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FRENCH IDIOMS
idiomatic french phrases (no accents)
256
Language - French
12th Grade
12/19/2009
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Term
lower one's voice
 Definition
baisser la voix
Term
lower one's eyes, look down
 Definition
baisser les yeux
Term
to admit defeat, give in
 Definition
baisser les bras
Term
to do something blindly, headlong
 Definition
se jeter tete baissee dans qqch
Term
 to bend (stoop) down
 Definition
se baisser
Term
How is the work cominng along?
 Definition
comment avance le travail?
Term
your watch is fast
 Definition
Ta montre avance
Term
to have something to do
 Definition
avoir qqch a faire
Term
you are right
 Definition
vous avez raison
Term

to catch someone at something

(to surprize)

 Definition
attraper qqn a qqch
Term
charms, beauty
 Definition
les attraits
Term
it can wait
 Definition
cela peut attendre!
Term
beyond reach
 Definition
hors d'atteinte
Term
 to desist from doing something
 Definition
s'arreter de faire qqch
Term
without stopping
 Definition
sans s'arreter
Term
continually
 Definition
sans arret
Term

to have a violent quarrel

(scratch each other's eyes out)

 Definition
s'arracher les yeux
Term
relentlessly
 Definition
d'arrache-pied
Term
to tear oneself away from
 Definition
s'arrache a
Term
to do something without interruption
 Definition
faire qqch d'arrache-pied
Term
to grab something out of someone's hand
 Definition
arracher qqch des mains de qqn
Term
 the next time
 Definition
la prochaine fois
Term
next week
 Definition
la prochaine semaine
Term
the nearest pharmacy
 Definition
la pharmacie la plus proche
Term
to memorize
 Definition
apprendre par coeur
Term
to learn to do something
 Definition
apprendre a faire qqch
Term
french government approval of the quality of a wine or cheese
 Definition
appellation controlee
Term
to whom it may concern
 Definition
A TOUT CEUX QU'IL APPARTIENDRA
Term
Have a good time
 Definition
amuse-toi bien!
Term
to make fun of
 Definition
s'amuser de
Term
to go to meet someone
 Definition
aller a la recontre de quelqu'un
Term
please be so kind as to...
 Definition
veuillez avoir l'amabilite de...
Term
kindness
 Definition
l'amabilite
Term
to prefer, to like better
 Definition
aimer mieux
Term
to like somebody
 Definition
aimer bien qqn
Term
may i help you
 Definition
je peux vous aider?
Term
god helps those who help themselves
 Definition
aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera
Term
this is what it's about
 Definition
voici ce dont il s'agit
Term
to behave well
 Definition
bien agir
Term
to behave badly
 Definition
mal agir
Term
that's irritating!
 Definition
cela est agacant!
Term
it's getting on my nerves!
 Definition
cela m'agace!
Term
you are getting on my nerves!
 Definition
tu m'agaces!
Term
in the future be on time!
 Definition
a l'avenir soyez a l'heure!
Term
that's what happened
 Definition
voila ce qu'il advint
Term
 to talk to
 Definition
s'adresser a
Term
feat of skill
 Definition
un tour d'adresse
Term
adorer, worshipper
 Definition
un adorateur- une adoratrice
Term
well-bred, well brought up
 Definition
bien eleve
Term
ill-bred, badly brought up
 Definition
mal eleve
Term
typewriter
 Definition
une machine a ecrire
Term
dreadful, fearful
 Definition
effroyable
Term

stay back!

keep your distance please!

 Definition
eloignez-vous, s'il vous plait
Term
out of sight out of mind
 Definition
loin des yeus, loin des coeur
Term
I couldn't help laughing
 Definition
je n'ai pas pu m'empecher de rire
Term
worries, troubles
 Definition
des ennuis
Term
to miss someone
 Definition
s'ennuyer de quelqu'un
Term
 to be bored to tears
 Definition
mourir d'ennui
Term
what a nuissance!
 Definition
quel ennui!
Term
to hear, understand
 Definition
entendre
Term
innuendo
 Definition
un sous-entendu
Term
an understanding
 Definition
une entente
Term
disagreement
 Definition
une mesentente
Term
I get along well with my sister
 Definition
je m'entends bien avec ma soeur
Term
of course
 Definition
bien entendu
Term
agreed, it's understood
 Definition
c'est entendu!
Term
to get along with each other marveously
 Definition
s'entendre a merveille
Term
do come in!
 Definition
entrez donc!
Term
 let's go and see
 Definition
entrons voir
Term
to enter (into) + noun
 Definition
entrer dans + noun
Term
spoken words fly
 Definition
les paroles s'envolent
Term
hand towel
 Definition
un essuie-mains
Term
get well soon
 Definition
bon retablissement
Term
to flicker out, to die out, to die
 Definition
s'eteindre
Term
to turn off the light
 Definition
eteindre la lumiere
Term
that does not surprise me!
 Definition
cela ne m'etonne pas!
Term
to congratulate someone for something
 Definition
feliciter qqn de qqch
Term
I congratulate you
 Definition
je vous feliciter
Term
without pretense
 Definition
sans feinte
Term
to feel heartbroken
 Definition
se fendre de chagrin
Term
to break one's heart
 Definition
fendre son coeur
Term
shut up, zip it
 Definition
ferme-la!
Term
in order to
 Definition
afin de
Term
to put an end to
 Definition
mettre fin a
Term
weekend
 Definition
la fin de semaine
Term
to search the house
 Definition
fouiller la maison
Term

to search around

(to rummage) in one's pockets

 Definition
fouiller dans les poches
Term
to spoil a child
 Definition
gater un enfant
Term
to pamper oneself
 Definition
se gater
Term

put yourself at ease!

don't trouble yourself!

 Definition
ne vous genez pas!
Term
 bothered, uncomfortable
 Definition
gene, genee
Term
nuisance (person)
 Definition
un geneur, une geneuse
Term
it's bothersome!
 Definition
c'est genant!
Term
does that bother you?
 Definition
cela vous gene?
Term
inconsiderate
 Definition
sans gene
Term
here lies
 Definition
ci-git...
Term
here lie
 Definition
ci-gisent...
Term
lying, fallen, felled
 Definition
gisant, gisante
Term
lodging, refuge, shelter
 Definition
in gite
Term
lodger
 Definition
giter
Term
back scratcher
 Definition
un gratte-dos
Term
skyscraper
 Definition
un gratte-ciel
Term
to scratch oneself
 Definition
se gratter
Term
 to weigh something; to ponder; to think out, consider
 Definition
peser qqch
Term
to weigh upon
 Definition
peser sur
Term
 to weigh oneself
 Definition
se peser
Term
heavily
 Definition
pesamment
Term
weight (measured)
 Definition
le poids
Term
weight, gravity
 Definition
la pesanteur
Term
 to lose weight
 Definition
perdre du poids
Term
everything in its place
 Definition
chaque chose a sa place
Term
groan, moan, protest, complaint
 Definition
une plainte
Term
 to be pitied
 Definition
etre a plaindre
Term
I feel for you; I feel sorry for you; I pity you
 Definition
Je te plains
Term
to complain about the weather
 Definition
se plaindre du temps
Term
 to have good reason to complain
 Definition
avoir bonne raison de se plaindre
Term
 delight; pleasure
 Definition
le plaisir
Term
to please
 Definition
complaire a
Term
to displease
 Definition
deplaire a
Term
for fun
 Definition
pour plaisanter
Term
 to crack jokes
 Definition
dire des plaisanteries
Term
to say something in a joking way
 Definition
dire une chose par plaisanterie
Term
soap opera
 Definition
une piece pleurnicharde
Term
tearful, lachrymose
 Definition
larmoyant, larmoyante
Term
crybaby
 Definition
un pleurnicheur, une pleurnicheuse
Term
a tear
 Definition
une larme
Term
a tear
 Definition
un pleur
Term
to cry one's eyes out
 Definition
pleuerer toutes les larmes de son corps
Term
in pursuit of
 Definition
a la poursuite
Term
 to continue on one's way
 Definition
poursuivre son chemin
Term
to pursue each other
 Definition
se poursuivre
Term
to carry on one's studies
 Definition
poursuivre ses etudes
Term
rickshaw
 Definition
un pousse-pousse
Term
a stroller
 Definition
une poussette
Term
to egg someone on to do something
 Definition
pousser qqn a faire qqch
Term
Robert is growing a beard
 Definition
Robert pousse une barbe
Term
to heave a sigh
 Definition
soupir
Term
on the whole, all in all
 Definition
a tout prendre
Term
 I don't know how to go about it
 Definition
Je ne sais comment m'y prendre
Term
to make a good impression
 Definition
presenter bien
Term
to make a bad impression
 Definition
presenter mal
Term
Allow me to introduce myself
 Definition
Permettez-moi de me presenter
Term
May I introduce you to my French teacher?
 Definition
Je vous presente a mon professeur de francais
Term
 to introduce someone to someone
 Definition
presenter qqn a qqn
Term
to give a helping hand to someone
 Definition
preter la main a qqn
Term
to go to someone's rescue (help)
 Definition
preter secours a qqn
Term
to listen, to lend an ear
 Definition
preter l'oreille
Term
Prevention is better than cure
 Definition
Mieux vaut prevenir que guerir
Term
to shower someone with kindness, attention
 Definition
entourer qqn de prevenances
Term
considerate, kind, thoughtful
 Definition
prevenant, prevenante
Term
Please enter without knocking
 Definition
Priere d'entrer sans frapper
Term
willingly
 Definition
sans se faire prier
Term
You are requested not to smoke
 Definition
Priere de ne pas fumer
Term
Please do! ( I beg you to do so)
 Definition
Je vous en prie!
Term
to take one's dog out for a walk
 Definition
promener son chien
Term
to promise to do something
 Definition
promettre de faire qqch
Term
to keep one's promise
 Definition
tenir sa promesse
Term
It looks promising!
 Definition
Ca promet!
Term
 to promise oneself
 Definition
se promettre
Term
proof
 Definition
une preuve
Term
to put to the test
 Definition
mettre a l'epreuve
Term
He left his wife
 Definition
Il a quitte sa femme
Term
She left her husband
 Definition
Elle a quitte son mari
Term
to take off one's hat
 Definition
quitter son chapeau
Term
 to rise from the ranks
 Definition
sortir du rang
Term
a line of trees
 Definition
une rangee d'arbres
Term
to collect, to gather, to harvest
 Definition
recueillir
Term
to reap the fruit of one's labor
 Definition
recueillir le fruit de son travail
Term
collection
 Definition
un recueil
Term
collection of stories
 Definition
un recueil de contes
Term
Have you ever read the poem Recueillement by Charles   
     Baudelaire?
 Definition
Avez-vous jamais lu le poeme Recueillement de Charles Baudelaire?
Term
 reflection
 Definition
un reflet
Term
after careful thought
 Definition
tout bien reflechi
Term
to think over (ponder) something
 Definition
reflechir a qqch
Term
I must think it over
 Definition
Il faut que  j'y reflechisse
Term
to refuse a routine life
 Definition
refuser la vie routiniere
Term
to read again, to reread
 Definition
relire
Term
 Pull yourself together!
 Definition
Remettez-vous!
Term
to fill, to fulfill, to fill in, to fill out
 Definition
remplir
Term
I returned the book to the library
 Definition
J'ai rendu le livre a la bibliotheque
Term
to give back, to return (something), to render; to vomit
 Definition
rendre
Term
she vomited eveything she ate
 Definition
Elle a rendu tout ce qu'elle a mange
Term
without knowing it
 Definition
sans le savoir
Term
As far as I know...
 Definition
Autant que je sache...
Term
Not to my knowledge
 Definition
Pas que je sache
Term
to inform
 Definition
faire savoir
Term
to save someone's life
 Definition
sauver la vie a qqn
Term
fire escape
 Definition
une echelle de sauvetage
Term
to rescue, to save
 Definition
sauver
Term
soiled hands
 Definition
les mains sales
Term
to use filthy language
 Definition
dire des saletes
Term
to soil, to dirty
 Definition
salir
Term
shock
 Definition
un saisissement
Term
thrilling, piercing
 Definition
saisissant, saisissante
Term
to take possesion of
 Definition
se saisir de
Term
elusive
 Definition
insaissable
Term
 overcome with joy
 Definition
saisi de joie
Term
to seize the oppurtunity
 Definition
saisir l'occasion
Term
to seize, to grasp, to comprehend
 Definition
saisir
Term
to realize
 Definition
se rendre compte de
Term
 appontment, date
 Definition
un rendez-vous
Term
to meet, to encounter
 Definition
rencontrer
Term
to meet each other
 Definition
se recontrer
Term
to go to meet someone
 Definition
aller a la rencontrer de qqn
Term
the wrong sort of people
 Definition
de mauvaises rencontres
Term
to have an unexpected encounter
 Definition
faire une rencontre inattendue
Term
 to take the children home
 Definition
rentrer les enfants
Term
to hold back one's tears
 Definition
rentrer ses larmes
Term
to go back home
 Definition
rentrer chez soi
Term
to spread, to scatter, to spill
 Definition
repandre
Term
 to spread fear
 Definition
repandre l'effroi
Term
widely known person
 Definition
une personne repandue
Term
widely accepted opinion
 Definition
une opinion repandue
Term
 to shed blood
 Definition
repandre du sang
Term
to spread news
 Definition
repandre une nouvelle
Term
to pour out insults
 Definition
se repandre en injures
Term
to spread joy
 Definition
repandre la joie
Term
 to iron, to pass again, to pass by again
 Definition
repasser
Term
ironing board
 Definition
une planche a repasser
Term
 to stop in again another day
 Definition
repasser un autre jour
Term
to iron a shirt
 Definition
repasser une chemise
Term
laundry to iron
 Definition
du linge a repasser
Term
to rest
 Definition
se reposer
Term
I'm tired; I'm going to rest
 Definition
Je suis fatigue; je vais me reposer
Term
to rest one's head on
 Definition
reposer la tete sur
Term
 to be based on
 Definition
reposer sur
Term
 to put one's trust in someone, something
 Definition
reposer sur qqn, qqch
Term
footrest
 Definition
un repose-pied
Term
to remain; to stay; to be left (over)
 Definition
rester
Term
Simone stayed in bed all day
 Definition
Simone est restee au lit toute la journee
Term
I have two hundred euros left
 Definition
Il me resteduex cents euros
Term
Stay there I'll be right back
 Definition
Restez-la; je reviens tout de suit
Term
How much money do you have left (over)?
 Definition
Combien d'argent vous reste-t-il?
Term
to resemble, to be like, to look like
 Definition
ressembler
Term
They are as alike as two peas in a pod
 Definition
Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d'eau
Term
to take off one's shoes
 Definition
retirer ses chaussures
Term
to succeed, to result
 Definition
reussir
Term
to succeed in life
 Definition
reussir dans la vie
Term
 to succeed in something
 Definition
reussir a qqn
Term
Fried food doesn't agree with me
 Definition
Les fritures ne me reussissent pas
Term
a successful evening
 Definition
une soiree reussie
Term
to come back
 Definition
revenir
Term
 to realize one's mistake
 Definition
revenir d'une erreur
Term
 to amount to the same thing
 Definition
revenir au meme
Term
It all boils down to this...
 Definition
Tout revient a ceci...
Term
to laugh
 Definition
rire
Term
to burst out laughing
 Definition
eclater de rire
Term
 to laugh at
 Definition
rire de
Term
to say something just for a laugh
 Definition
dire qqch pour rire
Term
to laugh in someone's face
 Definition
rire au nez de qqn
Term
to laugh heartily
 Definition
rire de bon coeur
Term
 fit of laughter, gigles
 Definition
le fou rire
Term
to blush, to redden
 Definition
rougir
Term
to make someone blush
 Definition
faire rougir qqn
Term
to feel shame foe someone
 Definition
rougir de qqn
Term
a blushing bride
 Definition
une jeune mariee rougissante
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