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| fin. prête-nom {m} | straw man [acting as a front man] | |
| s'accrocher à qc. | to clutch at sth. | |
| se cramponner à qc. | to clutch at sth. | |
| À cœur vaillant rien d'impossible. [loc.] | Where there's a will, there's a way. [idiom] | |
| Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. [loc.] | Where there's a will, there's a way. [idiom] | |
| bible Il est plus facile à un chameau de passer par le trou d'une aiguille qu'à un riche d'entrer dans le royaume de Dieu. | It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. | |
| Quand on veut, on peut. [loc.] | Where there's a will there's a way. [idiom] | |
| film F Un homme et une femme [Claude Lelouch] | A Man and a Woman | |
| pol. marionnette {f} [fig.] | straw man [fig.] | |
| agr. brin {m} de paille | straw [stem of a corn plant] | |
| aller aux toilettes | to see a man about a horse [hum.] [to go to the loo] [idiom] | |
| mil. assigner des hommes à qc. [barricade] | to man sth. [e.g. a barricade] | |
| au compte-gouttes {adv} | a few at a time | |
| au compte-gouttes {adv} | a little at a time | |
| tourisme passer une nuit à l'hôtel | to spend a night at a hotel | |
| parler à tort et à travers | to talk at large | |
| équi. paille {f} à litière | bedding straw | |
| faire le tour d'un problème | to have a look at a problem | |
| ind. tourner à plein régime [usine] | to work at full capacity [e.g. a factory] | |
| cuis. boire avec une paille | to drink through a straw | |
| naut. faire escale dans un port | to call at a port [Br.] [a ship] | |
| foncer tête baissée sur qn./qc. [loc.] | to go at sb./sth. like a bull at a gate [idiom] | |
| dr. testament {m} authentique | legally certified will [will drawn up by a lawyer in the presence of witnesses] | |
| noyade {f} [action de noyer] | drowning | |
| noyade {f} [mort] | death by drowning | |
| en vouloir à qn. | to bear sb. ill will | |
| avoir de la volonté | to have a strong will | |
| hist. vêt. poulaine {f} | Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style] | |
| film F L'Homme qui n'a pas d'étoile | Man Without a Star [King Vidor] | |
| Je te souhaite à toi et à ta famille un joyeux Noël et une nouvelle année bénie. | I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and a blessed New Year. | |
| faire qc. de bon cœur | to do sth. with a will | |
| auto embrayage {m} | clutch | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to disobey sth. [a law, a command, etc.] | |
| ne garder aucun ressentiment à qn. | to bear sb. no ill will | |
| cuis. rincer qn. [fam.] [offrir à boire à] | to stand sb. a drink [coll.] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to flout sth. [an order, a rule, a law, etc.] | |
| constr. tamponner un mur | to insert a plug in a hole in a wall | |
| auto embrayer | to engage the clutch | |
| cuis. grivèlerie {f} | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to breach sth. [a contract, an agreement, a promise, the law, etc.] | |
| renvoyer à qn./qc. [à une note, à un ouvrage] | to refer sb. to sth. | |
| réclamer à faire qc. à cor et à cri | to clamor to do sth. [Am.] | |
| réclamer à faire qc. à cor et à cri | to clamour to do sth. [Br.] | |
| étreindre qc. [objet] | to clutch sth. | |
| pochette {f} [petit sac] | clutch bag | |
| cuis. filouterie {f} de restaurant | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| géogr. île {f} de Man [dépendance directe de la Couronne britannique] | Isle of Man [also: Mann] | |
| au total {adv} | at large [as a whole] | |
| couvée {f} d'œufs | clutch of eggs | |
| occup. placer un ami dans une entreprise comme qc. | to get a friend a job in a company as sth. | |