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[manslaughter] homicide involontaire nom {m} | homicide [homicides](the killing of one person by another) |
[of a business] directeur nom {m} | manager [managers](person whose job is to manage something) |
[Québec] pleuvoir à boire debout verbe | rain cats and dogs(to rain very heavily) |
[rare] vingtenaire nom {m} nom {f} | twentysomething(aged between twenty and twenty-nine) |
[Recueil scientifique ou littéraire] miscellanées nom {f pl} | miscellany [miscellanies](A collection of writings on various subjects, topics) |
[scale down] réduire verbe | scale [scaled, scaling, scales](to change size of) |
[verb "to be silent"] se taire adjectif {m} | silent(free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet) |
[vulgar] faire chier verbe | give someone the shits(vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) |
[vulgar] va te faire enculer interjection | bite me(expression of discontent or aggravation) |
[vulgar] va te faire foutre interjection | bite me(expression of discontent or aggravation) |
à chacun son heure de gloire phrase | every dog has its day◼◼◼(proverb) |
à couteaux tirés preposition | at each other's throats◼◼◼(in mutual conflict) at daggers drawn◼◼◻preposition |
à dire d’expert nom {f} | educated guess(guess based on experience or knowledge) |
à dire vrai adverbe | to tell the truth◼◼◼(attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of a statement) |
à faire nom | to-do [to-dos]◼◼◼(task) |
à tant faire que de verbe | go so far as(reach an unexpected extent in doing something) |
à toi de me le dire interjection | you tell me◼◼◼interjection |
à vrai dire preposition | as a matter of fact◼◼◼(actually) |
à vrai dire adverbe | to tell the truth◼◼◼(attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of a statement) |
abandonnataire nom {m} nom {f} | abandoneenoun |
abdicataire nom | abdicant(one who abdicates) |
abécédaire nom {m} | primer [primers]◼◼◼(children's book introducing basic literacy) primer [primers]◼◼◼(introductory textbook) |
abécédaire adjectif | alphabetical◼◻◻(in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) |
abécédaire nom | Abecedarian◼◻◻(member of a 16th-century sect) |
absolutisme éclairé nom {m} | enlightened absolutism◼◼◼noun |
absolutoire adjectif | absolutory(serving to absolve) |
abstraire verbe | abstract [abstracted, abstracting, abstracts]◼◼◼(to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) abstract [abstracted, abstracting, abstracts]◼◼◼(to separate; to disengage) |
accent primaire nom {m} | primary stress◼◼◼noun |
accent secondaire nom {m} | secondary stress◼◼◼noun |
accenteur à gorge noire nom {f} | black-throated accentor(Prunella atrogularis) |
accepter sans rien dire verbe | take lying down(endure without complaint) |
accessoire adjectif | accessory◼◼◼(having a supplementary function) |
accessoire nom {m} | accessory [accessories]◼◼◼(clothing accessory) accessory [accessories]◼◼◼(that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) accessory [accessories]◼◼◼(unessential part in a work of art) ancillary [ancillaries]◼◼◻(thing) prop [props]◼◼◻(item placed on a stage to create a scene) |