French | English |
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chercher verbe | look [looked, looking, looks]◼◼◼(give an appearance of being) seek [sought, seeking, seeks]◼◼◼(to try to find) look for◼◼◼(search; seek) search [searched, searching, searches]◼◼◼((followed by "for") to look thoroughly) search [searched, searching, searches]◼◼◼(to look throughout (a place) for something) get [got, gotten, getting, gets]◼◼◻(to fetch) pick up◼◼◻(to collect a passenger) hunt [hunted, hunting, hunts]◼◼◻(to search for something) look up◼◼◻(to obtain information about something from a text source) mess with◼◻◻(to diss) |
chercher la merde verbe | ask for it(provoke an unwanted action) |
chercher la petite bête verbe | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks]◼◼◼(to correct minutiae or find fault) |
chercher la petite bête (look for the small beast) verbe | split hairs◼◼◼(to consider fine details) |
chercher les poux verbe | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks]◼◼◼(to pick nits) |
chercher midi à quatorze heures verbe | seek a knot in a bulrush(to find problems where none exist) |
chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [verb] nom | needle in a haystack◼◼◼(idiomatic) |
chercheur nom {m} | researcher [researchers]◼◼◼(one who researches) searcher [searchers]◼◼◻(One who searches) hunter [hunters]◼◻◻(person who searches for something) cat's whisker(wire that touches the crystal in a crystal radio) |
chercheur d'or nom | gold digger◼◼◼(someone who digs or mines for gold) |
chercheuse nom {f} | researcher [researchers]◼◼◼(one who researches) hunter [hunters]◼◻◻(person who searches for something) |
aller chercher verbe | fetch [fetched, fetching, fetches]◼◼◼(to retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get) |
avis de recherche nom {m} | all-points bulletin◼◼◼noun |
je cherche du travail phrase | I'm looking for a job◼◼◼phrase |
je cherche un guide phrase | I need a guide(I need a guide (a person who guides)) |
je recherche une épicerie phrase | I'm looking for a grocery storephrase |
je suis à la recherche d'un emploi phrase | I'm looking for a job◼◼◼phrase |
le chercher verbe | ask for it◼◼◼(provoke an unwanted action) have it coming◼◻◻(to deserve or merit) |
moteur de recherche nom {m} | search engine◼◼◼(application that searches for data) |
méta-chercheur nom {m} | |
professeur de recherche nom | research professor [research professors]◼◼◼(professor mainly engaged in research) |
qui cherche phrase | seek and ye shall find◼◼◼(one finds what one looks for) |
qui cherche trouve phrase | seek and ye shall find◼◼◼(one finds what one looks for) |
qui cherche à soulever les masses adjectif | rabblerousingadjective |
recherche nom {f} | research [researches]◼◼◼(inquiry or examination) research [researches]◼◼◼(piece of research) search [searches]◼◼◼(an attempt to find something) |