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aller aux putes [vulgar] verbe | whore◼◼◼(to engage a prostitute) |
aller aux toilettes verbe | use the toilet◼◼◼(to use facilities to urinate or defecate) |
altesse nom {f} | Highness [highnesses]◼◼◼(form of address) |
amniocentèse nom {f} | amniocentesis [amniocenteses]◼◼◼(procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid) |
Analectes nom propre {m-Pl} | Analects◼◼◼(collected sayings of Confucius) |
Ancien Testament nom propre {m} | Old Testament◼◼◼(first half of the Christian Bible) |
arbre à feuilles persistantes nom {m} | evergreen◼◼◼(tree or shrub) |
armes parlantes nom | cant [cants]◼◼◼(heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms) |
armes parlantes nom {f pl} | canting arms◼◼◼noun |
armure de plates nom {f} | plate [plates]◼◼◼(historical: plate armour) |
arrêt des poursuites nom {m} | nolle prosequinoun |
artésien adjectif | artesian◼◼◼(rising to the surface) |
athlètes olympiques de Russie nom propre | Olympic athletes from Russia◼◼◼proper noun |
attestation nom {f} | attestation [attestations]◼◼◼(linguistics: appearance in records) attestation [attestations]◼◼◼(something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates) attestation [attestations]◼◼◼(such a confirmation or authentication) |
attestation sur l'honneur nom {f} | affidavit [affidavits]◼◼◼(legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement) |
attesté adjectif | attested◼◼◼(in linguistics: of words or languages, proven to have existed by records) |
attester verbe | attest [attested, attesting, attests]◼◼◼verb testify [testified, testifying, testifies]◼◼◻(to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath) assert [asserted, asserting, asserts]◼◼◻(to affirm) |
autant de têtes phrase | too many cooks spoil the broth(with too many people a task won't be done very well) |
autorités constituées nom {f} | powers that be◼◼◼(holders of power) |
aux portes de la mort preposition | at death's door◼◼◼(about to die) |
avant toutes choses adverbe | first of all◼◼◼(before anything else) |
avec des pincettes adverbe | with a grain of salt◼◼◼(with common sense and skepticism) |
avoir le moral dans les chaussettes verbe | have one's heart in one's boots(feel very sad) |
avoir les cartes en main verbe | hold the cards◼◼◼(To be in a strong position) |
avoir ses bobettes dans un tapon verbe | get one's knickers in a twist(to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter) |
axe des cotes nom {m} | z-axis(axis on a graph that is usually drawn vertically) |
balai de toilettes nom {m} | toilet brush(brush to clean toilet bowl) |
banc de test verbe | testbed◼◼◼(platform for experimentation) |
banc des pénalités nom {m} | penalty box◼◼◼(in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) |
bas les pattes ! interjection | hands off◼◼◼(don't touch!) |
batara à épaulettes blanches nom | white-shouldered antshrike(passerine bird) |
beurre de cacahuètes nom {m} | peanut butter [peanut butters]◼◼◼(spread made from ground peanuts) |
bien dans ses bottes adjectif | comfortable in one's own skin(confident) |
blind test nom {m} | blind test◼◼◼(testing method) |
bloc-notes nom {m} | notepad [notepads]◼◼◼(bound pad of paper) scratchpad◼◻◻(in computing) |