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lever les yeux au ciel	to roll one's eyes	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
lever la semelle devant quelqu'un	To show any one a clean pair of heels.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lever le pied	To decamp (of a dishonest banker, etc.).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lever les arrêts	To release from arrest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
qui a bruit de se lever matin peut dormir jusqu'au soir	A good reputation covers many sins.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
qui a renommée de se lever matin peut dormir jusqu'à midi	A good reputation covers a multitude of sins.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three-on-the-tree	On an automobile, describing the gearshift lever of a steering column-mounted three-speed manual transmission.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
3-on-the-tree	On an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
3-on-the-tree	On an automobile, a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
haut les mains	Ordre que l’on donne à une personne de lever les bras, les mains ouvertes, pour montrer qu’elle n’a pas d’armes, qu’elle ne veut ni attaquer ni se défendre ; notamment dans un combat, ordre donné à l’adversaire.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jamais couché, jamais levé	Celui qui se couche tard tarde à se lever.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt	Il faut se lever tôt pour parvenir à quelque chose.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
satellite town	A new town planned and built to serve a particular local industry, or as a dormitory or overspill for people who work in a nearby metropolis. Such satellite towns include Port Sunlight near Birkenhead (Cheshire, England), built to house workers at Lever Brothers soap factories.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three-on-the-tree	On an automobile, a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)