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diamétralement opposés preposition | at loggerheads(unable to agree; opposing) |
dire ses quatre vérités verbe | give someone a piece of one's mind(to rebuke someone) |
doubleuses nom {f pl} | dubber(person working with film) |
eaux grises nom {f pl} | gray water◼◼◼(non-potable, but non-toxic water) |
écarter les cuisses verbe | put out◼◼◼(consent to sex) open one's legsverb |
education] mi-session adjectif | midterm(halfway through a term) |
en croire ses oreilles [in the negative] verbe | believe one's ears(to believe that something which one hears is truly the case) |
en croire ses yeux verbe | believe one's eyes(to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case) |
en désespoir de cause nom | the end of one's rope(the point of having no more options) |
en faire des caisses verbe | go overboard(go too far) |
en l'état actuel des choses preposition | as it stands◼◼◼(in the current state or circumstances) |
entre parenthèses preposition | in brackets◼◼◼(between parentheses) |
entre parenthèses adverbe | parenthetically◼◻◻(incidentally) |
entre ses dents preposition | under one's breath(softly) |
envoyer sur les roses verbe | send someone packing(expel, eject, or dismiss someone) |
espace des phases nom {m} | phase space◼◼◼(topological space of states of a system) |
état de choses nom {m} | state of affairs◼◼◼(specific situation) |
etc. (corpses are put in a coffin and totally or partially identified)] fosse commune nom {f} | mass grave◼◼◼(a grave containing many corpses) |
étendre ses membres verbe | rax(to stretch after sleep) |
être sur ses gardes verbe | keep one's eyes peeled(to be watchful) |
fadaises nom {f pl} | trivia◼◼◼(insignificant trifles of little importance) |
faire jouer ses relations verbe | pull strings◼◼◼(to use one's influence with others) |
faire les courses verbe | shop [shopped, shopping, shops]◼◼◼(to visit shops) run errands◼◼◻(to undertake small tasks) |
faire ses adieux verbe | farewell◼◼◼(bid farewell) say goodbye◼◼◼(wish someone farewell upon their leaving) take one's leave(say goodbye) |
faire ses besoins verbe | relieve [relieved, relieving, relieves]◼◼◼(to make stand out; to make prominent) |
faire ses comptes verbe | do one's sumsverb |
faire ses dents verbe | teethe [teethed, teething, teethes]◼◼◼(grow teeth) |
faire ses dents [to begin] verbe | cut one's teeth(gain early experience) |
faire ses preuves verbe | prove oneself◼◼◼(to demonstrate one's own worth) |
faire ses valises verbe | pack one's bagsverb |
fantôme des Noëls passés nom propre {m} | Ghost of Christmas Past◼◼◼(the fictional ghost) |
fesses nom {f pl} | can [cans]◼◼◼(buttocks) bum [bums]◼◼◼(informal: butt(ocks) specifically) booty◼◼◻(The buttocks) rear end [rear ends]◼◻◻(buttocks) |
feux croisés nom {m pl} | crossfire [crossfires]◼◼◼(lines of fire) |