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| gagner du temps | to kick the can down the road [idiom] | |
| traîner les choses [loc.] | to kick the can down the road [idiom] | |
| On est dans la merde. [loc.] [vulg.] | The shit has hit the fan. [idiom] [vulg.] | |
| qn. vient de faire qc. | sb. has just done sth. | |
| écarter qn. de son devoir [fig.] | to distract sb. from his duty | |
| être enchanté que qn. ait fait qc. | to be delighted that sb. has done sth. | |
| immo. La maison sera vendue au plus offrant. | The house will go to the highest bidder. | |
| Il va falloir mettre les valises derrière. | The suitcases will have to go in the back. | |
| meub. Les rideaux ne vont pas avec le tapis. | The curtains don't go with the carpet. | |
| faire humblement remarquer que qn. a fait qc. | to humbly point out that sb. has done sth. | |
| On ne peut être à la fois au four et au moulin. [loc.] | You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. [idiom] | |
| La plus grande partie du mérite revient à l'auteur. | Most of the credit should go to the author. | |
| hist. la Reconquista {f} [la Reconquête] | The Reconquista [period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492] | |
| se renier | to go back on everything one has stood for | |
| dr. attester qc./que qn. a fait qc. | to attest that sb./sth. has done sth. | |
| attester qc./que qn. a fait qc. | to certify that sb./sth. has done sth. | |
| attester qc./que qn. a fait qc. | to prove that sb./sth. has done sth. | |
| Où aller ? | Where can we go? | |
| La plus jeune de mes deux sœurs cadettes a accouché tandis que la plus jeune de mes deux sœurs aînées est divorcée. | The younger of my two younger sisters has given birth whereas the younger of my two older sisters is divorced. | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| Nous ne pouvons aller nulle part. | We can't go anywhere. | |
| Pierre, Paul et Jacques [fam.] | the butcher, the baker, (and) the candlestick-maker [idiom] | |
| télécom. au bout du fil {adv} [fam.] | at the other end of the line [on the phone] | |
| Il est capable. | He has the ability. | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| C'est bon, vous pouvez y aller. | It's OK, you can go. | |
| hist. mil. pol. le régiment {m} des Gardes françaises | The French Guards [elite infantry regiment created in 1563 as part of the Military Household of the King of France, specifically to protect the monarch (and, later, Emperor Napoleon)] | |
| hist. pol. Guillaume {m} le Taciturne [1533-1584] [aussi : Guillaume I d'Orange-Nassau] | William the Silent [1533-1584] [also: William the Taciturn or William of Orange] [leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)] | |
| On peut le faire en une fois. | You can do it in one go. | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The luck has turned. [idiom] | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The tide has turned. [idiom] | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The worm has turned. [idiom] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The luck has turned. [idiom] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The tide has turned. [idiom] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The worm has turned. [idiom] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The luck has turned. [idiom] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The tide has turned. [idiom] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The worm has turned. [idiom] | |
| Maintenant, on y est. [loc.] | The time has come. [idiom] | |
| J'en peux plus. [fam.] [Je n'en peux plus] | I can't go on any longer. | |
| géogr. Antilles {f.pl} | Antilles [archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east] | |
| Elle est intarissable. [fig.] | She can go on forever. [fig.] | |
| relig. chute {f} originelle | the Fall of Man [also: the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall] | |
| dr. suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi [loc.] | to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law [idiom] | |
| Il est obsédé. [sexuellement] | He has sex on the brain. [coll.] | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [idiom] | |
| Et le tour est joué. | That's done the trick. | |
| relig. Dieu le Père, Dieu le Fils et le Saint-Esprit. | the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. | |
| La boucle est bouclée. [loc.] | The wheel has come full circle. [idiom] | |