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avoir besoin de verbe | need [needed, needing, needs]◼◼◼(to have an absolute requirement for) need [needed, needing, needs]◼◼◼(to want strongly) require [required, requiring, requires]◼◼◻(to need) |
avoir bon cœur verbe | have one's heart in the right place(to have good intentions, to be well-intentioned) |
avoir bon fond verbe | have one's heart in the right place(to have good intentions, to be well-intentioned) |
avoir bonne presse nom | good press◼◼◼noun |
avoir d'autres chats à fouetter verbe | have other fish to fry◼◼◼(to have more important things to do) |
avoir d'autres chats à fouetter (verb: literally to have other cats to whip) nom | bigger fish to fry◼◼◼(more pressing issues to attend to) |
avoir de l'amertume verbe | resent [resented, resenting, resents]◼◼◼(to feel resentment) |
avoir de la repartie verbe | give as good as one getsverb |
avoir des fourmis dans les jambes nom | pins and needles(tingling felt in limb) |
avoir des gaz verbe | fart [farted, farting, farts]◼◼◼(to emit flatulent gases) |
avoir des relations sexuelles verbe | have sex◼◼◼(take part in a sexual act) |
avoir des vues sur verbe | have designs on◼◼◼verb |
avoir des yeux dans le dos verbe | have eyes in the back of one's head(perceived ability to see) |
avoir des yeux derrière la tête verbe | have eyes in the back of one's head(perceived ability to see) |
avoir deux mains gauches nom | butterfingers [butterfingers]◼◼◼(someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated) |
avoir deux mains gauches (have two left hands) adjectif | all thumbs◼◼◼(clumsy (idiom)) |
avoir dormant nom {m} | idle assetnoun |
avoir du chagrin verbe | grieve [grieved, grieving, grieves]◼◼◼(to feel very sad about) |
avoir du mal à respirer verbe | wheeze [wheezed, wheezing, wheezes]◼◼◼(breathe hard) |
avoir du pain sur la planche verbe | |
avoir du répondant verbe | give as good as one getsverb |
avoir du sang sur les mains verbe | have blood on one's hands(be responsible for a violent act) |
avoir du sens verbe | make sense◼◼◼(be coherent) |
avoir du succès verbe | succeed [succeeded, succeeding, succeeds]◼◼◼(To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful) |
avoir en main verbe | get the hang of◼◼◼(to learn to handle with some skill) |
avoir en tête verbe | have in mind◼◼◼(consider, intend) |
avoir envie [desire] verbe | want [wanted, wanting, wants]◼◼◼(desire) |
avoir envie de verbe | feel like◼◼◼(have a desire for something, or to do something) |
avoir faim verbe | hunger [hungered, hungering, hungers]◼◼◼(need food) |
avoir faim [to be hungry] adjectif | hungry [hungrier, hungriest]◼◼◼(affected by hunger; desirous of food) |
avoir fait Polytechnique [pas besoin d'avoir fait Polytechnique pour...] nom {m} | rocket scientist(capable of understanding complex things) |
avoir fait son temps verbe | have seen better days(to be in poor condition) |
avoir foi en quelqu’un verbe | trust [trusted, trusting, trusts](to give credence to) |
avoir hâte verbe | can't wait◼◼◼verb |
avoir hâte de verbe | look forward to◼◼◼(anticipate, expect, or wait for) |
avoir honte verbe | be ashamed◼◼◼(feel ashamed) |
avoir horreur de verbe | abhor [abhorred, abhorring, abhors]◼◼◼(to regard with horror or detestation) |
avoir intérêt verbe | had better◼◼◼(should; ought to; must) |