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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 l'embarras du choix adjectif | spoilt for choice◼◼◼(having many good choices) |
avoir la peau dure verbe | die hard◼◼◼(be slow in changing) have legs(to have endurance; to have prospects to exist or go on for a long time) |
avoir la vie dure verbe | die hard◼◼◼(be slow in changing) have legs(to have endurance; to have prospects to exist or go on for a long time) |
avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre [to have the butter and the money from [selling] the butter] verbe | have one's cake and eat it too(to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) |
avoir un malentendu verbe | get one's wires crossed(to misunderstand one another) |
axe du mal nom {m} | axis of evil◼◼◼(states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction) |
axiome du choix nom {m} | axiom of choice◼◼◼(axiom that any product of non-empty sets is non-empty) |
ayant du succès adjectif | successful◼◼◼(resulting in success) |
bal du printemps [Swiss French] nom {m} | prom [proms](a formal ball) |
balle perdue nom {f} | stray bullet◼◼◼(a bullet that hits an unintended target) |
bandura nom {f} | bandura◼◼◼(Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument) |
bandurria nom {f} | bandurria◼◼◼(plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body) |
baptême du feu nom {m} | baptism of fire◼◼◼(the first experience of a severe ordeal) |
bas du dos nom | lower back◼◼◼(the lumbar region) |
Basse-Californie du Sud nom propre | Baja California Sur◼◼◼(state of Mexico) |
bassin du Donetz nom propre | Donets Basin◼◼◼proper noun |
bassinet du rein nom {m} | renal pelvis [renal pelvises]◼◼◼(funnel-like dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney) |
batara du Cocha nom | Cocha antshrike(passerine bird of the antbird family) |
batara du Plano Alto nom | Planalto slaty antshrike(bird) |
bâton-du-diable nom {m} | marsh thistle(Cirsium palustre) |
bébé adulte nom {m} | adult baby◼◼◼(person) |
bec-en-sabot du Nil nom {m} | shoebill [shoebills]◼◼◼(wading bird) |
bénéfice du doute nom {m} | benefit of the doubt◼◼◼(a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence) |
benne à ordures ménagères nom {f} | garbage truck◼◼◼(waste collection vehicle) |
bercé trop près du mur nom | nincompoop(foolish or silly person) |
berger du Caucase nom | Caucasian shepherd◼◼◼noun |
bergeronnette du Cap nom {f} | cape wagtail(Motacilla capensis) |
bergeronnette du Japon nom {f} | Japanese wagtail(Motacilla grandis) |
bernache du Canada nom {f} | Canada goose [Canada geese]◼◼◼(Branta canadensis) |
bête à manger du foin ("dumb to the point of eating hay") adjectif | thick as a brickadjective |
bête comme ses pieds ("dumb as their own feet") adjectif | thick as a brickadjective |
biais du survivant nom | survivorship bias◼◼◼(bias) |
Bible du roi Jacques nom {f} | King James Version◼◼◼(1611 English translation of the Bible) |
bidual nom | bidualnoun |
bidule nom {m} | contraption [contraptions]◼◼◼(complicated and precarious machine) gizmo◼◼◼(thingy) thingamajig◼◼◻(something that one does not know the name of) |