| 391 |
partout ailleurs |
| 1. |
| 392 |
à court terme |
| 1. prep. short-term |
| 393 |
en revenir |
| 1. v. to believe; to be able to believe (something incredible) |
| 394 |
sous peine de |
| 1. prep. or else, otherwise; on pain of |
| Il ne faut pas écouter de la musique bruyante en voiture sous peine de ne pas entendre les sirènes des pompiers. - You shouldn't listen to loud music in the car, or else you wouldn't hear the f |
| 395 |
au berceau |
| 1. adv. (idiomatic, figuratively) in (its) infancy, at an early stage |
| 396 |
par mégarde |
| 1. adv. inadvertently; accidentally; by mistake |
| (parasyn, faussement, par erreur) |
| 397 |
rendre visite |
| 1. v. (indtr, à) to visit; to pay a visit to |
| J'ai rendu visite à mon frère. - I visited my brother. |
| 398 |
coup de main |
| 1. n-m. a helping hand (assistance) |
| Tu pourrais me donner un coup de main pour ranger la cuisine, s'il-te-plaît ? - Could you give me a hand cleaning the kitchen please? |
| 399 |
à sec |
| 1. adj. dry, dried up |
| 2. adj. (informal) broke (lacking money; bankrupt) |
| 3. adv. (sex, vulgar) without waiting for proper lubrication |
| pénétrer à sec |
| 400 |
noix de coco |
| 1. n-f. coconut |
| 401 |
oiseau de proie |
| 1. n-m. bird of prey |
| 402 |
système nerveux |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) nervous system |
| 403 |
coup de foudre |
| 1. n-m. lightning strike, thunderbolt |
| 2. n-m. bolt from the blue; love at first sight |
| Quand j’ai fait la connaissance d’Henri, ç’a été le coup de foudre! - When I met Henri, it was love at first sight! |
| 404 |
ça et là |
| 1. adv. misspelling of çà et là, sort=ca et la |
| 405 |
eau bénite |
| 1. n-f. holy water |
| 406 |
voici que |
| 1. adv. here |
| 407 |
oiseau de nuit |
| 1. n-m. (zoology) a nocturnal bird |
| 2. n-m. (colloquial) a person active at night; a night owl |
| 408 |
gagner sa vie |
| 1. v. to earn a living, to make a living |
| bien gagner sa vie - to make good money |
| 409 |
voie lactée |
| 1. n-f. (astronomy) the Milky Way (as seen from Earth) |
| 410 |
au premier abord |
| 1. adv. at first, at first sight, at first glance, on first impression |
| 411 |
bons mots |
| 1. n. plural of bon mot |
| 412 |
en abondance |
| 1. adv. in abundance, abundantly, aplenty |
| 413 |
lever de soleil |
| 1. n-m. Alternative form of lever du soleil |
| 414 |
mettre en œuvre |
| 1. v. to carry out, to set in motion, to do; to make use of |
| 415 |
en titre |
| 1. adj. current |
| le champion du monde en titre (the current world champion) |
| 416 |
êtres humains |
| 1. n. plural of être humain |
| 417 |
une nouvelle fois |
| 1. |
| 418 |
garde du corps |
| 1. n-m. bodyguard |
| 419 |
cheval de bataille |
| 1. n-m. war-horse, battle-charger |
| 2. n-m. (figuratively) hobbyhorse, favourite theme |
| 420 |
à flot |
| 1. prep. afloat, buoyant |
| 2. prep. (figuratively) above water |
| se maintenir à flot - to keep one's head above water |
