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| lasser la patience de qn. | to try sb.'s patience | |
| se munir de patience | to summon up one's patience | |
| Ma patience a des limites ! | There are limits to my patience! | |
| Ma patience est à bout ! | I've run out of patience ! | |
| perdre patience | to run out of patience | |
| s'armer de patience | to exercise patience | |
| avoir une sacrée patience [fam.] | to have a hell of a lot of patience [coll.] | |
| patience {f} | patience | |
| constance {f} [fam.] [patience] | patience | |
| jeux jeu {m} de patience | puzzle | |
| jeux réussite {f} [cartes] | patience [Br.] [cards] | |
| accumulation {f} | build-up | |
| charpente {f} [personne] | build | |
| faire preuve de patience | to be patient | |
| montrer de la patience | to be patient | |
| constr. bâtir qc. | to build sth. | |
| construire qc. | to build sth. | |
| s'accumuler | to build up | |
| carrure {f} [personne] | build [person] | |
| gabarit {m} [de personne] | build | |
| constr. aménager qc. [route] | to build sth. | |
| édifier qc. [construire] | to build sth. | |
| forger qc. [amitié] | to build sth. | |
| comm. constr. implanter qc. [hypermarché] | to build sth. | |
| comm. écon. se développer [commerce] | to build up | |
| constr. faire des routes | to build roads | |
| péter les plombs [loc.] | to lose one's patience | |
| trafic s'intensifier [circulation] | to build up [traffic] | |
| renforcer la confiance | to build up confidence | |
| mil. concentration {f} de troupes | military build-up | |
| péter un câble [fam.] [fig.] | to lose one's patience | |
| sortir de ses gonds [loc.] | to lose one's patience | |
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| constr. percer qc. [route, canal, tunnel] | to build sth. | |
| constr. construire en dur | to build a permanent structure | |
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| encastrer qc. | to build sth. in [oven, fridge etc.] | |
| mil. reconstituer qc. [réserves, forces] | to build sth. up again | |
| période {f} précédante | build-up [gradual approach to an event] | |
| prendre des forces | to build up one's strength | |
| s'exercer à la patience | to make an effort to be patient | |
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| accroissement {m} de qc. [excitation, stress] | build-up of sth. | |
| prendre son mal en patience [loc.] | to resign oneself to one's fate | |
| s'amonceler [nuages, sable, neige] | to build up [clouds, sand, snow] | |
| fin. gonflement {m} [de l'épargne] | build-up [e.g. of savings] | |
| faire provision d'énergie | to build up a reserve of energy | |
| endurcir qn. contre qc. | to build up sb.'s resistance to sth. | |
| créer une clientèle [médecin, notaire] | to build up a practice [e.g. doctor] | |
| bâtir des châteaux en Espagne [loc.] [fig.] | to build castles in Spain [idiom] | |
| construire des châteaux en Espagne [loc.] [fig.] | to build castles in the air [idiom] | |
| bâtir sur le sable [fig.] | to build on sand [fig.] | |
| établir qc. [fig.] [entente, relations, entreprise] | to build sth. [fig.] [relationship, company] | |
| constr. percer qc. dans qc. [route, canal, tunnel] | to build sth. through sth. | |
| jeter des ponts [fig.] | to build bridges [fig.] | |
| se forger une réputation de meneur | to build up a reputation as a leader | |
| constituer des réserves | build up reserves | |
| bâtir des châteaux en Espagne [loc.] [fig.] | to build castles in the air [idiom] [fig.] | |
| jeter un pont [entre deux rives, entre deux cultures] | to build a bridge [between two banks, between two cultures] | |