mentir comme un arracheur de dents verbe | lie through one's teeth(To tell a gross or egregious untruth) |
multirésistant adjectif | multiresistant◼◼◼(resistant to multiple drugs) |
ne tirez pas sur le messager phrase | don't shoot the messenger◼◼◼(the bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news) |
note tironienne nom {f} | Tironian note(one of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs) |
partir verbe | leave [left, leaving, leaves]◼◼◼(to depart (intransitive)) move [moved, moving, moves]◼◼◼(to act; to take action) depart [departed, departing, departs]◼◼◻(to leave) go away◼◼◻(to depart or leave a place) go away◼◼◻(to travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation) |