Locutions Idiomatiques

Question 0

To look well (ill)

Answer 0

Avoir bonne (mauvaise) mine

Question 1

To do something in vain

Answer 1

Avoir beau + infinitif

Question 2

To hear from

Answer 2

Avoir (recevoir) des nouvelles de

Question 3

To be sad at heart

Answer 3

Avoir le coeur serré

Question 4

To be homesick

Answer 4

Avoir le mal du pays

Question 5

To be careful (to)

Answer 5

Avoir soin (de)

Question 6

To be well (badly) dressed

Answer 6

Être bien (mal) mis

Question 7

To be one of us (you, them), to join us (you, them)

Answer 7

Être des nôtres (vôtres, leurs)

Question 8

To be fit to, able to

Answer 8

Être en état de

Question 9

To be busy (doing something), be in the act of

Answer 9

Être en train de

Question 10

To have something, have (make) someone do (something)

Answer 10

Faire + infinitif

Question 11

To let (someone) know, notify

Answer 11

Faire savoir (à quelqu’un)

Question 12

To send for

Answer 12

Faire venir

Question 13

To distress, vex, grieve (someone)

Answer 13

Faire de la peine (à quelqu’un)

Question 14

To go in for sports (skiing, tennis etc.)

Answer 14

Faire du sport (du ski, du tennis, etc.)

Question 15

To hitchhike

Answer 15

Faire de l’autostop

Question 16

To harm (morally, mentally)

Answer 16

Faire du mal à

Question 17

To hurt (physically)

Answer 17

Faire mal à

Question 18

To sleep late

Answer 18

Faire la grasse matinée

Question 19

To stand on line

Answer 19

Faire la queue

Question 20

To turn a deaf ear, pretend not to hear

Answer 20

Faire la sourde oreille

Question 21

To do the housework

Answer 21

Faire le ménage

Question 22

To be a member of, belong to

Answer 22

Faire partie de

Question 23

To play a game of

Answer 23

Faire une partie de

Question 24

To study medicine (law)

Answer 24

Faire sa médicine (son droit)

Question 25

To pretend to, make believe

Answer 25

Faire semblant de

Question 26

To be getting late

Answer 26

Se faire tard

Question 27

To take part in, join in, share (in)

Answer 27

Prendre part à

Question 28

To make (+adjective)

Answer 28

Rendre (+adjectif)

Question 29

To take into account, take into consideration

Answer 29

Tenir compte de

Question 30

To keep (+adjective)

Answer 30

Tenir (+adjectif)

Question 31

To insist on, be eager to, value

Answer 31

Tenir à

Question 32

To take after, resemble

Answer 32

Tenir de