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faire bande à part	Not to mix with other people.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire bon marché de sa bourse	To say a thing has cost less than it has.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu	To put a good face on misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire bouillir la marmite	To keep the pot boiling.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire chanter	to blackmail	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire charlemagne	To leave off a winner, without giving one’s adversaries a chance of revenge.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire chier	to piss off, to annoy or irritate	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire chier	to have a nightmare, to be pissed off	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire comme chez soi	to make oneself at home	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire contre fortune bon cœur	To bear up against misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire d'un œuf un bœuf	To make a mountain out of a molehill.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire d'une pierre deux coups	To kill two birds with one stone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire danser l'anse (or, le manche) du panier	To make dishonest profits on marketing (of servants); To gain a market-penny.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire de l'eau (of boats)	To take in fresh water.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire de l'esprit	To try and be witty.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire des châteaux en espagne	To build castles in the air.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire des cuirs	To drop one’s h’s.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire des frais	(lit.) To go to expense; (fig.) To make efforts to please.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire des phrases	To speak affectedly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire des salamalecs	to grovel, kowtow; to drown in courtesies	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire des siennes	To be at one’s old tricks.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire dix ans de travaux forcés	To undergo ten years’ penal servitude.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire du bruit dans Landerneau	Faire beaucoup parler.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire du cuir d'autrui large courroie	To be generous with other people’s money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire du feu	To light a fire.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire du potin (chambard, boucan) (pop.)	To kick up a row, a shindy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire du train (pop.)	To kick up a dust.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire eau (of boats)	To spring a leak.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire école	To found (or, to be a leader of) a school of art, literature, music, &c.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire et défaire c'est toujours travailler	Aphorisme permettant de supporter sans trop de rancœur le fait qu’on a travaillé pour rien.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire exprès	to do deliberately; to do on purpose	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire faux bond	1. To deceive. 2. To fail to keep an appointment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire fête à quelqu'un	To welcome some one heartily.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire feu	To fire (rifles, guns).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire feu des quatre pieds	To strain every nerve.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire flèche de tout bois	To use every means to accomplish an end; To leave no stone unturned.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire force de rames	To row with all one’s might.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire force de voiles	To crowd on all sail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire gémir la presse (ironic.)	To print one’s writings.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire huit kilomètres à pied, à cheval, en voiture	To walk, ride, drive, five miles.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire l'appel	To call the roll.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire l'école buissonnière	To play truant.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire l'enfant	To behave childishly (on purpose).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire l'entendu	To put on a knowing look.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire l'homme d'importance	To play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la bouche en cœur	To try and look amiable; To put on a captivating look; To purse up one’s lips.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la cane	To run away; To show the white feather.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la courte échelle à quelqu'un	To allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la navette	To go to and fro between two places several times.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire la petite bouche	To be dainty; To have a small appetite; To be hard to please.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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