French | English |
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filoir nom | fairlead◼◼◼(device to guide a line) |
gloire nom {f} | glory [glories]◼◼◼(great beauty or splendour) glory [glories]◼◼◼(honour, admiration or distinction) glory [glories]◼◼◼(worship or praise) fame◼◼◻(state of being famous) kudos◼◻◻(praise, accolades) |
Haute-Loire nom {f} | Haute-Loire◼◼◼(département of France) |
heure de gloire nom {f} | 15 minutes of fame◼◼◼(fifteen minutes of fame) |
heures de gloire nom {f} | glory days◼◼◼noun |
Indre-et-Loire nom {f} | Indre-et-Loire◼◼◼(department of Centre, France) |
isoloir nom {m} | voting booth◼◼◼(small compartment where a voter may register a vote) |
Maine-et-Loire nom propre | Maine-et-Loire◼◼◼(departments of France) |
ne pas valoir tripette adjectif | not worth a brass farthing(worth nothing) |
parloir nom {m} | parlor [parlors]◼◼◼(room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room) |
Pays de la Loire nom propre {m-Pl} | Pays de la Loire◼◼◼(region of France) |
place côté couloir nom {f} | aisle seat [aisle seats]◼◼◼(Seat beside an aisle) |
prévaloir verbe | prevail [prevailed, prevailing, prevails]◼◼◼(To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence) prevail [prevailed, prevailing, prevails]◼◼◼(To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand) |
quart d'heure de gloire nom {m} | 15 minutes of fame◼◼◼(fifteen minutes of fame) |
revaloir verbe | pay off(to pay back; to repay) |
rifloir nom {m} | riffler [rifflers]◼◼◼(curved file used in carving wood and marble) |
sans vouloir me jeter des fleurs adverbe | if I do say so myself((appended to praise of oneself)) |
sans vouloir te vexer[informal] phrase | no offensephrase |
sans vouloir vous vexer [formal] phrase | no offense◼◼◼phrase |
Saône-et-Loire nom propre | Saône-et-Loire◼◼◼(department of France) |
sarcloir nom {m} | shim [shims](shallow plow used in tillage) |
tailloir nom {m} | abacus [abacuses](uppermost portion of the capital of a column) |
Use the conditional of vouloir verbe | would likeverb |
vaine gloire nom {f} | vainglory◼◼◼(a regarding of oneself with undue favor) |
valoir la peine adjectif | worth it◼◼◼(worth doing) |
valoir la peine [verb] adjectif | worth◼◼◼(deserving of) |
valoir mieux verbe | had better◼◼◼(should; ought to; must) |
valoir son pesant d'or adjectif | worth one's weight in gold(idiomatic: very valuable) |
vouloir verbe | want [wanted, wanting, wants]◼◼◼(desire) will [willed, willing, wills]◼◼◼verb would(used to express a polite request) |
vouloir beaucoup verbe | love [loved, loving, loves]◼◼◼(be strongly inclined towards doing) |
vouloir c'est pouvoir phrase | where there is a will there is a way◼◼◼(if someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found) |
vouloir dire verbe | mean [meant, meaning, means]◼◼◼(to convey, indicate) mean [meant, meaning, means]◼◼◼(to signify) |