Francuski | Angielski |
---|---|
le mystère s'épaissit phrase | the plot thickens◼◼◼(used to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation) |
le nec plus ultra (standard) nom | the bee's knees(something excellent, outstanding) |
le nôtre pronoun {m} | ours◼◼◼(that which belongs to us) |
le nouvel an nom {m} or le jour de l'an {m} | New Year◼◼◼(January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following) |
le ou vers le preposition | on or about◼◼◼(approximately (legal, of a date)) |
le pari de Pascal nom propre | Pascal's wager◼◼◼proper noun |
le Petit Cheval nom propre {m} | Equuleus◼◼◼(second smallest constellation of the northern sky) |
Le Pirée nom propre {m} | Piraeus◼◼◼(city) |
le plus adverbe {m} | most◼◼◼(forming the superlative) |
le plus grand nombre nom | many◼◼◼(a collective mass of people) |
le plus petit determiner | least◼◼◼(the smallest amount of) |
le plus possible adverbe | as much as possible◼◼◼(as much as is possible) |
le plus souvent adverbe | more often than not◼◼◼(more likely to be the case than not) |
le plus vieux métier du monde nom {m} | world's oldest profession◼◼◼(euphemism for prostitution) |
le plus vite possible adverbe | as soon as possible◼◼◼(as soon as is possible) |
le poisson pourrit par la tête phrase | the fish rots from the head◼◼◼(proverb) |
le pour et le contre nom {Pl} | pros and cons◼◼◼(for and against) |
le premier pas engage au second | in for a penny, in for a pound(Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof) |
le remède est pire que le mal phrase | the cure is worse than the disease◼◼◼(The solution to a problem produces a worse net result) |
le reste est de l'histoire phrase | the rest is history◼◼◼(used to indicate that one does not need to continue a story) |
le roi est mort phrase | |
le Seigneur nom {m} | lordship [lordships]◼◼◼(title) |
le sexe des anges nom {m} | angels dancing on the head of a pin(arcane intellectual speculation) |
le sexe le plus faible nom | weaker vessel(a woman; women collectively) |
le sien pronoun {m} | his◼◼◼(that which belongs to him) its◼◼◼(that which belongs to it) |
le sien pronoun {m-S} | hers◼◼◻(that which belongs to her) |
le silence est d'or phrase | silence is golden◼◼◼(proverb) |
le silence est d’or phrase | speech is silver, silence is golden(proverb) |
le Sonora nom propre {m} | Sonora◼◼◼(state of Mexico) |
le sort en est jeté phrase | the die is cast◼◼◼(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
le spectacle doit continuer phrase | the show must go on◼◼◼(One must finish what one has started.) |
le suivant nom | next◼◼◼(the one that follows after this one (in languages with a definite article that is generally required in this sense)) |
le temps phrase | time is money◼◼◼phrase |
le temps guérit toutes les blessures phrase | time heals all wounds◼◼◼(negative feelings eventually fade away) |
le temps passe vite phrase | time flies◼◼◼(time seems to pass quickly) |
le temps que conjunction | by the time◼◼◼(when) |
le temps vaut argent phrase | time is moneyphrase |
le tien pronoun {m} | yours◼◼◼(possessive pronoun, singular) thine◼◻◻(possessive pronoun) |