Expressions: Prendre, Faire, Mettre, Coup

Question 0

Prendre l’eau

Answer 0

To leak

Question 1

Prendre une douche

Answer 1

To take a shower

Question 2

Prendre feu

Answer 2

To catch fire

Question 3

Prendre garde

Answer 3

To watch out

Question 4

Prendre au pied de la lettre

Answer 4

To take literally

Question 5

Prendre sa retraite

Answer 5

To retire

Question 6

Être pris

Answer 6

To be tied up, busy

Question 7

Prendre au sérieux

Answer 7

To take seriously

Question 8

Prendre un verre

Answer 8

To have a drink

Question 9

Prendre du poids

Answer 9

To gain weight

Question 10

Prendre goût à quelqu’un

Answer 10

To take a liking to

Question 11

Prendre une décision

Answer 11

To make a decision

Question 12

Prendre des risques

Answer 12

To take risks

Question 13

Prendre son courage à deux mains

Answer 13

To gather one’s courage

Question 14

Prendre l’air

Answer 14

To get a breath of fresh air

Question 15

Faire attention à

Answer 15

To pay attention to

Question 16

Faire bon accueil

Answer 16

To welcome

Question 17

Faire cadeau des détails

Answer 17

To spare the details

Question 18

Faire de la peine à quelqu’un

Answer 18

To hurt someone’s feelings

Question 19

Faire de son mieux

Answer 19

To do one’s best

Question 20

Faire des projets

Answer 20

To make plans

Question 21

Faire d’une pierre deux coups

Answer 21

To kill two birds with one stone

Question 22

Faire la grasse matinée

Answer 22

To sleep in late

Question 23

Faire partie de

Answer 23

To be a part of

Question 24

Faire une nuit blanche

Answer 24

To pull an all-nighter

Question 25

Faire des bêtises

Answer 25

To get into mischief

Question 26

Faire la moue

Answer 26

To sulk

Question 27

Faire les valises

Answer 27

To pack

Question 28

Faire la sourde oreille

Answer 28

To turn a dead ear

Question 29

Faire des économies

Answer 29

To save up

Question 30

Mettre de l’eau dans son vin

Answer 30

To tone it down

Question 31

To set the alarm

Answer 31

Mettre le réveil

Question 32

Mettre quelque chose droit

Answer 32

To set something straight

Question 33

Mettre à jour

Answer 33

To update

Question 34

Mettre la table

Answer 34

To set the table

Question 35

Mettre à l’essai

Answer 35

To put to the test

Question 36

Mettre les pieds dans le plat

Answer 36

To put one’s foot in one’s mouth

Question 37

Mettre en colère

Answer 37

To make angry

Question 38

Mettre ___ heures à faire

Answer 38

To take ___ hours to do something

Question 39

Mettre beaucoup de soin à faire

Answer 39

To take great care in doing something

Question 40

On m’a mis au pied du mur

Answer 40

I had no choice

Question 41

Mettre le verrou

Answer 41

To bolt the door

Question 42

Mettre ____ de côté

Answer 42

to put something aside

Question 43

Mettrr le doigt dans l’engrenage

Answer 43

To get involved

Question 44

Mettre quelqu’un au pas

Answer 44

To bring someone in line

Question 45

En venir aux coups

Answer 45

To come to blows

Question 46

Un coup d’oeil

Answer 46

A glance

Question 47

Un coup de chance

Answer 47

Stroke of luck

Question 48

Un coup d’épée dans l’eau

Answer 48

A waste of time

Question 49

Un coup de main

Answer 49

Helping hand

Question 50

Un coup de fil

Answer 50

Phone call, ring

Question 51

Le coup de foudre

Answer 51

Love at first sight

Question 52

Un coup d’état

Answer 52

Overthrow of the government

Question 53

Un mauvais coup

Answer 53

A dirty trick

Question 54

Tout à coup

Answer 54

All of a sudden

Question 55

Un coup en traître

Answer 55

Stab in the back

Question 56

Un coup pour rien

Answer 56

a waste of time

Question 57

Un coup bas

Answer 57

A low blow

Question 58

Un coup de pied

Answer 58

A kick

Question 59

Rire un bon coup

Answer 59

To have a good laugh