Faire Expressions Flashcards

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1
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à faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête

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hair-raising

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à faire pleurer dans les chaumières

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tear-jerker

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aller faire des courses

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to go shopping

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aller se faire voir (familier)

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to get lost

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autant que faire se peut

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as far as possible

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avoir à faire

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to have things / business to do

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avoir de quoi faire

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to have enough to be getting on with,

to have enough to do

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avoir du mouron à se faire

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to have something to worry about

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avoir du souci à faire

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to have something to worry about

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10
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bien faire

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do good,
do right by,
do well

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brûler d’envie de faire quelque chose

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to long to do something,

to be dying to do something

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c’est ni fait ni à faire

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it’s been left half finished

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13
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ça commence à bien faire !

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this is getting ridiculous

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ça commence à faire (beaucoup)

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that is enough

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15
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ça peut le faire

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why not?,

it might be fun

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ça peut se faire

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it can be done,

why not?

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17
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ça prend deux heures de faire quelque chose

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it takes two hours to do something

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18
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ce n’est pas à un vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

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19
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chercher à faire quelque chose

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try to do something,

look to do something

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20
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Comme si je n’avais que ça à faire

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As though I hadn’t got anyhting else to do!

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21
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Comment faire ?

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How do you do it?,

What is to be done?

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22
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Comment faire pour que…?

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How do we go about + [gerund]?,

what can be done in order to…?

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compter faire quelque chose

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to intend to do something

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24
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consister à faire quelque chose

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to consist in doing something

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25
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contraindre quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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to force someone to do something,

to make someone do something

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courir le risque de faire quelque chose

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to run the risk of doing something

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crever d’envie de faire quelque chose

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to be dying to do something

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28
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croire bon de faire quelque chose

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to think right to do something

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29
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dans l’espoir de faire quelque chose

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hoping to do something

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30
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dans le but de faire quelque chose

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with the aim of doing something

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31
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donner le bâton pour se faire battre,

tendre le bâton pour se faire battre

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to dig one’s own grave

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s’en faire

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to worry,

to fret

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33
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en faire autant

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to do likewise,

to do the same (as)

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en faire des caisses (familier)

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to make a fuss about something,
to exaggerate,
to blow things out of proportion

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en faire des tonnes (familier)

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to make a fuss about something,
to exaggerate,
to blow things out of

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en faire son affaire

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to take care of something,

to take something on

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en faire tout un cake

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to make a fuss about something,

to kick up a fuss about something

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38
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en faire (tout) un drame

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to make a big deal out of something

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39
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en faire (tout) un fromage,
en faire (tout) un plat
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to make a big deal out of something

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40
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en faire trop

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to overact

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41
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en faire un minimum

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to do the minimum

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42
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en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à quelqu’un

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to give someone a hard time

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en vue de (faire quelque chose)

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with the aim of doing something,

so as to do something

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44
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Enchanté de faire votre connaissance !

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Pleased to meet you!

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45
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entendre faire quelque chose

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to intend to do something,

to mean to do something

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envisager de faire quelque chose

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to plan on doing something,

to consider doing something

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47
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éprouver le besoin de faire quelque chose

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to feel the need to do something

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48
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essayer de faire quelque chose

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to try to do something

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49
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facile à faire

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easy to do,

easily done

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50
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faire à la main

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to be made by hand

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51
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faire à manger

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to cook something,

to do some cooking

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52
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faire abstraction de

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to disregard

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53
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faire acte de présence

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to put in an appearance

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54
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faire affaire (avec)

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to do business (with)

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55
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faire allusion à

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to allude to, to make reference to

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56
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faire amende honorable

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to make amends,

to make up for

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57
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faire apparaître

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to bring (something) out

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58
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faire apparaître par magie

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to make (something) appear by magic

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59
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faire appel

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to appeal

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60
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faire appel à

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to call on,

to call in

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61
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faire appel à la générosité de qulequ’un

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to appeal to someone’s generosity

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62
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faire appel au bon sens

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to appeal to common sense

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63
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faire appel aux bonnes volontés

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to appeal to someone’s goodwill,
to appeal to someone’s generosity,
to appeal to someone’s kindness

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64
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faire appel aux services de quelqu’un

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to call on someone’s services

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65
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faire asseoir

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to have (someone) sit down

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faire attendre

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to keep (someone) waiting

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67
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faire attention

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to be careful

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68
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faire attention à

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be careful with,

to watch out for

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faire autorité

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to be an authority,
to be authoratative,
to be a seminal work

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faire avaler des couleuvres

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to get (someone) to believe anything

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71
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faire avaler la pilule

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to swallow a bitter pill

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72
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faire avancer la science

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to drive science forward

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73
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faire avec

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to make do (with)

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74
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faire avec les moyens du bord

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to get by as best one can,

to make do with what you have to hand

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75
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faire baisser les prix

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to knock down prices

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76
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faire bande à part

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to keep oneself to oneself

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77
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faire barrage

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to stand in the way

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78
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faire battre le cœur de quelqu’un

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to set someone’s pulse racing

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faire beau

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to spruce up [a person]

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80
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faire bien

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to do good,

to do well

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81
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faire bien dans le tableau

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to look good in the picture

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82
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faire bien de

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to do well to,

to be a good idea to

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83
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faire bizarre

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to look odd / strange / weird

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84
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faire bloc

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to stand together with,

to stand together against

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faire bon menage avec

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to get on well with,

to be compatible with

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86
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faire bon usage de

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to make good use of

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87
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faire bon voyage

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to have a good trip

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88
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faire bonne chère

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to eat well

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faire bonne figure

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to look happy / contented

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faire bonne impression

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to make a good impression

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91
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faire bouger les choses

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to get things moving

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92
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faire boule de neige

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to snowball

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93
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faire briller

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to polish up

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94
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faire brûler un pat

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to burn a dish,

to burn food

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95
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faire caca

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to do a poo

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96
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faire campagne pour

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to campaign for

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97
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faire capoter

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to scuttle

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faire carrière

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to make a career (out of somehing),

to have a career in

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99
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faire cavalier seul

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to go it alone,

to fly solo

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100
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faire chanter quelqu’un

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to blackmail someone

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101
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faire chaud au cœur

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to be heart-warming

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102
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faire chic

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to look chic,

to look elegant

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103
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faire chou blanc

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to draw a blank,

to hit a brick wall

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104
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faire circuler

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to disseminate,

to circulate

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105
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faire comme chez soi

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to make oneself at home

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106
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faire comme si rien ne s’était passé

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to behave as if nothing happened

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107
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faire comme tout le monde

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to do like everyone else

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108
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faire confiance à

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to rely upon,

to depend on

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109
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faire confiance à quelqu’un

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to trust someone,

to have confidence in someone

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110
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faire connaître

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to make known,

to disclose

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111
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faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur

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to make the best of a bad job

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faire contrepoids

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to balance

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113
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faire corps

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to stick together,

to put up a united front

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114
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faire correspondre

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to match

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115
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faire couler un bain

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to run a bath

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116
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faire couler beaucoup d’encre

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to lead to extensive press coverage

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117
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faire couler une entreprise

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to bring a company down

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118
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faire couleur locale

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to blend in with the local culture

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119
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faire courir une rumeur

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to spread a rumour

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120
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faire cours

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to lecture

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121
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faire chuter les cours

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to bring prices down

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122
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faire court

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to keep short

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123
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faire cramer un plat (familier)

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to burn a dish

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124
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faire craquer quelqu’un

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to break someone

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125
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faire craquer ses doigts

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to crack one’s knuckles

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126
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faire croire

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to make-believe,

to pretend

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127
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faire croire quelque chose à quelqu’un

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to have someone believe something

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128
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faire cuire

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to cook

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129
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faire d’une pierre deux coups

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to kill two birds with one stone

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130
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faire dans la demi-mesure

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to do things by half

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131
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faire dans son froc (familier)

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to pee one’s pants

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132
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faire date

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to go down in history,

to be a historical milestone

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133
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faire de beaux rêves

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to have sweet dreams

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134
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faire de bon cœur

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to do (something) willingly

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135
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faire de bonne grâce

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to do (something) gracefully

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136
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faire de bonnes études

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to fly through university,

to receive/get a good education

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137
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faire de l’antijeu

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to commit a professional foul,

to use negative tactics

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138
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faire de l’autostop

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to hitchhike

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139
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faire de l’effet

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to have an effect,

to make an impression

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140
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faire de l’équitation

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to go horse-riding

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141
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faire de l’esbroufe

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to show off

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142
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faire de l’esprit

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to try to be witty

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143
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faire de l’humanitaire

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to do humanitarian work

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144
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faire de l’humour

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to try to be funny

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145
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faire de l’œil à

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to eye (someone) up

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146
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faire de l’ombre à

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to put (someone) in the shade

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147
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faire de l’ordinateur

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to be (working) at a computer, 
to use a computer
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148
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faire de la balançoire

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to go on the swings,

to play on the swings

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149
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faire de la broderie

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to do embroidery,

to embroider

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150
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faire de la chorale

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to sing in a choir

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151
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faire de la comédie

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to play-act,
to be an actor,
to do drama

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152
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faire de la contrebande

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to smuggle

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153
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faire de la danse

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to do dancing,

to dance

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154
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faire de la démagogie

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to adopt a populist stance,
to engage in demagoguery,
to grandstand

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155
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faire de la gymnastique

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to do gymnastics,

to do gym

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156
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faire de la lèche à quelqu’un (familier)

A

to boot-lick,

to suck up

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157
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faire de la luge

A

to do sledging,

to go sledging

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158
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faire de la magie

A

to do magic,

to be a magician

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159
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faire de la mobylette

A

to ride a moped

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160
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faire de la monnaie à quelqu’un

A

to give someone change for something

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161
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faire de la montgolfière

A

to go ballooning,

to fly a hot air balloon

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162
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faire de la moto

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to ride a motorbike,

to go biking

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163
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faire de la musculation

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to lift weights, 
to work out,
to pump iron, 
to do weights 
to do bodybuilding
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164
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faire de la musique

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to do music,

to play music

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165
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faire de la peine

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to hurt (someone), 
to hurt (someone's) feelings
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166
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faire de la place

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to make a space,
to make place,
to make room

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167
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faire de la planche à roulettes

A

to skateboard,

to go skateboarding

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168
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faire de la planche à voile

A

to windsurf,

to go windsurfing

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169
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faire de la politique

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to do politics,

to go into politics

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170
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faire de la pub (familier)

A

to plug,

to publicise

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171
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faire de la publicité pour quelque chose

A

to advertise,

to publicise

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172
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faire de la radio

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to do a radio show,

to be on the radio

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173
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faire de la randonnée

A

to go hiking

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174
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faire de la résistance

A

to put up resistance

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175
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faire de la surenchère

A

to go in for one-upmanship,
to overdo it,
to lay it on thick

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176
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faire de la trottinette

A

to go scootering,

to ride a scooter

177
Q

faire de la voile

A

to sail,

to go sailing

178
Q

faire de longues études

A

to study for years,

to do years of studying

179
Q

faire de mauvaise grâce

A
to do (something) with bad grace,
to do (something) grudgingly
180
Q

faire de quelqu’un son quatre heures (familier)

A

to not kick out of bed for eating biscuits

181
Q

faire de recherches

A

to conduct research

to research

182
Q

faire de son mieux

A

to do your best,

to do the best one can

183
Q

faire défaut

A

to default

184
Q

faire demi-tour

A

to turn around,
to do a U-turn,
to make a U-turn

185
Q

faire des achats

A

to go shopping

186
Q

faire des affaires (avec)

A

to do business (with)

187
Q

faire des allées et venues

A

to do (a lot of) coming and going

188
Q

faire des allers-retours

A

to go back and forth

189
Q

faire des avances à quelqu’un

A

to make advances to someone

190
Q

faire des bêtises

A
to do (something) silly, 
to do (something) stupid 
to mess around
191
Q

faire des bonds

A

to jump,

to leap

192
Q

faire des cercles autour de

A

to circle

to form circles around

193
Q

faire des cercles autour de

A

to run circles around

194
Q

faire des chichis (familier)

A

to put on airs

195
Q

faire des cochonneries (familier)

A

to do dirty things

196
Q

faire des compromis

A

to compromise

197
Q

faire des concessions

A

to make concessions

198
Q

faire des courbettes

A

to bow and scrape (to someone),
to kowtow (to someone),
to flatter

199
Q

faire des courses

A

to go shopping,

to do some shopping

200
Q

faire des crasses à quelqu’un (familier)

A

to play dirty / nasty tricks on someone

201
Q

faire des économies

A

to save

202
Q

faire des économies d’énergie

A

to save energy,

to make energy savings

203
Q

faire des économies de bouts de chandelles

A

to be a penny-pincher

204
Q

faire des efforts

A

to try hard,
to make every effort,
to make an effort,
to make endeavours

205
Q

faire des emplettes

A

to do some shopping

206
Q

faire des émules

A

to inspire others

to create a following

207
Q

faire des enfants

A

to have children

208
Q

faire des étincelles

A

to cause a few sparks to fly

209
Q

faire des études

A

to do studies,

to study

210
Q

faire des études en

A

to study to be

211
Q

faire des excès

A

to overdo things,
to overindulge,
to eat and drink too much

212
Q

faire des expériences

A

to carry out experiments,

to experiment

213
Q

faire des façons

A

to make a fuss,

to put on airs

214
Q

faire des folies

A

to go crazy,
to go overboard,
to be extravagant

215
Q

faire des galipettes

A

to do somersaults,
to do forward rolls,
to do bedroom gymnastics

216
Q

faire des gorges chaudes de quelqu’un

A

to have a good laugh about someone,

to scorn someone

217
Q

faire des grimaces

A

to grimace,
to scowl,
to make a face,
to pull a face

218
Q

faire des heures supplémentaires

A

to work overtime

219
Q

faire des heureux

A
to make people happy,
to make (someone) happy
220
Q

faire des histoires

A

to make a fuss

221
Q

faire des kilomètres

A

to travel miles

222
Q

faire des longueurs

A

to swim lengths,

to do lengths

223
Q

faire des manières

A

to pussyfoot,

to fuss

224
Q

faire des merveilles

A

to work wonders

225
Q

faire des messes basses (familier)

A

to whisper

226
Q

faire des miracles

A

to do wonders

227
Q

faire des misères à quelqu’un

A

to give someone a hard time,

to make someone’s life a misery

228
Q

faire des mots-croisés

A

to do a crossword

229
Q

faire des papouilles (familier)

A

to give (someone) a little tickle

230
Q

faire des passes

A

to pass,
to throw passes,
to make passes

231
Q

faire des photos

A

to take photos,
to take pictures,
to take snaps

232
Q

faire des pieds et des mains

A

to move heaven and earth

233
Q

faire des pompes

A

to do press-ups

234
Q

faire des progrès

A

to make strides

235
Q

faire des ravages

A

to wreak havoc,

to be a heartbreaker

236
Q

faire des recherches

A

to conduct research,

to research

237
Q

faire des rencontres

A

to meet [people]

238
Q

faire des reproches à quelqu’un

A
to reproach someone,
to hold (something) against someone
239
Q

faire des ronds de jambe

A

to bow and scrape,

to behave in an obsequious way to someone in authority

240
Q

faire des sacrifices

A

to make sacrifices

241
Q

faire des salamalecs (familier)

A

to soft-soap (someone),
to bow and scrape before (someone),
to kowtow to (someone)

242
Q

faire des siennes (familier)

A

to act up,
to play up,
to go and do it again

243
Q

faire des signes

A

to make signs

244
Q

faire des vacations

A

to work part-time,

to do extras

245
Q

faire des vagues

A

to make waves,

to kick up a fuss

246
Q

faire des yeux de merlan frit (familier)

A

to gawk like an idiot

247
Q

faire dire à quelqu’un

A

to convey to someone

248
Q

faire diversion

A

to create a diversion

249
Q

faire dodo enfantin

A

to go beddy-byes,

to go to land of Nod

250
Q

faire don de

A

to give,
to give as a present,
to give as a gift

251
Q

faire don de sa personne

A

to show self-denial,

to be in to self-sacrifice

252
Q

faire double emploi

A

to make (something) redundant,
to be a redundant duplicate,
to serve two purposes

253
Q

faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête

A

to make one’s hair stand on end

254
Q

faire du bénévolat

A

to do volunteer work,

to work as a volunteer

255
Q

faire du beurre

A

to make butter,
to churn butter,
to make money

256
Q

faire du bien

A

to do good

257
Q

faire du bourrage de crâne à quelqu’un

A

to brainwash someone

258
Q

faire du bruit

A

to make a noise

259
Q

faire du canoë

A

to canoe,

to go canoeing

260
Q

faire du cerf-volant

A

to fly a kite,

to go kiting

261
Q

faire du chantage à quelqu’un

A

to blackmail someone

262
Q

faire du charme à quelqu’un

A

to charm someone

263
Q

faire du chemin

A

to go a long way,

to come a long way

264
Q

faire du cheval

A

to go horse-riding

265
Q

faire du chiffre

A

to do good business,

to run at a healthy profit

266
Q

faire du deltaplane

A

to hang-glide

267
Q

faire du favoritisme

A

to play favourites,

to have favourites

268
Q

faire du feu

A

to build a fire

269
Q

faire du foot

A

to play football

270
Q

faire du footing

A

to go running,

to go jogging

271
Q

faire du golf

A

to play golf,

to golf

272
Q

faire du gringue à quelqu’un (familier)

A

to come on to someone,
to hit on someone,
to flirt with someone,
to chat someone up

273
Q

faire du jogging

A

to go jogging

274
Q

faire du judo

A

to do judo

275
Q

faire du lèche-vitrines

A

to go window-shopping

276
Q

faire du mal

A

to do harm

277
Q

faire du mal à quelqu’un

A

to hurt someone’s feelings

278
Q

faire du mauvais esprit

A

to be bloody-minded,

to be nasty

279
Q

faire du ménage

A

to do housework

280
Q

faire du neuf avec du vieux

A

to teach an old dog new tricks

281
Q

faire du patin à roulettes

A

to go roller-skating

to roller-skate

282
Q

faire du pied à quelqu’un

A

to play footsie with someone

283
Q

faire du porte à porte

A

to do door-to-door selling,

to canvass

284
Q

faire du profit

A

to make profits

285
Q

faire du rangement

A

to tidy up

286
Q

faire du rappel

A

to abseil

287
Q

faire du remplissage

A

to pad out

288
Q

faire du rentre-dedans

A

to be straightforward,
to be aggressive,
to take the gloves off

289
Q

faire du roller (familier)

A

to rollerblade

290
Q

faire du saut à l’élastique

A

to go bungee jumping

291
Q

faire du saut à la perche

A

to pole-vault

292
Q

faire du shopping

A

to go shopping

293
Q

faire du ski de fond

A

to do cross-country skiing,

to go cross-country skiing

294
Q

faire du ski nautique

A

to go water-skiing

295
Q

faire du sport

A

to play sport,
to do sport,
to exercise

296
Q

faire du stop (familier)

faire de l’auto-stop

A

to hitchhike

297
Q

faire du surplace

A

to tread water,

to not get anywhere

298
Q

faire du tennis

A

to play tennis,

to do tennis

299
Q

faire du thé

A

to make tea

300
Q

faire du théâtre

A

to do drama,
to do theatre,
to act

301
Q

faire du tir à l’arc

A

to do archery

302
Q

faire du tort à quelqu’un

A

to wrong someone,
to do someone wrong,
to harm,
to be detrimental to

303
Q

faire du trafic de

A

to traffic (in)

304
Q

faire du tricot

A

to knit

305
Q

faire du vélo,

faire du cyclisme

A

to go cycling

306
Q

faire du violon

A

to play the violin

307
Q

faire du voilier

A

to yacht

308
Q

faire durer

A

to make last

309
Q

faire durer le plaisir

A

to draw out the pleasure

310
Q

faire éclater

A

to burst,

to pop

311
Q

faire effet

A

to have an effect

312
Q

faites en sorte de

A

make sure you…

313
Q

faire en sorte que

A

ensure that

make sure that

314
Q

faire en vitesse

A

to rustle up

to bat out

315
Q

faire entendre raison à quelqu’un

A

to get someone to listen to reason

316
Q

faire entendre sa voix

A

to have yourself heard,

to get yourself heard

317
Q

faire entrer

A

to send in,
to let in,
to let into,
to have in

318
Q

faire entrer de force

A

to force somebody into,
to shoehorn,
to drag in

319
Q

faire équipe

A

to be a team,

to form a team

320
Q

faire équipe avec

A

to team up with

321
Q

faire erreur

A

to be mistaken,

to be wrong

322
Q

faire état de

A

to report,
to state,
to mention

323
Q

faire évoluer sa carrière

A

to advance one’s career

324
Q

faire exprès

A

to do on purpose,

to do deliberately

325
Q

faire face

A

to cope,

to get by

326
Q

faire face à quelque chose

A

to face up to something,

to be facing something

327
Q

faire face à quelqu’un

A

to face someone,

to be facing someone

328
Q

faire faillite

A

to become bankrupt,

to go bankrupt

329
Q

faire faire

A

to make do

330
Q

faire faire quelque chose à quelqu’un

A

to have someone do something,

to get someone to do something

331
Q

faire fausse route

A

to go the wrong way

332
Q

faire faux bond à quelqu’un

A

to let someone down,

to leave someone high and dry

333
Q

faire feu (familier)

A

to snipe at

334
Q

faire feu de tout bois,

faire flèche de tout bois

A

to fire on all cylinders

335
Q

faire fi de

A

to turn your nose up at (something)

336
Q

faire figure de

A
to look (like), 
to be thought of as
337
Q

faire foi de quelque chose

A

to be valid,

to be admissible

338
Q

tobyikjholihp

A

build
Ohio
hi

339
Q

faire des rencontres

A

to meet [people]

340
Q

faire des reproches à quelqu’un

A
to reproach someone,
to hold (something) against someone
341
Q

faire des ronds de jambe

A

to bow and scrape,

to behave in an obsequious way to someone in authority

342
Q

faire des sacrifices

A

to make sacrifices

343
Q

faire des salamalecs (familier)

A

to soft-soap (someone),
to bow and scrape before (someone),
to kowtow to (someone)

344
Q

faire des siennes (familier)

A

to act up,
to play up,
to go and do it again

345
Q

faire des signes

A

to make signs

346
Q

faire des vacations

A

to work part-time,

to do extras

347
Q

faire des vagues

A

to make waves,

to kick up a fuss

348
Q

faire des yeux de merlan frit (familier)

A

to gawk like an idiot

349
Q

faire dire à quelqu’un

A

to convey to someone

350
Q

faire diversion

A

to create a diversion

351
Q

faire dodo enfantin

A

to go beddy-byes,

to go to land of Nod

352
Q

faire don de

A

to give,
to give as a present,
to give as a gift

353
Q

faire don de sa personne

A

to show self-denial,

to be in to self-sacrifice

354
Q

faire double emploi

A

to make (something) redundant,
to be a redundant duplicate,
to serve two purposes

355
Q

faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête

A

to make one’s hair stand on end

356
Q

faire du bénévolat

A

to do volunteer work,

to work as a volunteer

357
Q

faire du beurre

A

to make butter,
to churn butter,
to make money

358
Q

faire du bien

A

to do good

359
Q

faire du bourrage de crâne à quelqu’un

A

to brainwash someone

360
Q

faire du bruit

A

to make a noise

361
Q

faire du canoë

A

to canoe,

to go canoeing

362
Q

faire du cerf-volant

A

to fly a kite,

to go kiting

363
Q

faire du chantage à quelqu’un

A

to blackmail someone

364
Q

faire du charme à quelqu’un

A

to charm someone

365
Q

faire du chemin

A

to go a long way,

to come a long way

366
Q

faire du cheval

A

to go horse-riding

367
Q

faire du chiffre

A

to do good business,

to run at a healthy profit

368
Q

faire du deltaplane

A

to hang-glide

369
Q

faire du favoritisme

A

to play favourites,

to have favourites

370
Q

faire du feu

A

to build a fire

371
Q

faire du foot

A

to play football

372
Q

faire du footing

A

to go running,

to go jogging

373
Q

faire du golf

A

to play golf,

to golf

374
Q

faire du gringue à quelqu’un (familier)

A

to come on to someone,
to hit on someone,
to flirt with someone,
to chat someone up

375
Q

faire du jogging

A

to go jogging

376
Q

faire du judo

A

to do judo

377
Q

faire du lèche-vitrines

A

to go window-shopping

378
Q

faire du mal

A

to do harm

379
Q

faire du mal à quelqu’un

A

to hurt someone’s feelings

380
Q

faire du mauvais esprit

A

to be bloody-minded,

to be nasty

381
Q

faire du ménage

A

to do housework

382
Q

faire du neuf avec du vieux

A

to teach an old dog new tricks

383
Q

faire du patin à roulettes

A

to go roller-skating

to roller-skate

384
Q

faire du pied à quelqu’un

A

to play footsie with someone

385
Q

faire du porte à porte

A

to do door-to-door selling,

to canvass

386
Q

faire du profit

A

to make profits

387
Q

faire du rangement

A

to tidy up

388
Q

faire du rappel

A

to abseil

389
Q

faire du remplissage

A

to pad out

390
Q

faire du rentre-dedans

A

to be straightforward,
to be aggressive,
to take the gloves off

391
Q

faire du roller (familier)

A

to rollerblade

392
Q

faire du saut à l’élastique

A

to go bungee jumping

393
Q

faire du saut à la perche

A

to pole-vault

394
Q

faire du shopping

A

to go shopping

395
Q

faire du ski de fond

A

to do cross-country skiing,

to go cross-country skiing

396
Q

faire du ski nautique

A

to go water-skiing

397
Q

faire du sport

A

to play sport,
to do sport,
to exercise

398
Q

faire du stop (familier)

faire de l’auto-stop

A

to hitchhike

399
Q

faire du surplace

A

to tread water,

to not get anywhere

400
Q

faire du tennis

A

to play tennis,

to do tennis

401
Q

faire du thé

A

to make tea

402
Q

faire du théâtre

A

to do drama,
to do theatre,
to act

403
Q

faire du tir à l’arc

A

to do archery

404
Q

faire du tort à quelqu’un

A

to wrong someone,
to do someone wrong,
to harm,
to be detrimental to

405
Q

faire du trafic de

A

to traffic (in)

406
Q

faire du tricot

A

to knit

407
Q

faire du vélo,

faire du cyclisme

A

to go cycling

408
Q

faire du violon

A

to play the violin

409
Q

faire du voilier

A

to yacht

410
Q

faire durer

A

to make last

411
Q

faire durer le plaisir

A

to draw out the pleasure

412
Q

faire éclater

A

to burst,

to pop

413
Q

faire effet

A

to have an effect

414
Q

faites en sorte de

A

make sure you…

415
Q

faire en sorte que

A

ensure that

make sure that

416
Q

faire en vitesse

A

to rustle up

to bat out

417
Q

faire entendre raison à quelqu’un

A

to get someone to listen to reason

418
Q

faire entendre sa voix

A

to have yourself heard,

to get yourself heard

419
Q

faire entrer

A

to send in,
to let in,
to let into,
to have in

420
Q

faire entrer de force

A

to force somebody into,
to shoehorn,
to drag in

421
Q

faire équipe

A

to be a team,

to form a team

422
Q

faire équipe avec

A

to team up with

423
Q

faire erreur

A

to be mistaken,

to be wrong

424
Q

faire état de

A

to report,
to state,
to mention

425
Q

faire évoluer sa carrière

A

to advance one’s career

426
Q

faire exprès

A

to do on purpose,

to do deliberately

427
Q

faire face

A

to cope,

to get by

428
Q

faire face à quelque chose

A

to face up to something,

to be facing something

429
Q

faire face à quelqu’un

A

to face someone,

to be facing someone

430
Q

faire faillite

A

to become bankrupt,

to go bankrupt

431
Q

faire faire

A

to make do

432
Q

faire faire quelque chose à quelqu’un

A

to have someone do something,

to get someone to do something

433
Q

faire fausse route

A

to go the wrong way

434
Q

faire faux bond à quelqu’un

A

to let someone down,

to leave someone high and dry

435
Q

faire feu (familier)

A

to snipe at

436
Q

faire feu de tout bois,

faire flèche de tout bois

A

to fire on all cylinders

437
Q

faire fi de

A

to turn your nose up at (something)

438
Q

faire figure de

A
to look (like), 
to be thought of as
439
Q

faire foi de quelque chose

A

to be valid,

to be admissible