French | English |
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passer le Rubicon verbe | cross the Rubicon◼◼◼(to make an irreversible decision) |
passer le temps verbe | kill time◼◼◼(make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important) while away◼◼◻verb |
passer l’arme à gauche verbe | die [died, dying, dies](to perish, to cease to exist) |
passer outre verbe | bypass [bypassed, bypassing, bypasses]◼◼◼(to ignore the usual channels or procedures) overlook [overlooked, overlooking, overlooks]◼◼◼(to pretend not to have noticed; to pass over without censure or punishment) |
passer par la tête verbe | spring to mind(appear in one's thoughts) |
passer par un cycle verbe | cycle [cycled, cycling, cycles]◼◼◼(to go through a cycle or to put through a cycle) |
passer ses nerfs verbe | vent one's spleen(to openly express pent-up anger) |
passer ses nerfs sur verbe | take it out on◼◼◼(unleash one's anger) |
passer ses vitesses verbe | gear [geared, gearing, gears](to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio) |
passer son tour verbe | pass [passed, passing, passes]◼◼◼(game: to decline to play in one's turn) |
passer sous le nez verbe | |
passer sous les fourches caudines verbe | |
passer sous silence verbe | shill(to put under cover, to sheal) |
passer sur le billard preposition | under the knife◼◼◼(undergoing a surgical procedure) |
passer un savon verbe | tell off◼◼◼(to rebuke) bollock((vulgar, slang) to reprimand grossly) |
passer une nuit blanche verbe | pull an all-nighter◼◼◼(work throughout the night) |
passerage nom {f} | pepperwort(plant in the genus Lepidium) |
passerelle nom | gateway [gateways]◼◼◼noun |
passerelle nom {f} | gateway [gateways]◼◼◼(computer network access point) gateway [gateways]◼◼◼(entrance) footbridge [footbridges]◼◼◻(bridge for pedestrians) gangway◼◼◻(nautical: passage through the side of a ship) gangway◼◼◻(passageway) catwalk [catwalks]◼◼◻(narrow elevated stage on which models parade) ramp [ramps]◼◼◻(aviation: mobile staircase) runway [runways]◼◻◻(walkway extending from a stage) |
passerelle cyclable nom {f} | bicycle bridge(type of bridge) |
passerelle d'embarquement nom {f} | gangplank [gangplanks]◼◼◼(board used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside) |
passerine nom {f} | passerine◼◼◼(any bird of the order Passeriformes) |
passeur nom {m} | boatman [boatmen]◼◼◼(a man in charge of a small boat) |
passeur nom | snakehead◼◻◻(smuggler) |
passez le sel phrase | please pass the saltphrase |
passez-moi l'expression phrase | not to put too fine a point on it(used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement) |
passez-moi l’expression verbe | pardon my French(please excuse my swearing or bad language (idiomatic)) |
passible adjectif | punishable◼◼◼(appropriate for punishment) |
passif nom {m} | liability [liabilities]◼◼◼(debt) |
passif adjectif | passive◼◼◼(grammar: being in the passive voice) |