Französisch | Englisch |
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épisode bouteille nom {m} | bottle episode◼◼◼(episode of a television series designed to be inexpensive) |
être à bout de souffle verbe | run out of steam◼◼◼(to run out of energy or motivation) |
fermer boutique verbe | close up shop◼◼◼verb |
garder la boutique verbe | hold the fort◼◼◼(to assume or take responsibility) |
Godbout nom propre | Godbout◼◼◼proper noun |
goulot de bouteille nom {m} | bottleneck [bottlenecks]◼◼◼(neck of a bottle) |
histoire à dormir debout nom {f} | tall tale◼◼◼(a greatly exaggerated, fantastic story) cock-and-bull story◼◼◻(far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity) |
joindre les deux bouts verbe | make ends meet◼◼◼(get by financially) |
jusqu'au bout adverbe | all the way◼◼◼(to the end) |
kibboutz nom {m} | kibbutz [kibbutzim]◼◼◼(a community) |
kibboutznik nom {m} | kibbutznik◼◼◼(member of a kibbutz) |
marabout nom {m} | marabou [marabou]◼◼◼(large wading bird native to Africa) |
marabout argala nom {m} | greater adjutant◼◼◼(Leptoptilos dubius) |
mener par le bout du nez verbe | lead by the nose◼◼◼verb |
mener quelqu'un par le bout du nez verbe | wrap around one's little finger(to successfully control or influence) |
mettre debout verbe | stand up◼◼◼(bring something up and set it into a standing position) |
mettre en bouteille verbe | bottle [bottled, bottling, bottles]◼◼◼(seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption) |
mignon comme un bouton adjectif | cute as a button◼◼◼(very cute) |
ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez verbe | see past the end of one's nose(have insight into underlying facts or consequences) |
ouvre-bouteille nom {m} | bottle opener◼◼◼(device to open bottles removing the cap) |
parler boutique verbe | talk shop◼◼◼(discuss one's work) |
ramboutan nom {m} | rambutan◼◼◼(fruit) |
sacqueboute nom {f} | sackbut◼◼◼(brass instrument) |
se mettre debout verbe | stand up◼◼◼(rise from a sitting position) |
sur le bout de la langue preposition | on the tip of one's tongue(known but not quite remembered) |
tailler le bout de gras verbe | shoot the breeze◼◼◼(to chat idly or waste time talking) |
tenants et aboutissants nom {m pl} | ins and outs◼◼◼(the details or fine points) |
tenir debout [France verbe | make sense◼◼◼(be coherent) |
tenir la boutique verbe | hold the fort◼◼◼(to assume or take responsibility) |
tenir le bon bout preposition | on the right track◼◼◼preposition |
tête de bouteille nom {f} | bottleneck [bottlenecks](neck of a bottle) |
tournebout nom {m} | crumhorn◼◼◼(woodwind instrument) |
vent debout nom {m} | headwind◼◼◼(wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel) |
voir le bout du tunnel nom {m} | light at the end of the tunnel◼◼◼(a better situation after long hardship) |
whataboutisme nom {m} | whataboutism◼◼◼(propaganda technique) |