Locutions Verbales Flashcards
(37 cards)
To go to meet
Aller à la rencontre de
Aller au-devant de
To be a question of, be about
S’agir de (used impersonally with il)
To applaud
Battre des mains
To change (one thing for another of its kind)
Changer de
To be an expert in, know all about
Se connaître à (en)
To shake hands
Donner/Serrer la main
To face, look out on
Donner sur
To have a narrow escape
L’échapper belle
To hear that
Entendre dire que
To hear of
Entendre parler de
To burst into tears
Fondre en larmes
To shrug one’s shoulders
Hausser les épaules
To shake one’s head, to nod
Hôcher la tête
To glance (at)
Jeter un coup d’œil (sur)
To enjoy (what one possesses)
Jouir de
To be missed by
Manquer à quelqu’un
To lack, be lacking in
Manquer de (+nom)
To come near (to doing something), to fail to
Manquer de (+ infinitif)
To interfere with
Se mêler de
To dismiss, turn out, expel
Mettre à la porte
To lose one’s temper, get angry
Se mettre en colère
To faint
perdre connaissance
To lose sight of
Perdre de vue
To rain hard, pour
Pleuvoir à verse
