691 |
lits de justice |
1. n. plural of lit de justice |
692 |
à mi-voix |
1. adv. in a low voice, sotto voce |
693 |
tous les quinze jours |
1. |
694 |
en ami |
1. adv. as a friend |
Je viens en ami. - I come as a friend. |
695 |
trente et un |
1. num. thirty-one |
696 |
quelle heure est-il |
1. Phrase. what time is it? |
697 |
cas d'école |
1. n-m. a theoretical case used for study of a theory |
2. n-m. a real-life case that matches the theory perfectly; a textbook case |
698 |
d'homme à homme |
1. prep. man-to-man (directly, forthrightly and honestly) |
une discussion d'homme à homme |
s'entretenir d'homme à homme |
2. prep. one-on-one, one-to-one |
699 |
poignée de main |
1. n-f. handshake |
700 |
bon courage |
1. interj. good luck!, Godspeed! |
701 |
cour d'honneur |
1. n-f. (architecture) cour d'honneur |
702 |
petite amie |
1. n-f. female equivalent of petit ami: girlfriend (girl/woman to whom one has a romantic attachment) |
703 |
passage à l'acte |
1. n-m. (psychology) Impulsive acting out |
704 |
enfant terrible |
1. n-m. enfant terrible, wild child |
705 |
pour ne pas dire |
1. conj. not to say, if not |
Julien est très beau, pour ne pas dire parfait, quoi. - Julien is very handsome, if not, like, perfect |
706 |
tempête de sable |
1. n-f. sandstorm (strong wind carrying clouds of sand) |
707 |
diseuses de bonne aventure |
1. n. feminine plural of diseuse de bonne aventure |
708 |
cartes de visite |
1. n. plural of carte de visite |
709 |
faire la moue |
1. v. to pout |
710 |
menu fretin |
1. n-m. small fry |
711 |
parti politique |
1. n-m. political party (political organization) |
712 |
lampe de poche |
1. n-f. torch, flashlight |
713 |
Europe centrale |
1. Proper noun. Central Europe |
714 |
gros temps |
1. n-m. (nautical, idiomatic) dirty weather |
715 |
corne d'abondance |
1. n-f. cornucopia |
716 |
joie de vivre |
1. n-f. joie de vivre, zest for life |
respirer la joie de vivre - to breathe the joy of life |
717 |
à rebours |
1. adv. backwards, the wrong way; against the grain |
718 |
il y a lieu |
1. |
719 |
beaux esprits |
1. n. plural of bel esprit |
720 |
je t'en prie |
1. Phrase. I beg you, please |
2. Phrase. go ahead, please, help yourself (response to being asked permission, e.g. to come in, to pass someone, to start eating) |
3. Phrase. you're welcome, don't mention it (familiar, in response to a thank you) |