| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| enduire qc. de qc. | to slather sth. on / onto sth. [coll.] [apply thickly] | |
| privilégier qc. sur qc. d'autre | to give more importance to sth. than to sth. else | |
| arguer qc. pour faire qc. | to give sth. as a reason for doing sth. | |
| prétexter de qc. pour faire qc. | to use sth. as an excuse for doing sth. | |
| s'autoriser de qc. pour faire qc. | to use sth. as an excuse to do sth. | |
| mil. ravitailler qn./qc. en qc. [vivres] | to provide sb./sth. with fresh supplies of sth. [troops, town] | |
| truffer qc. de qc. [citations, etc.] [fig.] | to lard sth. with sth. [quotations, etc.] [fig.] | |
| abreuver qn./qc. de qc. | to load sb./sth. with sth. [fig.] [to excess] | |
| attacher qc. à qc. [p.ex. vélo] | to lock sth. to sth. [e.g. bike] | |
| délayer qc. avec qc. [farine] | to mix sth. with sth. [e.g. flour] | |
| laisser tomber lourdement qc. sur qc. | to plonk sth. on sth. [esp. Br.] [coll.] | |
| consacrer qc. à qc. [temps, effort] | to put sth. into sth. [invest time, effort] | |
| délayer qc. dans qc. [diluer, peinture] | to thin sth. with sth. [e.g. paint] | |
| mettre qc. sur le compte de qn./qc. [fig.] | to put sth. down to sb./sth. [attribute] | |
| répartition {f} de qc. [argent, biens, travail, rôles] (entre qn./qc.) | sharing out of sth. (among sb./sth.) | |
| dr. attester qc./que qn. a fait qc. | to attest that sb./sth. has done sth. | |
| remonter qn./qc. de qc. [d'en bas] | to bring sb./sth. back up from sth. | |
| mobiliser qn./qc. pour faire qc. | to call upon sb./sth. to do sth. | |
| attester qc./que qn. a fait qc. | to certify that sb./sth. has done sth. | |
| complimenter qn./qc. d'avoir fait qc. | to compliment sb./sth. on having done sth. | |
| trouver qc. à dire sur qn./qc. | to find sth. to say about sb./sth. | |
| abriter qn./qc. de qc. | to get sb./sth. into safety from sth. | |
| méd. faire une injection de qc. à qn./qc. | to give sb./sth. an injection of sth. | |
| attester qc./que qn. a fait qc. | to prove that sb./sth. has done sth. | |
| remonter qn./qc. à qc. [en haut] | to take sb./sth. back up to sth. | |
| effets {m.pl} négatifs de qc. sur qc./qn. | adverse effects of sth. on sth./sb. | |
| répartition {f} de qc. [personnes, terres, d'emplois] (entre qn./qc.) | dividing up of sth. (among sb./sth.) | |
| répartition {f} de qc. [argent, biens, travail, rôles] (entre qn./qc.) | sharing out of sth. (between sb./sth.) | |
| rejeter la responsabilité de qc. sur qc. | to assign the blame for sth. to sth. | |
| assimiler qc. à qc. [considérer équivalent] | to consider sth. to be equivalent / tantamount to sth. | |
| mesurer le succès de qc. à qc. | to gauge the success of sth. by sth. | |
| jeter une passerelle entre qc. et qc. [fig.] | to provide a link between sth. and sth. | |
| fin. chiffrer qc. à qc. [travaux] | to put the cost of sth. at sth. | |
| trouver le juste milieu entre deux choses | to strike a balance between sth. and sth. | |
| braquer qc. sur qn./qc. [viser] | to train sth. on sb./sth. [e.g. to aim a gun at sb.] | |
| annexer qc. à qc. | to enclose sth. with sth. [place sth. in an envelope together with a letter] | |
| dr. ratisser qc. à la recherche de qn./qc. | to sweep sth. for sb./sth. [e.g. comb an area for sb./sth.] | |
| fin. jeux miser qc. [argent] (sur qn./qc.) | to bet sth. [money] (on sb./sth.) | |
| éblouir qn./qc. par qc. [lumière] | to dazzle sb./sth. with sth. [light] | |
| tech. incorporer qc. à qc. | to fit sth. in sth. [put in] | |
| honorer qn./qc. de qc. | to honor sb./sth. with sth. [Am.] | |
| honorer qn./qc. de qc. | to honour sb./sth. with sth. [Br.] | |
| méd. immuniser qn./qc. contre qc. | to immunise sb./sth. against sth. [Br.] | |
| assur. assurer qc. contre qc. | to insure sth. against sth. [theft, damage] | |
| cuis. entrelarder qc. de qc. [aussi fig.] | to lard sth. with sth. [also fig.] | |
| badigeonner qc. de qc. | to slather sth. with sth. [cover thickly] | |
| insinuer qc. dans qc. | to slip sth. into sth. [introduce into] | |
| ramener qn./qc. à qc. | to bring sb./sth. back to sth. | |
| rapporter qc. de qn./qc. [là-bas] | to bring sth. back from sb./sth. | |
| rendre qc. à qn./qc. | to give sth. back to sb./sth. | |