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for players of instruments or games | -er(person whose occupation is...) |
fréquenter des femmes de petite vertu verbe | wench [wenched, wenching, wenches](to frequent prostitutes) |
frère d'armes nom {m} | brother-in-arms◼◼◼(fellow combatant or soldier) |
gommes nom {f pl} | rubber [rubbers]◼◼◼(tires) |
grand-messe nom {f} | High Mass◼◼◼(a Catholic Mass celebrated in full ceremonial form) |
grillon domestique nom {m} | house cricket [house crickets]◼◼◼(Acheta domestica) |
hache d’armes nom {f} | battle axe(ancient military weapon) |
haut comme trois pommes adjectif | knee-high to a grasshopper◼◼◼(short) |
Hermès nom propre {m} | Hermes◼◼◼(Greek god Hermes) |
hermès nom {m} | herm◼◼◼(rectangular pillar) |
hirondelle messagère nom | welcome swallow◼◼◼noun |
histoire de fantômes nom {f} | ghost story◼◼◼(story about ghosts) |
holmesien nom | Holmesian(Of or pertaining to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.) |
holmesien adjectif | Holmesian(Of or pertaining to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.) |
homme à femmes nom {m} | womanizer [womanizers]◼◼◼(habitual seducer of women) lady's man◼◼◻(man who attracts women and enjoys their company) |
homme d'armes nom {m} | man-at-arms [men-at-arms]◼◼◼(heavily-armed mounted member of cavalry) |
homme de (mes/tes/...) rêve(s) nom {m} | dreamboat◼◼◼(exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man) |
hommes nom {m pl} | men◼◼◼(human people) mankind [mankind]◼◼◻(men collectively, as opposed to all women, see also: menfolk) |
huitième [before the noun]; [in names of monarchs and popes] huit [after the name] (abbreviation VIII) adjectif | eighth◼◼◼(ordinal form of the number eight, see also: 8th) |
hyperthymésie nom {f} | hyperthymesia(rare condition in which an individual possesses a superior autobiographical memory) |
inflation des diplômes nom {f} | credentialism◼◼◼(emphasis on the importance of qualifications) |
ingénierie des systèmes nom {f} | systems engineering◼◼◼(interdisciplinary field of engineering) |
interrupteur à lames souples nom {m} | reed switch(type of electrical switch) |
it comes back galloping) phrase | a leopard cannot change its spots(one cannot change one's own nature) |
j'ai perdu mes clés phrase | I lost my keys◼◼◼phrase |
j'ai perdu mes lunettes phrase | I lost my glasses◼◼◼phrase |
James Bond nom propre {m} | James Bond◼◼◼(fictional British spy) |
je ne peux pas trouver mes ... phrase {Pl} | I can't find my ...◼◼◼phrase |
jeu de dames nom {m} | draughts◼◼◼(game for two players) |
kermesse nom {f} | fete [fetes]◼◼◼(A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.) rummage sale◼◻◻(informal sale) kirmess(an outdoor festival and fair) |
l'homme est la mesure de toute chose phrase | man is the measure of all things◼◼◼phrase |
larmes de crocodile nom {f pl} | crocodile tear◼◼◼(display of tears that is forced or false) |
légumes verts nom {m pl} | greens◼◼◼(leaves of certain edible green plants) |
les dames d’abord phrase | ladies first◼◼◼phrase |
les femmes et les enfants d’abord phrase | women and children first◼◼◼(exhortation) |
les mêmes adjectif {Pl} | identical◼◼◼(selfsame) |