Donner Expressions

Front 1

donner __ ans à qqun

Back 1

to give someone __ years, to guess that someone is __

Front 2

donner à fond

Back 2

to be on full-blast (radio, TV)

Front 3

donner à manger/boire à qqun

Back 3

to give someone something to eat/drink

Front 4

donner à plein

Back 4

to be on full-blast (radio, TV)

Front 5

donner à qqun à penser/croire/comprendre que

Back 5

to suggest that, to make someone think/believe/understand that

Front 6

donner à rire

Back 6

to give cause for laughter

Front 7

donner au nord/sud

Back 7

to face north/south

Front 8

donner contre

Back 8

to run into

Front 9

donner dans

Back 9

(people) to tend toward

Back 10

(architecture) to lead into

Front 11

donner dans le panneau

Back 11

(informal)

Front 12

donner dans une embuscade/un piège

Back 12

to fall into an ambush/a trap

Front 13

donner de l'appétit à qqun

Back 13

to give someone an appetite

Front 14

donner de la tête/du front contre qqch

Back 14

to hit one's head against something

Front 15

donner des signes de faiblesse

Back 15

to show signs of weakness

Front 16

donner de soi-même/de sa personne

Back 16

to give of oneself

Front 17

donner de soi-même pour

Back 17

to devote oneself to

Front 18

donner du cor

Back 18

(hunting) to sound the horn

Front 19

donner du fil à retordre à qqun

Back 19

to give someone a lot of work or trouble

Front 20

donner faim/froid à qqun

Back 20

to make someone feel hungry/cold

Front 21

donner la chair de poule à qqun

Back 21

to give someone goose bumps

Front 22

donner la charge contre qqun

Back 22

to charge at someone

Front 23

donner la communion à

Back 23

to give communion to

Front 24

donner l'alarme/l'alerte

Back 24

to sound the alarm

Front 25

donner la mal de mer à qqun

Back 25

to make someone seasick

Front 26

donner l'assaut à qqun

Back 26

to attack someone

Front 27

donner le change

Back 27

to alleviate suspicion

Front 28

donner le change à qqun

Back 28

to put someone off the scent/track

Front 29

donner le feu vert à

Back 29

to give the green light, the go-ahead

Front 30

donner le la

Back 30

(music) to set the tone

Front 31

donner le ton/la note

Back 31

(music) to set the tone

Front 32

donner le vertige à qqun

Back 32

to make someone feel dizzy

Front 33

donner l'exemple

Back 33

to set an example

Front 34

donner l'heure à qqun

Back 34

to tell someone the time

Front 35

donner l'ordre à qqun de + infinitive

Back 35

to order someone to + verb

Front 36

donner qqch à (+ a business)

Back 36

to take something in (to a business - mechanic, tailor, etc.) to be repaired

Front 37

donner qqch à faire à qqun

Back 37

to give someone something to do

Front 38

donner qqch à qqun par testament

Back 38

to bequeath something to someone

Front 39

donner qqch pour/contre qqch

Back 39

to trade, exchange, swap

Front 40

donner raison à qqun

Back 40

to prove someone right, to side with someone

Front 41

donner sa langue au chat

Back 41

to give up (trying to answer)

Front 42

donner sa place

Back 42

to give up one's seat

Front 43

donner son amitié à qqun

Back 43

to offer one's friendship to someone

Front 44

donner son coeur à qqun

Back 44

to give one's heart to someone

Front 45

donner son corps à la science

Back 45

to donate one's body to science

Front 46

donner son sang

Back 46

to donate blood, to shed blood

Front 47

donner sur

Back 47

to look out over/onto

Back 48

to run into

Front 49

donner tort à qqun

Back 49

to blame someone, to disagree with someone, to prove wrong

Front 50

donner tout son temps à

Back 50

to devote all one's time to

Front 51

donner un baiser à qqun

Back 51

to give someone a kiss

Front 52

donner un coup de fil à qqun

Back 52

to give someone a call

Front 53

donner un coup de main à qqun

Back 53

(informal)

Front 54

donner un coup de balai/chiffon

Back 54

to sweep/dust quickly

Front 55

donner un coup de pied

Back 55

to kick

Front 56

donner une fessée

Back 56

to spank

Front 57

donner une fête

Back 57

to throw a party

Front 58

donner une gifle

Back 58

to slap

Front 59

donner un fait pour certain

Back 59

to present a fact as a certainty

Front 60

en donner à qqun pour son argent

Back 60

to give someone his money's worth

Front 61

ne pas savoir où donner de la tête

Back 61

to not know which way to turn

Front 62

ne rien donner

Back 62

to have no effect

Front 64

Avec lui, c'est donnant donnant.

Back 64

He never does anything for nothing.

Front 65

Ça donne !

Back 65

(familiar)

Front 66

Cela donne chaud/soif

Back 66

It makes you (feel) hot/thirsty.

Front 67

Cela donne des maux de tête

Back 67

It gives you a headache.

Front 68

Cela va te donner des forces

Back 68

It will give you strength.

Front 69

C'est à toi de donner

Back 69

it's your deal

Front 70

C'est ce qu'on m'a donné à entendre

Back 70

That's wahat I was led to believe, given to understand

Front 71

donnant donnant

Back 71

fair's fair

Front 72

donné c'est donné

Back 72

a gift is a gift

Front 73

étant donné

Back 73

given that

Front 74

Il n'est pas donné à tout le monde de...

Back 74

Not everyone in the world is lucky enough to...

Front 75

Je donnerais beaucoup pour savoir

Back 75

I'd give a lot to know

Front 76

Je me donnerais des coups !

Back 76

I could kick myself!

Front 77

Je te le donne en cent/mille

Back 77

(informal)

Front 78

...n'est pas donné à tout le monde.

Back 78

Not everyone is gifted with...

Front 79

On donne qqun/qqch pour...

Back 79

He/It is said to be...

Front 80

On lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession.

Back 80

He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, He looks totally innocent.

Front 81

On ne lui donne pas d'âge.

Back 81

You can't tell how old he is.

Front 82

Le soleil donne en plein.

Back 82

The sun is beating down.

Front 83

Les sondages le donnent en tête.

Back 83

The polls put him in the lead.

Front 85

un donneur / une donneuse

Back 85

giver, (card) dealer, donor