751 |
toiles d'araignée |
1. n. plural of toile d'araignée |
752 |
en haut de |
1. prep. at the top of |
753 |
en masse |
1. adv. en masse |
2. adv. in large amounts, massively |
3. adv. (Canada) in sufficient amounts |
754 |
avoir envie de |
1. |
755 |
cannes à sucre |
1. n. plural of canne à sucre |
756 |
prendre des mesures |
1. v. to take steps; to take action |
757 |
sur le bout de la langue |
1. adj. on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) |
758 |
âme sœur |
1. n-f. soulmate (someone with whom one has a special connection) |
On n'a qu'une âme sœur. - One has but one soulmate. |
J'ai su que t'étais mon âme sœur dès la première fois que je t'ai vu(e). - I knew you were my soulmate since the first time I saw you. |
759 |
jus de fruit |
1. n-m. fruit juice |
760 |
d'eau douce |
1. |
761 |
tueur en série |
1. n-m. serial killer |
762 |
rouleau compresseur |
1. n-m. road roller |
763 |
en vie |
1. adj. living, alive |
être en vie - to be alive |
rester en vie - to remain alive |
maintenir quelqu'un en vie - to keep someone alive |
764 |
Amérique latine |
1. Proper noun. Latin America |
765 |
allez savoir |
1. interj. go figure! |
766 |
clairs de lune |
1. n. plural of clair de lune |
767 |
se souvenir |
1. v. remember (to recall one's memory) |
Je ne me souviens plus de rien. - I don’t remember anything. |
768 |
lune de miel |
1. n-f. honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage) |
2. n-f. honeymoon, wedding trip (trip taken by a newly wed married couple) |
769 |
chemise de nuit |
1. n-f. nightgown, nightie |
770 |
au fil de |
1. prep. in the course of, over the course of |
au fil des mois - over the months |
au fil des années - over the years |
au fil des siècles - through the centuries |
au fil du temps - throughout time |
771 |
contre toute attente |
1. adv. against all odds (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
772 |
chaîne alimentaire |
1. n-f. food chain |
773 |
au diable |
1. Phrase. to hell with |
774 |
politiquement correct |
1. adj. politically correct ((of language) not objectionable) |
2. n-m. (France) political correctness |
775 |
haute école |
1. n-f. (France) Very academic, high-level, equitation style school of higher education |
2. n-f. (Belgium) a school of higher education, academic but not ranked as a university |
776 |
astre du jour |
1. n-m. (literary) the sun |
777 |
en aval |
1. adv. downstream, downhill (lower than, on a river or a hill) |
778 |
ours blanc |
1. n-m. polar bear |
779 |
porter plainte |
1. v. to complain, to lodge a (formal) complaint |
2. v. (indtr, contre) legal to bring a criminal action, to press charges against |
780 |
jeune mariée |
1. n-f. female equivalent of jeune marié |