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| Partial Matches |
 | foirer [ne pas exploser] | to fail to go off [e.g. firework] | |
| se préparer [être imminent] | to be in the offing [e.g. developments] | |
| s'écouler [pétrole, eau] | to escape [e.g. petrol from a tank] | |
| récupération {f} [d'idées] | appropriation [e.g. of someone else's ideas] | |
| pol. base {f} | rank and file [e.g. members of a political party] | |
| géol. grotte {f} sous-marine | underwater cave [e.g. Cosquer Cave near Marseille] | |
| faire long feu [feu d'artifice] | to fizzle out [e.g. firework] | |
| faire un choix | to make a selection [e.g. for a purchase] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| ling. numéronyme {m} [p. ex. "K7" pour "cassette"] | numeronym [e.g. "K9" for "canine"] | |
| éduc. occup. bifurquer [dans ses études, sa carrière] | to change tack [e.g. in career] | |
| créer une clientèle [médecin, notaire] | to build up a practice [e.g. doctor] | |
| se séparer [se disperser] | to break up [e.g. a group of people] | |
| méd. battre la breloque [fam.] [cœur] | to be none too good [e.g. heart] | |
| de base {adj} | rank and file [e.g. members of a political party] | |
| gestion {f} [de situation, crise, d'information] | handling [e.g. of a crisis] | |
| prendre qn. [pour une mission] | to engage sb. [e.g. for a project] | |
| chim. géogr. se déverser dans une rivière | to leach into a river [e.g. chemical] | |
| vaste {adj} [spacieux] | spacious [containing much space, e.g. car, TV room, wardrobe] | |
| vêt. claquette {f} (de bain) | bath slipper [e.g. provided free in some hotels] | |
| vêt. maigrir qn. | to make sb. look thinner [e.g. by wearing certain clothes] | |
| mus. tonalité {f} [indiquant la hauteur et le mode] | key [e.g. D major] | |
| jeux ouvreuse {f} [joueuse qui commence] | opener [female] [e.g. in a card game] | |
| mettre dans le mille [fig.] | to find its mark [e.g. a criticism] | |
| sport faire un tour de piste | to do a lap [e.g. track event] | |
| tourisme drap {m} de sac (de couchage) | sleeping bag liner [e.g. for Youth Hostelling] | |
| congédier qn. | to dismiss sb. [e.g. end a discussion / interview; sack from employment] | |
| ind. tourner à plein régime [usine] | to work at full capacity [e.g. a factory] | |
| s'entraîner [s'encourager] | to encourage each other [e.g. a group of children] | |
| agr. bot. hort. fane {f} [de légumes] | tuft of leaves [of certain vegetables; e.g. carrots, radishes] | |
| écon. inform. économie {f} du partage | (the) sharing economy [freelance economic activity, e.g. Uber, Lyft] | |
| étirement {m} du cou | rubber-necking [coll.] [e.g. driving slowly past an accident] | |
| fin. jeux rincer qn. [fam.] [au jeu] | to clean sb. out [e.g. in a card game] | |
| tendre une embuscade à qn. | to lie in wait for sb. [fig.] [e.g. reporter] | |
| éduc. occup. faire un stage dans une école | to shadow in class [e.g. as trainee teacher] | |
| avoir un casier vierge | to have kept a clean sheet [e.g. good behaviour/behavior] | |
| dresser une embuscade à qn. | to lie in wait for sb. [fig.] [e.g. reporter] | |
| mus. à fond la caisse {adv} [fam.] [mettre la musique] | at full blast [e.g. music] | |
| sport prendre qn. à contrepied [aussi : contre-pied] | to wrong-foot sb. [e.g. in tennis] | |
| tapis {m} de course [p.ex. caisse de supermarché] | conveyor belt [e.g. supermarket checkout] | |
| météo. heurter le toit [la plui, les gouttes] | to hammer on the roof [e.g. rain] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to flout sth. [an order, a rule, a law, etc.] | |
| hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| pol. trop près pour être sûr {adv} | too close to call [idiom] [e.g.: an election result] | |
| bourse écon. piquer du nez [loc.] [marché, Bourse, actions] | to take a nosedive [idiom] [e.g. share prices] | |
| journ. venir troubler la douleur de qn. | to intrude on sb.'s grief [e.g. tabloid newspaper] | |
| passer à l'as [loc.] [être gaspillé] | to go down the drain [idiom] [e.g. money] | |
| ne pas ménager sa peine | to go out of one's way [idiom] [e.g. to help sb.] | |
| faire des tours et des détours [route, rivière] | to twist and turn [e.g. a road, river] | |
