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Dictionary French → English: geste

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le geste | les gestes

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geste {m} [mouvement expressif]

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geste {m}

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sign [gesture]

geste {m} [acte]

act [gesture]

geste {m} [mouvement]

2 Words: Nouns

beau geste {m}

beau geste {m}

geste {m} attentionné

thoughtful gesture

geste {m} brusque

sudden movement

geste {m} d'amour

geste {m} d'apaisement

calming gesture

geste {m} d'apaisement

gesture of appeasement

geste {m} d'humeur

bad-tempered gesture

geste {m} d'urgence [souvent les gestes d'urgence]

immediate action

geste {m} d'urgence [souvent les gestes d'urgence]

immediate measure

geste {m} d'urgence [souvent les gestes d'urgence]

geste {m} désespéré

geste {m} humanitaire

humanitarian gesture

geste {m} maladroit

clumsy movement

geste {m} naturel

effortless gesture

pol. geste {m} politique

political gesture

geste {m} symbolique

3 Words: Others

d'un geste théâtral {adv}

with a flourish

d'un seul geste {adv}

with a flick of the wrist [idiom]

3 Words: Verbs

ébaucher un geste

to start to make a gesture

écarter qn. d'un geste

to brush sb. off

encourager qn. du geste

to wave to sb. in encouragement

faire un geste

ponctuer qc. d'un geste

to emphasise sth. with a gesture [Br.]

ponctuer qc. d'un geste

to emphasize sth. with a gesture [Am.] [Can.]

3 Words: Nouns

geste {f} de reconnaissance

mark of gratitude

geste {m} de bienvenue

welcoming gesture

geste {m} de protestation

gesture of protest

geste {m} de solidarité

gesture of solidarity

4 Words: Others

un geste purement symbolique

a token gesture

4 Words: Verbs

avoir le geste prompt

to be quick to act

4 Words: Nouns

geste {f} de bonne volonté

gesture of goodwill

geste {m} de la main

wave of the hand

méd. PoSauv. geste {m} de premier secours

first aid measure

méd. PoSauv. geste {m} de première urgence

first aid measure

5+ Words: Others

C'est le geste qui compte.

It's the thought that counts.

Le geste était très éloquent.

The gesture said it all.

Pas un geste ou je tire !

Don't move or I'll shoot!

5+ Words: Verbs

approuver d'un geste de la tête

to nod approval

attacher une signification à un geste

to read something into a gesture

avoir un geste délicat envers qn.

to do something thoughtful for sb.

avoir un geste délicat pour qn.

to do something thoughtful for sb.

balayer des objections d'un geste

to dismiss objections with a wave

chasser qc. d'un geste de la main

to waft sth. away with a wave of the hand

dire au revoir à qn. d'un geste

to wave goodbye to sb.

faire qc. pour la beauté du geste [loc.]

to do sth. because it is a nice thing to do

faire un geste pour la forme

to make a token gesture

joindre le geste à la parole [loc.]

to match one's actions to one's words [idiom]

joindre le geste à la parole [loc.]

to suit the action to the word [idiom]

sortir qc. de qc. d'un geste rapide

to whip sth. out of sth.

5+ Words: Nouns

geste {m} qui ne signifie rien

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