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la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase nom {f} | last straw◼◼◼(small additional burden) |
la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase [the drop of water that makes the vase overflow] nom | the straw that broke the camel's back(small additional burden which causes failure) |
la nuit ne fait que commencer phrase | the night is young◼◼◼(it's not very late) |
la vie est ainsi faite phrase | such is life◼◼◼(used to express the acceptance of misfortune) |
le mal est fait phrase | the damage is done◼◼◼phrase what's done is done◼◻◻phrase |
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres phrase | one man's loss is another man's gain◼◼◼(some people's misfortune is other people's fortune) |
les jeux sont faits phrase | the die is cast◼◼◼(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
les règles sont faites pour être transgressées phrase | rules are made to be broken◼◼◼(it is acceptable to break rules) |
loi des gaz parfaits nom {f} | ideal gas law◼◼◼(equation of state of an ideal gas) |
l’habit ne fait pas le moine phrase | clothes don't make the man◼◼◼phrase |
malfaiteur nom {m} | wrongdoer [wrongdoers]◼◼◼(someone who does wrong) malefactor [malefactors]◼◼◼(evildoer) evildoer [evildoers]◼◼◼(person who performs evil acts) |
malfaitrice nom {f} | evildoer [evildoers](person who performs evil acts) malefactor [malefactors](evildoer) |
malgré le fait que preposition | after◼◼◼(in spite of) |
méfait nom | mischief◼◼◼((law) a criminal offence) |
méfait nom {f} | wrongdoing [wrongdoings]◼◼◼(instance of doing wrong) misdeed [misdeeds]◼◼◼(something wrong done) |
nécessité fait loi phrase | necessity knows no law◼◼◼(a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) necessity is the mother of invention◼◼◻(a person in need will find a way) |
ni fait ni à faire adjectif | half-assed(poorly or incompetently done) |
nombre parfait nom {m} | perfect number◼◼◼(a number that is the sum of all of its divisors except itself) |
nul n'est parfait phrase | nobody's perfect◼◼◼(phrase to remind that we all fail at times) |
on fait des sottises à tout âge phrase | there's no fool like an old fool(no wisdom with age) |
on ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des œufs [one doesn't make an omelette without breaking eggs] phrase | you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette(phrase) |
on ne fait pas de soie avec de la toile de sac phrase | you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear(it is not possible to produce something refined from something which is unrefined) |
on ne se refait pas phrase | a leopard cannot change its spots(one cannot change one's own nature) |
ostéogenèse imparfaite nom {f} | osteogenesis imperfecta◼◼◼(disease characterized by bones that easily fracture) |
panne faîtière nom {f} | ridge beam◼◼◼(top longitudinal beam of a roof) ridgepole(beam supporting rafters) |
par le fait de phrase | by way of◼◼◼(possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of) |
parfait adjectif | perfect◼◼◼(fitting its definition precisely) perfect◼◼◼(without fault or mistake) ideal◼◼◻(being perfect) flawless◼◼◻(without flaws, see also: perfect) pristine◼◻◻(unspoiled) |
parfait adjectif {m} | perfect◼◼◼(grammar: of a tense or verb form: representing a completed action) perfect◼◼◼(having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose) |