Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to twiddle one's thumbs [fig.] | se tourner les pouces [fig.] | ||||||
| to laugh sth. off | tourner qc. en plaisanterie | ||||||
| to feel awful | felt, felt | - unwell | ne pas se sentir bien du tout | ||||||
| to turn the page also [fig.] | tourner la page or [fig.] | ||||||
| to make a fool of sth. | tourner qc. en ridicule | ||||||
| to make a joke of sth. | tourner qc. à la plaisanterie | ||||||
| to make a mockery of so. (or: sth.) | tourner qn. (or: qc.) en dérision | ||||||
| to turn over a new leaf [fig.] | tourner la page [fig.] | ||||||
| to turn on one's heel [fig.] | tourner les talons [fig.] | ||||||
| to turn tail [fig.] | tourner les talons [fig.] | ||||||
| to idle | idled, idled | [TECH.] | tourner au ralenti | ||||||
| to nibble around the edges | tourner autour du pot [fig.] | ||||||
| to beat about the bush (Brit.) [fig.] [coll.] | tourner autour du pot [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
| to beat around the bush (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.] | tourner autour du pot [fig.] [coll.] | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to go sour - milk or other food | tourner - liquide ou préparation culinaire | ||||||
| to turn sour - milk or other food | tourner - liquide ou préparation culinaire | ||||||
| to round | rounded, rounded | - corner | tourner - au coin | ||||||
| to turn sour [fig.] | tourner [fig.] | ||||||
| to shoot sth. | shot, shot | [CINE.] | tourner qc. - film | ||||||
| to swing into sth. | swung, swung | | tourner dans qc. | ||||||
| to turn off | turned, turned | - road | tourner - par ex. : dans une rue | ||||||
| to rotate | rotated, rotated | - to take turns | tourner - au sens de : faire des rotations | ||||||
| to swim | swam, swum | [fig.] - head | tourner [fig.] - avoir la tête qui tourne | ||||||
| to go sour [fig.] | mal tourner [fig.] | ||||||
| to turn back | tourner en arrière | ||||||
| to rotate sth. | rotated, rotated | - turn | faire tourner qc. | ||||||
| to wind sth. ⇔ up | tourner la manivelle vers le haut | ||||||
| to haver | havered, havered | chiefly (Brit.) | ne pas se prononcer | ||||||
| to lose one's temper | ne plus se posséder | ||||||
| to fancy o.s. | fancied, fancied | (Brit.) [coll.] [pej.] | ne plus se sentir [pej.] [coll.] | ||||||
Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| each other | se pron. - l'un l'autre | ||||||
| herself pron. | se pron. | ||||||
| himself pron. | se pron. | ||||||
| itself pron. | se pron. | ||||||
| themselves pron. - reflexive | se - pronom personnel réfléchi troisième personne du pluriel | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| He doesn't feel very well. He's under the weather. | Il ne se sent pas très bien. Il n'est pas dans son assiette. | ||||||
| They haven't seen each other in ages! | Cela fait une éternité qu'ils ne se sont pas vus ! | ||||||
| He nibbled around the edges but never dealt with any of the questions I asked him. | Il a tourné autour du pot mais n'a jamais répondu aux questions que je lui ait posées. | ||||||
| What is it about? | De quoi s'agit-il ? | ||||||
| There is no occasion for worry. | Il n'y a pas lieu de s'inquiéter. | ||||||
| He couldn't help laughing. | Il n'a pas pu s'empêcher de rire. | ||||||
| There is no occasion for alarm. | Il n'y a pas lieu de s'alarmer. | ||||||
| Happy as he was, he couldn't help crying. | Tout heureux qu'il était, il n'a pas pu s'empêcher de pleurer. | ||||||
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