Locutions Verbales

Question 0

To go to meet

Answer 0

Aller à la rencontre de

Aller au-devant de

Question 1

To be a question of, be about

Answer 1

S’agir de (used impersonally with il)

Question 2

To applaud

Answer 2

Battre des mains

Question 3

To change (one thing for another of its kind)

Answer 3

Changer de

Question 4

To be an expert in, know all about

Answer 4

Se connaître à (en)

Question 5

To shake hands

Answer 5

Donner/Serrer la main

Question 6

To face, look out on

Answer 6

Donner sur

Question 7

To have a narrow escape

Answer 7

L’échapper belle

Question 8

To hear that

Answer 8

Entendre dire que

Question 9

To hear of

Answer 9

Entendre parler de

Question 10

To burst into tears

Answer 10

Fondre en larmes

Question 11

To shrug one’s shoulders

Answer 11

Hausser les épaules

Question 12

To shake one’s head, to nod

Answer 12

Hôcher la tête

Question 13

To glance (at)

Answer 13

Jeter un coup d’œil (sur)

Question 14

To enjoy (what one possesses)

Answer 14

Jouir de

Question 15

To be missed by

Answer 15

Manquer à quelqu’un

Question 16

To lack, be lacking in

Answer 16

Manquer de (+nom)

Question 17

To come near (to doing something), to fail to

Answer 17

Manquer de (+ infinitif)

Question 18

To interfere with

Answer 18

Se mêler de

Question 19

To dismiss, turn out, expel

Answer 19

Mettre à la porte

Question 20

To lose one’s temper, get angry

Answer 20

Se mettre en colère

Question 21

To faint

Answer 21

perdre connaissance

Question 22

To lose sight of

Answer 22

Perdre de vue

Question 23

To rain hard, pour

Answer 23

Pleuvoir à verse

Question 24

To be exhausted

Answer 24

N’en pouvoir plus

Question 25

To take care not to

Answer 25

Prendre garde de

Question 26

To decide to, make up one’s mind to

Answer 26

Prendre le parti de

Question 27

To win the victory

Answer 27

Remporter la victoire

Question 28

To take into account, realize

Answer 28

Se rendre compte de/que

Question 29

To laugh in (one’s) face

Answer 29

Rire au nez de

Question 30

To be evident

Answer 30

Sauter aux yeux

Question 31

To be grateful to someone for something

Answer 31

Savoir bon gré à quelqu’un de quelque chose

Question 32

To take a course

Answer 32

Suivre un cours

Question 33

To get along, manage

Answer 33

Se tirer d’affaire

Question 34

To be worthwhile

Answer 34

Valoir la peine de

Question 35

To look at the bright side of things

Answer 35

Voir tout en rose

Question 36

To have a grudge against, be angry with

Answer 36

En vouloir à