Nouns | |||||||
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| saying | le dicton | ||||||
| saying | l'adage m. | ||||||
| pithy saying | la sentence | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| saying | |||||||
| say (Verb) | |||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to say sth. | said, said | | dire qc. | ||||||
| to say sth. about so. (or: sth.) | said, said | | dire qc. sur qn. (or: qc.) | ||||||
| to say goodbye (or: good-bye) (to so. (or: sth.)) | said, said | | prendre congé de qn. (or: qc.) | ||||||
| to say sth. in a roundabout way | said, said | | dire qc. à mots couverts [fig.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| I would wish to be a fly on the wall to hear what they are saying behind this door. | J'aimerais être une petite souris pour pouvoir écouter ce qu'ils disent derrière cette porte. | ||||||
| You don't say! | C'est pas vrai ! | ||||||
| That's so sweet of you. I don't know what to say. | Vous êtes adorable. Je ne sais pas quoi dire. | ||||||
| How do you say "thank you" in Russian? | Comment dit-on "merci" en russe ? | ||||||
| There isn't an ounce of truth in what he says. | Il n'y a pas une once de vérité dans ce qu'il raconte. | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to have a say | avoir voix au chapitre | ||||||
| to say sorry | s'excuser | ||||||
| to say sth. to so.'s face | dire à qn. qc. en face | ||||||
| to say grace [REL.] - after meals | dire les grâces | ||||||
| to say grace [REL.] - before meals | dire le bénédicité | ||||||
| so to say | pour ainsi dire | ||||||
| strange to say, ... (Brit.) | bizarrement adv. | ||||||
| it'fair to say that ... | on peut dire que ... | ||||||
| that is to say ... | c'est-à-dire ... | ||||||
| to say some stupid things | en dire de belles | ||||||
| to say stupid things | en dire de belles | ||||||
| Never say never. | Il ne faut jamais dire : fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eau. | ||||||
| to have a say in sth. | avoir son mot à dire sur qc. | ||||||
| to have no say in sth. | ne pas avoir son mot à dire sur qc. | ||||||
| to agree with what one says | être d'accord avec ce que dit qn. | ||||||
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