| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| tendre qc. sur qc. [toile, bâche, drap] | to spread sth. over sth. | |
| fixer qc. avec des boulons sur qc. | to bolt sth. to sth. | |
| fin. chiffrer qc. à qc. [coût, dépenses, pertes] | to put sth. at sth. | |
| fin. chiffrer qc. à qc. [coût, dépenses, pertes] | to assess sth. at sth. | |
| constr. percer qc. dans qc. [route, canal, tunnel] | to build sth. through sth. | |
| être coincé entre qc. et qc. | to be stuck between sth. and sth. | |
| approcher qc. de qc. [placer près de] | to move sth. close to sth. | |
| fin. chiffrer qc. à qc. [travaux] | to put the cost of sth. at sth. | |
| trop compenser qc. en faisant qc. | to overcompensate for sth. by doing sth. | |
| appliquer qc. sur qc. [compresse, feuille d'or] | to apply sth. to sth. | |
| approcher qc. de qc. [placer près de] | to bring sth. close to sth. | |
| adm. mettre qc. en conformité avec qc. | to bring sth. into compliance with sth. | |
| enduire qc. de qc. | to slather sth. on / onto sth. [coll.] [apply thickly] | |
| délayer qc. avec qc. [farine] | to mix sth. with sth. [e.g. flour] | |
| fixer qc. avec de la colle sur qc. | to stick sth. to sth. | |
| tendre qc. de qc. | to cover sth. with sth. [by stretching it over] | |
| assigner qc. à qc. [valeur] | to ascribe sth. to sth. [e.g. a value] | |
| arguer qc. pour faire qc. | to give sth. as a reason for doing sth. | |
| répandre qc. à travers qc. [nouvelle, sentiment, enseignement, religion] | to spread sth. throughout sth. | |
| sortir qc. de qc. d'un geste rapide | to whip sth. out of sth. | |
| aligner qc. sur qc. [rendre conforme à] | to bring sth. into line with sth. | |
| bicyc. attacher qc. à qc. [bicyclette] | to lock sth. to sth. [e.g. a bicycle] | |
| emboîter qc. dans qc. | to nest sth. in sth. [to place one part inside another] | |
| approcher qc. de qc. [placer plus près de] | to bring sth. closer to sth. | |
| assimiler qc. à qc. [considérer équivalent] | to consider sth. to be equivalent / tantamount to sth. | |
| approcher qc. de qc. [placer plus près de] | to move sth. closer to sth. | |
| laisser tomber lourdement qc. sur qc. | to plonk sth. on sth. [esp. Br.] [coll.] | |
| délayer qc. dans qc. [diluer, peinture] | to thin sth. with sth. [e.g. paint] | |
| assembler qc. | to join sth. with sth. | |
| privilégier qc. sur qc. d'autre | to give more importance to sth. than to sth. else | |
| prétexter de qc. pour faire qc. | to use sth. as an excuse for doing sth. | |
| attacher qc. à qc. [p.ex. vélo] | to lock sth. to sth. [e.g. bike] | |
| mesurer le succès de qc. à qc. | to gauge the success of sth. by sth. | |
| verser qc. dans qc. à l'aide d'une pelle | to shovel sth. into sth. | |
| trouver le juste milieu entre deux choses | to strike a balance between sth. and sth. | |
| rejeter la responsabilité de qc. sur qc. | to assign the blame for sth. to sth. | |
| s'autoriser de qc. pour faire qc. | to use sth. as an excuse to do sth. | |
| jeter une passerelle entre qc. et qc. [fig.] | to provide a link between sth. and sth. | |
| à cheval entre qc. et qc. {adv} [fig.] [p. ex. entre deux villages] | situated between sth. and sth. | |
| annexer qc. à qc. | to enclose sth. with sth. [place sth. in an envelope together with a letter] | |
| occup. concilier qc. avec qc. [p. ex. famille et travail] | to balance sth. with sth. [e.g. work and family] | |
| 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. | |
| consacrer qc. à qc. [temps, effort] | to put sth. into sth. [invest time, effort] | |
| mobiliser qn./qc. pour faire qc. | to call upon sb./sth. to do sth. | |
| rapporter qc. de qn./qc. [là-bas] | to bring sth. back from sb./sth. | |
| remplir qc. [récipient, verre, assiette, sac] (de qc.) | to fill (up) sth. (with sth.) | |
| descendre qn./qc. [en bas] à qc. | to take sb./sth. down to sth. | |
| complimenter qn./qc. d'avoir fait qc. | to compliment sb./sth. on having done sth. | |
| radier qn./qc. de qc. [d'une liste, etc.] | to cross sb./sth. off sth. | |