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les grands esprits se rencontrent phrase | great minds think alike◼◼◼(used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion) |
les îles Britanniques nom propre {f-Pl} | British Isles◼◼◼(group of islands) |
les îles d'Åland nom propre | Åland◼◼◼(archipelago) |
les îles Égades nom propre | Aegadian Islands◼◼◼(islands off the coast of Sicily) |
les îles Égates nom propre | Aegadian Islands(islands off the coast of Sicily) |
les îles Faeroe nom propre {f-Pl} | Faroe Islands(group of islands between Scotland and Iceland) |
les îles Féroé nom propre {f-Pl} | Faroe Islands◼◼◼(group of islands between Scotland and Iceland) |
les îles Hawaï nom {f} | Hawaii◼◼◼(chain of islands) |
les îles Ioniennes f plural nom propre | Ionian Islands(a group of islands in the Ionian Sea) |
les îles Sorlingues nom propre {f-Pl} | Isles of Scilly◼◼◼(group of islands) |
les jeunes nom {m pl} | youth [youths]◼◼◼(young persons, collectively) |
les jeux sont faits phrase | the die is cast◼◼◼(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
les latitudes des chevaux nom | horse latitudes◼◼◼(warm, dry subtropical bands encircling the globe) |
les leurs pronoun {m-Pl} {f-Pl} | theirs◼◼◼(that which belongs to them) |
les loups peuvent perdre leurs dents phrase | the fox may grow grey but never good(one cannot change one's own nature) the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature(one cannot change one's own nature) |
les Lumières nom propre {f-Pl} | Enlightenment◼◼◼(17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement) |
les mains vides adjectif {Pl} | emptyhanded◼◼◼(having nothing to give) |
les malades adjectif {m-Pl} | sick [sicker, sickest]◼◼◼(ill, used as a substantive: sick people, collectively) |
les mathématiques appliquées nom {f pl} | applied mathematics◼◼◼(area of mathematics) |
les mêmes adjectif {Pl} | identical◼◼◼(selfsame) |
les miens nom {m pl} | people◼◼◼(a person's ancestors, relatives or family) |
les morts ne parlent pas phrase | dead men tell no tales◼◼◼(a dead person can no longer reveal information) |
les mouches ont changé d'âne verbe | turn the tables(To reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted) |
les murs ont des oreilles phrase | walls have ears◼◼◼(be careful about what you say) |
les Nordiques nom {m pl} | Norse [Norse]◼◼◼(Scandinavian/Norwegian people) Norse [Norse]◼◼◼(speakers of any North Germanic language) |
les nôtres pronoun {m-Pl} {f-Pl} | ours◼◼◼(that which belongs to us) |
les oisons veulent mener les oies paître (the goslings want to drive the geese to pasture) verbe | teach grandma how to suck eggs(teach an expert) |
les Orcades nom propre {f-Pl} | Orkney Islands◼◼◼(group of islands) |
les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières phrase | take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves(if you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things) |
les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières (small streams make big rivers) phrase | many a mickle makes a muckle◼◼◼(lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount) |
les plus adverbe {Pl} | most◼◼◼(forming the superlative) |
les Poconos nom propre | Poconos◼◼◼(tribe) |
les potes avant les putes phrase | bros before hoes(a man should prioritize his best friends over his girlfriend or wife) |
les pours nom | pro [pros]◼◼◼(advantage of something) |
les règles sont faites pour être transgressées phrase | rules are made to be broken◼◼◼(it is acceptable to break rules) |
les rênes nom | mantle [mantles]◼◼◼(figurative: anything that covers or conceals something else) |
Les Sables-d'Olonne nom {f} | Les Sables-d'Olonne◼◼◼(a city in Vendée, France) |
les secours sont en route phrase | help is on the way◼◼◼(used to inform the interlocutor that emergency assistance is approaching) |