'Passer': Expressions Flashcards

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Turn clocks forward (Daylight Savings Time)

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Passer à l’heure d’été

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To be on TV/radio

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Passer à la télé/radio

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Turn clocks back (Daylight Savings Time)

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Passer à l’heure d’hiver

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Pass time slowly

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Passer à pas lents

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To have a good time

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Passer de bons moments

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To be rumoured about

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Passer de bouche en bouche

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To change the subject

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Passer du coq à l’âne

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To run past

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Passer en courant

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To list/

To go over in one’s mind

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Passer en revue

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To butter someone up

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Passer la main dans le dos à quelqu’un

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To poke one’s head around the corner

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Passer la tête à la porte

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To get past the worst/Turn the corner/Get over the hurdle

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Passer le cap

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To pass the finish line

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Passer le poteau

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To go too far

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Passer les bornes/

Passer les limites

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To handcuff someone

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Passer les menottes à quelqu’un

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To go through someone (an intermediary)

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Passer par

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To go through some rough times

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Passer par de dures épreuves

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To turn pale (out of fear)

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Passer par toutes les couleurs de l’arc-en-ciel

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To go through college

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Passer par l’université

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To take for, be taken for

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Passer pour

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To beat someone up

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Passer quelqu’un à tabac

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To take out one’s anger on someone

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Passer sa colère sur quelqu’un

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To take out one’s bad mood on someone

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Passer sa mauvaise humeur sur quelqu’un

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To spend one’s life doing

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Passer sa vie à faire

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To satisfy one’s craving (for something)

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Passer son envie de

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To miss one’s turn

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Passer son tour