Französisch | Englisch |
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Espírito Santo nom propre {m} | Espírito Santo◼◼◼(state in south-eastern Brazil) |
étourneau sansonnet nom {m} | common starling◼◼◼(Sturnus vulgaris) |
être un boit-sans-soif nom | hollow leg(ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol) |
frère de sang nom {m} | blood brother◼◼◼(unrelated male friend confirmed by a ceremonial mingling of blood) |
garder son sang froid verbe | forbear [forbore, forborne, forbearing, forbears]◼◼◼(to control oneself when provoked) |
garder son sang-froid verbe | keep one's cool(to remain composed, calm) |
Géorgie du Sud-et-les Îles Sandwich du Sud nom propre | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands◼◼◼(territory) |
glace sans tain nom {f} | one-way mirror◼◼◼(mirror that is transparent on one side) |
glacer le sang verbe | make someone's blood run cold(cause a person to feel fear) |
groupe sanguin nom {m} | blood type [blood types]◼◼◼(blood classification) |
idiote sans-dessein [Québec] nom {f} | dimwit(person who is deficient in intelligence) |
il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu phrase | no smoke without fire◼◼◼(gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) |
il n'y a pas de règle sans exception phrase | there is an exception to every rule(every rule has an exception) |
il n’est pas de roses sans épines phrase | no rose without a thornphrase |
il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu phrase | where there's smoke, there's fire(if there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but rumors should be handled with skepticism) |
il va sans dire verbe | go without saying◼◼◼(to be obvious, apparent or clear) |
impôt du sang nom | blood tax◼◼◼noun |
intimidation de locataires par des propriétaires sans scrupules (pour obtenir une expulsion) nom | Rachmanism((UK) The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords) |
jamais deux sans trois phrase | good things come in threes◼◼◼(several fortunate events usually occur together) bad things come in threes◼◼◻(several unfortunate events usually occur together) |
Khe Sanh nom propre | Khe Sanh◼◼◼(Township in Vietnam) |
l'arcane sans nom nom | death [deaths](Tarot) |
mauvais [with "pour la santé"] adjectif | bad [worse, worst]◼◼◼(unhealthy; liable to cause health problems) |
mauvais pour la santé adjectif | unhealthy [unhealthier, unhealthiest]◼◼◼(conducive to poor health) |
miroir sans tain nom {m} | one-way mirror◼◼◼(mirror that is transparent on one side) |
mon groupe sanguin est … phrase | my blood type is ...(my blood type is …) |
on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession phrase | butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth(benign appearance, suggesting the contrary) |
on n'a rien sans rien phrase | no pain, no gain◼◼◼(discomfort is necessary to achieve goals) there's no such thing as a free lunch◼◻◻(nothing is free; everything has a price) you don't get something for nothing◼◻◻(everything has a price) |
on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs [one doesn't make an omelette without breaking eggs] phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
on ne saurait faire d'omelette sans casser des œufs phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
orange sanguine nom {f} | blood orange [blood oranges]◼◼◼(type of orange) |
Organisation mondiale de la santé nom {f} | World Health Organization◼◼◼(UN public health agency, see also: WHO) |
pas de sexe sans latex phrase | no glove, no love◼◼◼phrase |
passe sanitaire nom {m} | green passnoun |
patience sang-de-dragon nom {f} | bloody dock(Rumex sanguineus) |
patience sanguine nom {f} | bloody dock(Rumex sanguineus) |
perdre son sang froid verbe | lose one's temper(to be explosively angry) |
perdre son sang-froid verbe | lose one's cool(to lose one's temper) |