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grève sauvage nom {f} | wildcat strike◼◼◼(labour strike not authorized by the leaders of a trade union) |
inachèvement nom | unfinishedness(quality of being unfinished) |
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) |
la brièveté est l’âme de l’esprit phrase | brevity is the soul of wit(conciseness is essential to witty remarks) |
lac de Genève nom propre {m} | Lake Geneva◼◼◼(Lake Geneva in Europe) |
le canton de Genève nom propre {m} | Geneva◼◼◼(canton) |
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) |
lève-tard nom {m} nom {f} | late riser◼◼◼(someone who gets up late) slugabed(lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up) |
lève-tôt nom {m} | early bird◼◼◼(one who wakes early) lark [larks]◼◻◻(one who wakes early) |
marche ou crève [move/walk or expire] verbe | sink or swim◼◼◼(to fail or succeed, on a project attempted) |
ne connaître ni d'Ève ni d'Adam verbe | |
Parascève nom {f} | Paraskevi◼◼◼proper noun |
prendre la relève verbe | take up the slack◼◼◼(to do work that would otherwise be left undone) |
prélèvement nom | levy [levies]◼◼◼(act of levying) |
prélèvement nom {m}; échantillon {m} | sampling [samplings]◼◼◼(process or technique of obtaining a representative sample) |
prélèvement nom {m} | removal [removals]◼◼◼(The process of moving, or the fact of being removed) |
prélèvement d'organe nom {m} | organ harvesting◼◼◼(removal of human organs) |
relève nom {f} | relief [reliefs]◼◼◼(person who takes over a shift) |
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois nom {f} | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois◼◼◼(a city in Essonne, France) |
soulèvement nom | uplift◼◼◼(tectonic upheaval) |
soulèvement nom {m} | upheaval [upheavals]◼◼◻(process of being heaved upward, especially of the earth's crust) |
sève nom {f} | sap [saps]◼◼◼(juice of plant) pitch [pitches]◼◻◻(sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees) |
sève nom | zing [zings](zest or vitality) |
sève brute nom {f} | crude sap(sap that rises from the roots to the leaves) |
sève élaborée nom {f} | elaborated sap(sap produced in leaves) |
talève sultane nom {f} | purple swamphen◼◼◼(Porphyrio porphyrio) |
tenue d’Ève nom {f} | birthday suit(nakedness) |
Trèves nom propre | Trier◼◼◼(city in Germany) |
élève nom {m} nom {f} | student [students]◼◼◼(person who studies a subject) pupil [pupils]◼◼◼(learner) schoolchild [schoolchildren]◼◼◻(young person attending school or of an age to attend school) |
élève nom {m} | alumnus [alumni]◼◼◻(a male pupil or student) schoolboy [schoolboys]◼◻◻(young male student) |
élève nom {f} | schoolgirl [schoolgirls]◼◻◻(girl attending school) alumna [alumnae]◼◻◻(a female pupil or student) |
élève nom | educatee(someone who is being educated) |
élève sortant nom {m} | schoolie(school-leaver) |