| French | English | |
| avaler qc. | to drink sth. down | |
| avaler qc. | to gulp sth. down | |
| avaler qc. | to swallow sth. | |
Keywords contained |
| ne pas pouvoir avaler qc. | to chafe at sth. [rule, restriction] | |
| méd. avoir du mal à avaler qc. | to choke on sth. | |
| méd. avoir du mal à avaler qc. | to gag on sth. | |
Partial Matches |
| avaler | to gulp | |
| avaler de travers | to choke | |
| avaler la pilule [loc.] | to grin and bear it [idiom] | |
| avaler des couleuvres [fam.] [loc.] | to allow one's self to be insulted | |
| avaler des couleuvres [fam.] [loc.] | to swallow a lie [idiom] [to be taken in] | |
| pharm. avaler la pilule [aussi fig.] | to take one's medicine [also fig.] | |
| être difficile à avaler [loc.] | to be hard to stomach [idiom] | |
| avaler des couleuvres [fam.] [être humilié] | to endure humiliation | |
| cuis. avaler gloutonnement un bol de soupe | to wolf down a bowl of soup [idiom] | |
| La pilule est dure à avaler. [loc.] | It's a bitter pill to swallow. [idiom] | |
| faire avaler des couleuvres à qn. [fam.] [humilier] | to ride roughshod over sb. | |
| faire avaler des couleuvres à qn. [fam.] [tromper] | to put one over on sb. [coll.] | |
| avaler des couleuvres [fam.] [être être trompé] | to believe anything one is told | |
| imprimer qc. à qn./qc. [style, direction, orientation, cadence] | to give sth. to sb./sth. | |
| radier qn./qc. de qc. [d'une liste, etc.] | to cross sb./sth. off sth. | |
| radier qn./qc. de qc. [d'une liste, etc.] | to strike sb./sth. off sth. | |
| mettre qc. sur le compte de qn./qc. [fig.] | to put sth. down to sb./sth. [attribute] | |
| anat. bot. sylv. ramifier qc. [tronc, tige, nerf, veine] (en qc.) | to branch sth. (to sth.) | |
| remonter qn./qc. de qc. [d'en bas] | to bring sb./sth. back up from sth. | |
| remplir qc. [récipient, verre, assiette, sac] (de qc.) | to fill (up) sth. (with sth.) | |
| concevoir qc. [produit, système, projet] (pour faire qc.) | to design sth. (to do sth.) | |
| agir auprès de qn./qc. pour qc. [intervenir] | to approach sb./sth. for sth. | |
| méd. faire une injection de qc. à qn./qc. | to give sb./sth. an injection of sth. | |
| dr. ratisser qc. à la recherche de qn./qc. | to sweep sth. for sb./sth. [e.g. comb an area for sb./sth.] | |
| répartition {f} de qc. [argent, biens, travail, rôles] (entre qn./qc.) | sharing out of sth. (among sb./sth.) | |
| répartition {f} de qc. [argent, biens, travail, rôles] (entre qn./qc.) | sharing out of sth. (between sb./sth.) | |
| répartition {f} de qc. [personnes, terres, d'emplois] (entre qn./qc.) | dividing up of sth. (among sb./sth.) | |
| associer qn./qc. à qc. [faire partager] | to include sb./sth. in sth. | |
| braquer qc. [arme, caméra] (sur qn./qc.) | to point sth. (at sb./sth.) | |
| concevoir qc. [produit, système, projet] (pour qc.) | to design sth. (for sth.) | |
| débarquer qn./qc. [passager, troupe] de qc. | to land sb./sth. from sth. | |
| descendre qn./qc. [en bas] à qc. | to take sb./sth. down to sth. | |
| imputer qc. à qn./qc. [faire dépendre] | to attribute sth. to sb./sth. | |
| piquer qc. sur qn./qc. [carte, badge] | to pin sth. on sb./sth. | |
| rapporter qc. de qn./qc. [là-bas] | to bring sth. back from sb./sth. | |
| remonter qn./qc. à qc. [en haut] | to take sb./sth. back up to sth. | |
| submerger qn./qc. [person, organization] (de qc.) | to inundate sb./sth. (with sth.) | |
| complimenter qn./qc. d'avoir fait qc. | to compliment sb./sth. on having done sth. | |
| se ficher qc. [couteau] (dans qn./qc.) | to stick sth. (in sb./sth.) | |
| 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. | |
| souhaiter désespérément que qn./qc. fasse qc. | to be dying for sb./sth. to do sth. [idiom] | |
| trouver qc. à dire sur qn./qc. | to find sth. to say about sb./sth. | |