Francuski | Angielski |
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en quelque sorte adverbe | so to speak◼◼◻(in a manner of speaking) |
entrée-sortie nom {f} | input/output◼◼◼(computing) |
entrer par une oreille et sortir par l'autre verbe | go in one ear and out the other◼◼◼(to be heard but not attended to) |
faire sortir verbe | flush [flushed, flushing, flushes]◼◼◼(to cause to take flight from concealment) |
faire une sortie nom {f} | issue [issued, issuing, issues]◼◼◼(to sally forth) |
ironie du sort nom {f} | irony [ironies]◼◼◼(condition contrary to expectations) twist of fate◼◼◻noun |
la vérité sort de la bouche des enfants phrase | out of the mouths of babes◼◼◼(from the comments of children comes truth) |
le sort en est jeté phrase | the die is cast◼◼◼(conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner) |
leveurs de sorts nom {m pl} | cunning folk(professional or semi-professional practitioner of magic) |
mauvais sort nom | curse [curses]◼◼◼(prayer that harm may befall someone) curse [curses]◼◼◼(supernatural detriment) |
réactions assorties nom {f pl} | mixed reaction(state of diverse reception) |
resort nom {m} | resort [resorts]◼◼◼(a relaxing environment for people on vacation) |
ressort à lames nom {m} | leaf spring◼◼◼noun |
ressort moteur nom {m} | mainspring [mainsprings]◼◼◼(the principal spring of a clockwork mechanism) |
ressortir verbe | stand out◼◼◼(be obvious in contrast to one's surroundings) untuck(remove from a hidden location) |
s'en sortir verbe | get out◼◼◼(to come out of a situation) get by◼◼◼(subsist) pull off(To achieve; to succeed at something difficult) |
sondage sortie des urnes nom {m} | exit poll◼◼◼(poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a voting station) |
stratégie de sortie nom {f} | exit strategy◼◼◼(plan) |
tirage au sort nom | toss [tosses]◼◼◼(toss of a coin before a match) |
tirage (au sort) nom {m} | draw [draws]◼◼◼(procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined) |
tirer au sort verbe | draw lots◼◼◼verb |
to sort nom {m} | sort [sorts]◼◼◼(act of sorting) |
travail de sortie nom {m} | work function [work functions]◼◼◼(The minimum energy needed to remove an electron from the surface of a material) |
tri [but the phrase "to have a sort of" is more idiomatically translated by the verb "trier" nom {m} | sort [sorts]◼◼◼(act of sorting) |
without si and with the present tense; Shall we go out later? - Si nous sortions plus tard? or Sortons plus tard? verbe | shall(in questions to suggest a possible future action) |