Expressions

Question 0

Entendre parler

Answer 0

To hear talk (of), to hear about

Question 1

Faire la tête

Answer 1

To sulk, to look/be sulky

Question 2

À cause de

Answer 2

Because of, due to (blames someone, something for a negative event)

Question 3

À chacun son goût

Answer 3

To each his own

Question 4

Ah bon ?

Answer 4

Really? Is that so? I see (can have many meanings, acknowledges something someone just said)

Question 5

Au fait

Answer 5

By the way, get to the point, informed.

Question 6

Au cas où

Answer 6

Just in case

Question 7

Au contraire

Answer 7

On the contrary, just the opposite

Question 8

Au fur et à mesure

Answer 8

As, while, gradually

Question 9

Au lieu de

Answer 9

Instead of, rather than

Question 10

Au pif

Answer 10

At a rough guess, at random, using guesswork

Question 11

À la bonne franquette

Answer 11

Simple, without any fuss, informal

Question 12

À la fois

Answer 12

At the same time, at once

Question 13

Chercher midi à quatorze heures

Answer 13

To make something more complicated

Question 14

Avoir la langue bien pendue

Answer 14

To be a good talker

Question 15

Bel et bien

Answer 15

Altogether, truly, really

Question 16

Bien entendu

Answer 16

Of course, obviously

Question 17

À la limite

Answer 17

To the limits, if pushed, at most, ultimately, in a pinch, barely…

Question 18

À la rentrée !

Answer 18

See you this fall! (Used to say bye and acknowledge that you’ll see them later)

Question 19

À la rigueur

Answer 19

In a pinch, if need be, possibly

Question 20

À la une

Answer 20

On the front page

Question 21

À la vôtre

Answer 21

Cheers!

Question 22

À peine

Answer 22

Hardly, barely

Question 23

À peu près

Answer 23

About, around, approximately

Question 24

A priori

Answer 24

At first glance, in principle

Question 25

À rebours

Answer 25

Wrong way, backwards

Question 26

À tes/vos souhaits

Answer 26

Bless you (sneeze)

Question 27

Un angle passe

Answer 27

There’s an awkward silence

Question 28

Appeler sous les drapeaux

Answer 28

To draft, call to arms

Question 29

Appeler un chat un chat

Answer 29

To be honest, tell it like it is

Question 30

Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe

Answer 30

To turn up at an awkward moment, to be completely irrelevant

Question 31

Attacher lundi avec mardi

Answer 31

To button one’s shirt or jacket wrong

Question 32

Avantages et inconvénients

Answer 32

Pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages

Question 33

Avoir du chien

Answer 33

To be attractive (girl)

Question 34

Avoir du pain sur la planche

Answer 34

To have a lot to do, have a lot on one’s plate, have one’s work cut out

Question 35

Avoir du pot

Answer 35

To be lucky

Question 36

Avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

Answer 36

To have one’s cake and eat it, too