Französisch | Englisch |
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le feu adjectif {m} | fire◼◼◼(slang: amazing) |
cessez-le-feu nom {m} | cease-fire◼◼◼(in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose) truce◼◼◻(a period of time in which no fighting takes place) |
combattre le feu par le feu verbe | fight fire with fire◼◼◼(respond to an attack with a counter-attack) |
dans le feu de l'action preposition | in the heat of the moment◼◼◼preposition |
il n'y a pas le feu au lac phrase | where's the firephrase |
jeter de l'huile sur le feu verbe | add fuel to the fire◼◼◼(worsen a conflict) |
jouer avec le feu verbe | play with fire◼◼◼(put oneself in a precarious situation) |
mettre de l'huile sur le feu verbe | add fuel to the fire◼◼◼(worsen a conflict) |
mettre le feu verbe | set fire◼◼◼(to light using fire) ignite [ignited, igniting, ignites]◼◼◼(to set fire to, to light) |
mille-feuille nom {m} | mille-feuille◼◼◼(a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry) |
mille-feuille nom {f} | yarrow◼◼◻(herb of the genus Achillea) |
ouvrir le feu verbe | open fire◼◼◼(to begin firing at something or someone) open up◼◼◻(to commence firing weapons) |
épreuve par le feu nom {f} | trial by fire◼◼◼(idiomatic: any ordeal which tests one's strength, endurance, or resolve) |
épreuve par le feu nom | acid test [acid tests](Rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth) |