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faire des frais(lit.) To go to expense; (fig.) To make efforts to please.Rate it:

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faire des phrasesTo speak affectedly.Rate it:

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faire des salamalecsto grovel, kowtow; to drown in courtesiesRate it:

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faire des siennesTo be at one’s old tricks.Rate it:

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faire dix ans de travaux forcésTo undergo ten years’ penal servitude.Rate it:

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faire du bruit dans LanderneauFaire beaucoup parler.Rate it:

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faire du cuir d'autrui large courroieTo be generous with other people’s money.Rate it:

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faire du feuTo light a fire.Rate it:

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faire du potin (chambard, boucan) (pop.)To kick up a row, a shindy.Rate it:

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faire du train (pop.)To kick up a dust.Rate it:

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faire eau (of boats)To spring a leak.Rate it:

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faire écoleTo found (or, to be a leader of) a school of art, literature, music, &c.Rate it:

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faire et défaire c'est toujours travaillerAphorisme permettant de supporter sans trop de rancœur le fait qu’on a travaillé pour rien.Rate it:

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faire exprèsto do deliberately; to do on purposeRate it:

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faire faux bond1. To deceive. 2. To fail to keep an appointment.Rate it:

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faire fête à quelqu'unTo welcome some one heartily.Rate it:

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faire feuTo fire (rifles, guns).Rate it:

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faire feu des quatre piedsTo strain every nerve.Rate it:

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faire flèche de tout boisTo use every means to accomplish an end; To leave no stone unturned.Rate it:

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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 arch one's back.Rate it:

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faire le gros dosto weather the storm, lie lowRate 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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