631 |
filles du port |
1. n. plural of fille du port |
632 |
éléments chimiques |
1. n. plural of élément chimique |
633 |
boîte de nuit |
1. n-f. (colloquial) nightclub |
634 |
livres d'or |
1. n. plural of livre d'or |
635 |
au minimum |
1. adv. at least |
Au minimum deux mois seront nécessaires pour que tout rentre dans l'ordre. - At least two months will be necessary for everything to go back to normal. |
636 |
par contumace |
1. adv. in absentia (while not present) |
637 |
armée de terre |
1. n-f. (military) army |
638 |
forces terrestres |
1. n. (military) ground forces, infantry |
639 |
homme de Dieu |
1. n-m. a man of God, a godly man |
2. n-m. a minister |
3. n-m. a priest |
640 |
qui a bu boira |
1. Proverb. (literally) Once a drunkard, always a drunkard; a person who has drunk will drink again |
2. Proverb. (figuratively) old habits die hard; a leopard cannot change its spots |
641 |
machines à coudre |
1. n. plural of machine à coudre |
642 |
femmes de chambre |
1. n. plural of femme de chambre |
643 |
haute couture |
1. n-f. (fashion) haute couture, high fashion |
644 |
étoile filante |
1. n-f. shooting star, falling star |
645 |
argent de poche |
1. n-m. pocket money |
646 |
violence conjugale |
1. n. domestic violence |
2. n. a specific act of domestic violence |
647 |
femme de charge |
1. n-f. (dated) housekeeper |
648 |
ficher le camp |
1. v. (informal) to get the hell out; to get out of here; to bugger off; to scarper |
649 |
à la grecque |
1. |
650 |
bonne nuit |
1. interj. good night (a phrase uttered upon a farewell) |
651 |
jardin public |
1. n-m. public garden |
652 |
à tue-tête |
1. adv. at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs |
653 |
bon enfant |
1. adj. good-natured, friendly |
une ambiance bon enfant - a friendly atmosphere. |
2. adj. (pejorative) Simple-minded, naive |
654 |
guerres civiles |
1. n. plural of guerre civile |
655 |
cinquante et un |
1. num. fifty-one |
656 |
ligne de mire |
1. n-f. line of sight |
657 |
homme de guerre |
1. n-m. a man of war, a military man |
658 |
faire demi-tour |
1. v. to go back (or to drive back, etc.) before arriving to one's destination, or when there was no fixed destination |
659 |
oiseau de passage |
1. n-m. migratory bird, bird of passage |
2. n-m. (figuratively) bird of passage (someone passing through a place and only staying for a short time) |
660 |
pain blanc |
1. n-m. white bread |