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faire force de ramesTo row with all one’s might.Rate it:

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faire force de voilesTo crowd on all sail.Rate it:

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faire gémir la presse (ironic.)To print one’s writings.Rate it:

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faire huit kilomètres à pied, à cheval, en voitureTo walk, ride, drive, five miles.Rate it:

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faire l'appelTo call the roll.Rate it:

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faire l'école buissonnièreTo play truant.Rate it:

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faire l'enfantTo behave childishly (on purpose).Rate it:

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faire l'entenduTo put on a knowing look.Rate it:

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faire l'homme d'importanceTo play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.Rate it:

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faire la bouche en cœurTo try and look amiable; To put on a captivating look; To purse up one’s lips.Rate it:

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faire la caneTo run away; To show the white feather.Rate it:

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faire la courte échelle à quelqu'unTo allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.Rate it:

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faire la navetteTo go to and fro between two places several times.Rate it:

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faire la petite boucheTo be dainty; To have a small appetite; To be hard to please.Rate it:

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faire la planche1. To show others the way; 2. To float on one’s back.Rate it:

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faire la saint-lundiTo do no work on Monday. Rate it:

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faire la uneTo hit the headlinesRate it:

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faire le beau(of dogs) To beg.Rate it:

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faire le canardTo suck up to; flatter too muchRate it:

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faire le dégoûtéTo be fastidious, dainty.Rate it:

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faire le diable à quatreTo kick up a terrible noise; To exert oneself to the utmost.Rate it:

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faire le grand sautto snuff it, to kick the bucketRate it:

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faire le gros dosto weather the storm, lie lowRate it:

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faire le gros dosto arch one's back.Rate it:

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faire le pot (or, panier) à deux ansesTo put one’s arms akimbo.Rate it:

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faire les cent coupsTo amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.Rate it:

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faire les frais de la conversation1. To keep a conversation going. 2. To be (oneself) the subject of conversation.Rate it:

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faire les yeux en coulisseTo make sheep’s eyes; To ogle.Rate it:

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faire maigreTo abstain from meat.Rate it:

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faire maigre chèreTo have poor fare.Rate it:

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faire maison neuve (or, nette)To change all one’s servants.Rate it:

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faire marche arrièreto backpedalRate it:

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faire marche arrièreto turn back, go backwardsRate it:

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faire marcherto fool someone, usually as a jokeRate it:

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faire marcherto make something workRate it:

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faire marcherto make someone walkRate it:

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faire minetteto eat pussy; to perform cunnilingus.Rate it:

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faire moucheTo hit the bull’s eye.Rate it:

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faire noirTo be dark, especially when it's night.Rate it:

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faire patte de veloursTo speak smoothly; To draw in one’s claws.Rate it:

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faire peau neuveTo turn over a new leaf.Rate it:

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faire pencher la balanceTo turn the scale.Rate it:

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faire plus de bruit que de besogneTo be more fussy than industrious.Rate it:

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faire quelque chose en grandTo do something on a large scale.Rate it:

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faire quelque chose par manière d'acquitTo do something for form’s sake, perfunctorily.Rate it:

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faire sauter la banqueTo break the bank (gambling).Rate it:

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faire ses choux gras d'une choseTo enjoy a thing that others despise.Rate it:

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faire ses fraisTo cover one’s expenses.Rate it:

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faire ses quinze (or, trente-six) toursTo do a hundred useless things.Rate it:

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faire soucheTo found a family.Rate it:

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