| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| jaillir [s'élever] [clocher, immeuble, arbre] (au-dessus de qc.) | to tower up (above sth.) | |
| anat. vêt. enfoncer ses mains dans ses poches | to dig one's hands into one's pockets | |
| équi. piquer (son cheval) des éperons | to urge one's horse on with one's spurs | |
| porter sur les nerfs à qn. | to bug sb. [coll.] [get on sb.'s nerves] | |
| se distraire de ses problèmes | to take one's mind off one's problems [idiom] | |
| Ça gaze ? [Ça va bien ?] [fam.] | How's it hanging? [How's it going?] [sl.] | |
| math. axiome {m} d'Euclide [aussi : cinquième postulat d'Euclide] | parallel postulate [also: Euclid's fifth postulate] | |
| Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. [loc.] | Where there's a will, there's a way. [idiom] | |
| cacher son jeu [fig.] [loc.] | to keep one's cards close to one's chest [idiom] | |
| faire son maximum | to put one's best foot forward [Br.] [idiom] [do one's utmost] | |
| péter un câble [fam.] [fig.] | to bust a nut [vulg.] [sl.] [idiom] [lose one's temper] | |
| maîtresse {f} en titre | King's (official) mistress [in the case of Napoleon: Emperor's mistress] | |
| Cela en a l'air. | It looks like it. [idiom] [I think that's correct.] | |
| sortir de ses gonds [loc.] | to bust a nut [vulg.] [sl.] [idiom] [lose one's temper] | |
| fin. vivre aux crochets de qn. [fam.] | to sponge off sb. [coll.] [obtain one's subsistence unjustifiably] | |
| anat. vêt. enfoncer son chapeau jusqu'aux oreilles | to pull one's hat down over one's ears | |
| prendre le mors aux dents [loc.] [s'y mettre avec énergie] | to swing into action [idiom] | |
| ramener sa couverture sur son menton | to pull one's blanket up to one's chin | |
| retirer les mains de ses poches | to take one's hands out of one's pockets | |
| se passer la main dans les cheveux | to run one's fingers through one's hair | |
| sortir les mains de ses poches | to take one's hands out of one's pockets | |
| taper sur les nerfs de qn. [loc.] | to bug sb. [coll.] [get on sb.'s nerves] | |
| déglinguer qc. [fam.] | to louse up sth. [coll.] [spoil or ruin sth., e.g. sb.'s life] | |
| C'est pas sorcier. [loc.] | That's not rocket science. [idiom] [It's not so difficult] | |
| accoucher d'une souris [loc.] | to not put one's money where one's mouth is [idiom] | |
| jeux lancer et attraper | catch [children's game] [throwing and catching an object, e.g. a ball] | |
| risquer sa peau [fam.] | to risk one's skin [idiom] [less frequently for: risk one's neck] | |
| mettre qn. sur les dents [fam.] [loc.] | to bug sb. [coll.] [get on sb.'s nerves] [idiom] | |
| Quand on veut, on peut. [loc.] | Where there's a will there's a way. [idiom] | |
| joindre le geste à la parole [loc.] | to match one's actions to one's words [idiom] | |
| porter sur les nerfs à qn. | to hack sb. off [Br.] [coll.] [get on sb.'s nerves] | |
| prendre ses jambes à son cou [fig.] [s'enfuir] | to run for one's life [idiom] [to flee] | |
| s'arranger [s'améliorer] [temps, situation] | to improve [weather, situation] | |
| s'éterniser [fam.] [s'attarder] | to outstay one's welcome | |
| méd. maladie {f} d'Alzheimer | Alzheimer's [coll.] [Alzheimer's disease] | |
| dr. empiètement {m} [fig.] | infringement [fig.] [on sb's rights] | |
| ménagement {m} | consideration [for sb., sb.'s feelings etc.] | |
| mod {m} | mod [member of 1960's youth style] | |
| prendre place [s'intégrer] | to take one's place | |
| géogr. orn. zool. ligne {f} Wallace | Wallace line [also: Wallace's line] | |
| bible expérience {f} de Damas | Damascus experience [St. Paul's] | |
| clamer qc. [innocence] | to maintain sth. [e.g. one's innocence] | |
| s'arranger [s'améliorer] [temps, situation] | to get better [weather, situation] | |
| stopper qc. [efforts de qn.] | to stymie sth. [sb.'s efforts] | |
| arrière-cousin {m} | second cousin [male child of one's cousin] | |
| petit-cousin {m} | second cousin [male child of one's cousin] | |
| astron. phys. principe {m} de Mach | Mach's principle [also: Mach's conjecture] | |
| méd. mongolien {adj} [vieux] [péj.] [trisomique] | mongoloid [dated] [péj.] [with Down's syndrome] | |
| math. phys. théorème {m} de Noether | Noether's theorem [also: Noether's first theorem] | |
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