Expressions W/ Other Common Verbs

Front 1

se casser la jambe/le bras

Back 1

to break one's leg/arm

Front 2

se casser la figure

Back 2

to fall flat on one's face

Front 3

se casser la tête

Back 3

to rack one's brains

Front 4

Ça ne casse rien

Back 4

That's no great shakes

Front 5

Tu me casses le spieds!

Back 5

You're a pain in the neck! You're annoying me!

Front 6

chercher midi à 14 heures

Back 6

to look for problems where there are none, complicated things.

Front 7

chercher querelle/noise à qqn

Back 7

to pick a fight with someone

Front 8

chercher des histoires à qqn

Back 8

to try to make trouble for someone

Front 9

chercher la petite bête

Back 9

to split hairs

Front 10

aller/venir chercher qqn

Back 10

to go/come get someone, go/come pick someone up

Front 11

se demander

Back 11

to wonder

Front 12

On vous demande au téléphone

Back 12

You'are wanted on the phone

Front 13

Je ne demande qu'à vous voir

Back 13

All I ask for is to see you

Front 14

Je ne demande pas mieux que rester ici

Back 14

I ask for nothing better than to stay here

Front 15

donner la chair de poule à qqn

Back 15

to give someone goosebumps

Front 16

donner du fil à retordre à qqn

Back 16

to give someone a load of work, give someone a lot of trouble

Front 17

donner le feu vert à

Back 17

to give the go-ahead to

Front 18

donner le la

Back 18

to set the tone

Front 19

donner l'exemple

Back 19

to set an example

Front 20

donner rendez-vous à

Back 20

to make an appointment with

Front 21

donner l'exemple

Back 21

to set an example

Front 22

donner l'exemple

Back 22

to set an example

Front 23

donner l'exemple

Back 23

to set an example

Front 24

donner l'exemple

Back 24

to set an example

Front 25

donner l'exemple

Back 25

to set an example

Front 26

donner un coup de fil à qqn

Back 26

to give someone a ring, call someone up

Front 27

donner un coup de main à qqn

Back 27

to help someone out

Front 28

donner une fête

Back 28

to throw a party

Front 29

entrer dans les moeurs

Back 29

to become a way of life

Front 30

entrer en vigueur

Back 30

to take effect (of laws, regulations, etc)

Front 31

faire entrer qqch dans

Back 31

to fit something into, make something fit into

Front 32

faire entrer qqn

Back 32

to show someone in

Front 33

Entrez sans frapper

Back 33

Walk right in. Enter without knocking

Front 34

être payé pour le savoir

Back 34

to have learned something the hard way, know throught bitter experience

Front 35

se payer la tête de qqn

Back 35

to make fun of someone

Front 36

payer les pots cassés

Back 36

to pay for the damage

Front 37

payer ses dettes

Back 37

to pay one's debts

Front 38

payer ses impôts

Back 38

to pay one's taxes

Front 39

payer comptant

Back 39

to pay cash

Front 40

les congés payés

Back 40

paid vacation

Front 41

Je te paie un café

Back 41

I invite you to have a cup of coffee

Front 42

perdre connaissance

Back 42

to lose consciousness, black out

Front 43

perdre courage

Back 43

to lose courage

Front 44

perdre le nord

Back 44

to lose one's bearings

Front 45

perdre patience

Back 45

to lose patience

Front 46

perdre du poids

Back 46

to lose weight

Front 47

perdre qqn de vue

Back 47

to lose sight of someone

Front 48

perdre son temps

Back 48

to waste one's time

Front 49

perdre du terrain

Back 49

to lose ground

Front 50

se perdre

Back 50

to get lost

Front 51

Tu n'y perds rien!

Back 51

It's no loss

Front 52

rouler sur l'or

Back 52

to be loaded, be very rich

Front 53

se faire rouler

Back 53

to get taken, get windled

Front 54

se rouler par terre de rire

Back 54

to be rolling on the ground with laughter

Front 55

Sur l'autoroute on roule à 90 à l'heure

Back 55

On the superhighway, we go 90 kilometers an hour

Front 56

C'est à se rouler (par terre)!

Back 56

It's a scream! It's a riot!

Front 57

Il est trois heures sonnées

Back 57

It's already past three.

Front 58

Minuit sonne

Back 58

The clock strikes midnight

Front 59

tenir bon

Back 59

to hold one's ground

Front 60

tenir compte de

Back 60

to keep in mind, take into account

Front 61

tenir le coup

Back 61

to hold out, make it through, weather the storm

Front 62

se tenir au courant de qqch

Back 62

to keep informed about something

Front 63

se tenir les côtes

Back 63

to split one's side laughing

Front 64

Ce raisonnement ne tient pas debout

Back 64

That reasoning doesn't hold water

Front 65

Tenez votre droite/gauch

Back 65

Keep to the right/left. (driving)

Front 66

Qu'à cela ne tienne

Back 66

That's no problem.

Front 67

se tirer d'affaire

Back 67

to manage, get along

Front 68

s'en tirer

Back 68

to manage, get along

Front 69

s'en tirer à bon compte

Back 69

to get off cheaply/easy

Front 70

tirer au sort

Back 70

to draw lots

Front 71

tirer la langue

Back 71

to stick out one's toungue

Front 72

tiré à quatre épingles

Back 72

dressed to kill

Front 73

tiré par les cheveux

Back 73

far-fetched