figuré |
1. adj. figurative | |
2. Participle. past participle of figurer | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ça fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ça fait très monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
passer |
1. v. to go past | |
2. v. to cross (a border) | |
3. v. (legal) to pass | |
passer une loi - to pass a law | |
4. v. to spend (time) | |
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain. | |
J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place. | |
5. v. to publish (a newspaper) | |
6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test) | |
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April. | |
7. v. to pass (an exam or test) | |
Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test) | |
Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
9. v. (public transportation) to run | |
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes. | |
10. v. to exceed (a limit) | |
11. v. to percolate | |
12. v. to hand down, to pass on | |
13. v. to be allowed | |
14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities) | |
15. v. to show (a movie) | |
16. v. to go up (a grade) | |
17. v. to shift (change gear) | |
18. v. to go down | |
19. v. to go up | |
20. v. to stop by, to pop in | |
Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us. | |
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things. | |
21. v. to pass away, to die | |
22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk) | |
23. v. (TV) to show (be on television) | |
24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) | |
25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton) | |
26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease) | |
27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) | |
28. v. to wipe, rub | |
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly. | |
29. v. to skip a go | |
30. v. to put (make something undergo something) | |
31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn) | |
32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass | |
Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here? | |
33. v. to go by | |
34. v. to do without | |
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning. | |
35. v. to don | |
Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants. | |
36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for | |
faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something | |
se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
Force |
1. n-f. (Star Wars) force (always proceeded with la), the invisible omnipresent energy that the Jedi and the Sith wield in Star Wars | |
2. n-f. force | |
3. n-f. strength | |
4. v. first-person singular present of forcer | |
5. v. third-person singular present of forcer | |
6. v. second-person singular imperative of forcer | |
forcer |
1. v. to force | |
en force |
1. adv. in force, in droves, in large numbers | |
arriver en force - to arrive in numbers | |
passer en force |
1. v. to force one's way through, to impose oneself | |