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invention nom | forgery [forgeries]◼◻◻noun |
inventorier verbe | inventory [inventoried, inventorying, inventories]◼◼◼(to take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory) catalogue [catalogued, cataloguing, catalogues]◼◼◻(to make a catalogue of) |
inventrice nom {f} | inventor [inventors]◼◼◼(one who invents) inventrix(a female that invents) |
Jack l’Éventreur nom propre {m} | Jack the Ripper◼◼◼(19th century murderer) |
joint-venture nom {f} | joint venture◼◼◼(a cooperative business partnership) |
l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt (the future is for those who get up early) phrase | the early bird gets the worm◼◼◼(whoever arrives first has the best chance of success) |
l'aventure | |
la nécessité est la mère de l'invention phrase | necessity is the mother of invention◼◼◼(a person in need will find a way) |
le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt phrase | the early bird gets the worm◼◼◼(whoever arrives first has the best chance of success) |
le plus souvent adverbe | more often than not◼◼◼(more likely to be the case than not) |
le ventre vide preposition | on an empty stomach◼◼◼preposition |
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) |
ligne de vent nom {f} | rhumb line(a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) |
maintenir (en détention préventive) verbe | remand [remanded, remanding, remands]◼◼◼verb |
maintien (en détention préventive) nom {m} | remand [remands]◼◼◼(sending an accused person back into custody) |
mal au ventre nom {m} | stomachache [stomachaches]◼◼◼(pain in the abdomen) bellyache [bellyaches]◼◼◻(pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen) |
maux de ventre nom {m pl} | stomachache [stomachaches]◼◼◼(pain in the abdomen) |
médecine non conventionnelle nom {f} | alternative medicine [alternative medicines]◼◼◼(any of various medical methods and practices used in place of conventional medicine) |
mésange à ventre blanc nom {f} | white-bellied tit(Melaniparus albiventris) |
mésange à ventre cannelle nom {f} | rufous-bellied tit(Melaniparus rufiventris) |
mésaventure nom {f} | misfortune [misfortunes]◼◼◼(an undesirable event such as an accident) |
mettre un vent à quelqu'un verbe | |
mise à plat-ventre nom {m} | prone position [prone positions](body position with the person lying with the chest down) |
moulin à vent nom {m} | windmill [windmills]◼◼◼(machine) windmill [windmills]◼◼◼(structure) pinwheel [pinwheels]◼◼◻(fake flower for children) |
ordre de vente nom {m} | sell order◼◼◼noun |
paravent nom {m} | screen [screens]◼◼◼(physical divider) folding screen◼◼◻(furniture) |
pic à ventre roux nom {m} | buff-bellied pipit(Anthus rubescens) |
plaquage ventral nom {m} | prone position [prone positions](body position with the person lying with the chest down) |
point de vente nom {m} | point of sale◼◼◼(location at which payment for goods is made) |
prévente nom {f} | presale◼◼◼(sale of something before it is available to the public) |
préventif adjectif | preventive◼◼◼(slowing the development of an illness) |
préventif adjectif {m} | preventive◼◼◼(preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to) |
prévention nom {f} | prevention [preventions]◼◼◼(The act of preventing or hindering) |