Franska | Engelska |
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bouche-trou [person] nom {m} | stopgap [stopgaps]◼◼◼(short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained) |
citrouille nom {f} | pumpkin [pumpkins]◼◼◼(fruit of this plant) pumpkin [pumpkins]◼◼◼(plant) |
citrouille nom {m} nom {f} | pumpkin [pumpkins]◼◼◼(color) |
citrouille d'Halloween nom {f} | jack-o'-lantern [jack-o'-lanterns]◼◼◼(carved pumpkin) |
citrouille-lanterne nom {f} | jack-o'-lantern [jack-o'-lanterns](carved pumpkin) |
controuver verbe | fabricate [fabricated, fabricating, fabricates]◼◼◼(invent and form; forge) make up(to invent, to imagine, to concoct) |
détrousser verbe | mug [mugged, mugging, mugs]◼◼◼(to assault for the purpose of robbery) |
dix de retrouvées phrase | easy come, easy go◼◼◼(easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss) there are plenty of fish in the sea◼◼◼(there are more opportunities available) |
dix de retrouvés (one lost phrase | there are plenty of fish in the sea(there are more opportunities available) |
enfant trouvé nom {m} | foundling [foundlings]◼◼◼(abandoned child, left by its parent) |
entrouvert adverbe | ajar◼◼◼(slightly turned or opened) |
entrouvrir verbe | crack [cracked, cracking, cracks]◼◼◼(to open slightly) |
faire un trou verbe | pounce [pounced, pouncing, pounces](To stamp holes in) |
fauteur de troubles nom | troublemaker [troublemakers]◼◼◼(one who causes trouble, especially deliberately) misbehaver(one who misbehaves) |
fauteur de troubles nom {m} | rabble rouser((idiomatic) someone or something that tends to inspire mobs) |
il se trouve adverbe | as it happens◼◼◼(by coincidence) |
introuvable adjectif | unobtainable◼◼◼(not able to be acquired or reached) unfindable◼◼◼(not findable) |
je ne peux pas trouver ma ... nom {f} | I can't find my ...◼◼◼phrase |
je ne peux pas trouver mes ... phrase {Pl} | I can't find my ...◼◼◼phrase |
je ne peux pas trouver mon ... phrase {m} | I can't find my ...◼◼◼phrase |
le diable aux trousses preposition | like hell(using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon) |
nez retroussé nom {m} | pug nose◼◼◼(a short nose) |
nous étions habituellement assis à côté du trou sur le lac gelé et nous pêchions pendant des heures. verbe | would(indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly) |
objets trouvés nom {m pl} | lost and found◼◼◼(department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners) |
où puis-je trouver un hôtel ? phrase | where can I find a hotel◼◼◼phrase |
Outroupistache nom propre {m} | Rumpelstiltskin◼◼◼(the fictional dwarf) |
pas d'trouble [informal phrase | no biggie(not a big deal) |
patrouille nom {f} | patrol [patrols]◼◼◼(going of the rounds) patrol [patrols]◼◼◼(perambulation of a particular line or district) patrol [patrols]◼◼◼(guards who go the rounds for observation) |
pêcher en eau trouble verbe | fish in troubled waters◼◼◼(to take advantage from a chaotic situation) |
potiron [informally used interchangeably with "citrouille"] nom {m} | pumpkin [pumpkins]◼◼◼(fruit of this plant) |
qui cherche trouve phrase | seek and ye shall find◼◼◼(one finds what one looks for) |
qui trouve garde phrase | finders, keepers◼◼◼(whoever finds something is allowed to keep it) |
retrousser ses manches verbe | roll up one's sleeves(prepare to work) |