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French vocabulary B2: Feelings, character, relationships
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French expressions for feelings, character and relationships, such as “être aux anges”, “sortir de ses gonds”, “tenir sa promesse”, “se serrer les coudes” and “taper sur les nerfs de quelqu’un”.
95 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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compter sur (qqn)
to count on (sb)also: to rely on, to rely upon, to depend on
rendre quelqu'un fou
to drive someone madalso: to drive someone crazy, to drive someone insane, to drive someone nuts
remonter le moral (à qqn)
to cheer up (sb)also: to boost morale, to raise spirits
la gifle
slapalso: slap in the face, smack
avoir affaire à (qqn/qqch)
to have to deal with (sb/sth)also: to be dealing with, to have dealings with, to be faced with, to be up against
l'emprise (sur qqn)
hold (over sb)also: grip
de tout cœuralso: du fond du cœur, de tout son cœur
with all your heartalso: with all my heart, from the bottom of your heart, from the bottom of my heart
faire le malin
to show offalso: to act smart, to be a smart alec, to play the smart alec, to try to be clever
un chagrin d'amouralso: le chagrin d'amour
heartbreakalso: heartache
un cœur brisé
a broken heart
les bonnes manières
mannersalso: good manners
mort de peuralso: morte de peur
scared stiffalso: scared to death, frightened to death, petrified, paralysed with fear
être tout (pour qqn)
to mean everything (to sb)also: to be everything, to mean the world to, to mean everything to
mettre la pression (sur qqn)also: faire pression
to put pressure (on sb)also: to put pressure on, to pressure, to pressurise, to exert pressure, to apply pressure
donner l'exemplealso: montrer l'exemple
to set an examplealso: to lead by example, to set the example
s'en prendre (à qqn)
to pick on (sb)also: to bully, to have a go at
perdre de vue (qqn/qqch)
to lose sight of (sb/sth)
jouer un tour (à qqn)
to play a trick (on sb)
laisser tomber (qqn)
to let down (sb)also: to let someone down
laisser quelqu'un tranquille
to leave someone alonealso: to leave alone, to leave someone in peace
donner un coup de main (à qqn)
to help out (sb)also: to lend a hand, to give a hand
garder un œil (sur qqn/qqch)also: surveiller
to keep an eye on (sb/sth)also: to keep your eye on, to watch, to look after
se laisser emporter
to get carried awayalso: to be carried away, to get swept away
ne plus aimer (qqch/qqn)
to go off (sb/sth)also: to stop liking
vivre avec (qqn)
to live with (sb)also: to share a home with
vivre pour (qqn/qqch)
to live for (sb/sth)
vivre ensemblealso: habiter ensemble
to live together
perdre le contact (avec qqn)also: perdre contact
to lose touch (with sb)also: to lose contact
perdre patience (avec qqn)
to lose patience (with sb)also: to lose your patience
se fier à (qqn/qqch)also: faire confiance à
to put your trust in (sb/sth)also: to place your trust in, to trust, to rely on
se mettre en avant
to put yourself forwardalso: to push yourself forward, to promote yourself
se lasser de (qqch)
to grow tired of (sth)also: to tire of, to get tired of, to get bored with
tomber sous le charme
to fall under the spellalso: to be charmed, to be won over, to be captivated
se couvrir de ridiculealso: se ridiculiser
to make a fool of yourselfalso: to make an idiot of yourself, to make a laughing stock of yourself
dans le fond
basically (in reality)also: in essence, at bottom, when you come down to it
se tourner vers (qqn)
to turn to (sb)also: to go to
faire appel à (qqn/qqch)also: avoir recours à
to call on (sb/sth)also: to call upon, to resort to, to have recourse to
faire pression (sur qqn)also: mettre la pression
to exert pressure (on sb)also: to apply pressure, to lean on, to put pressure on, to pressure
faire l'important
to act importantalso: to give yourself airs, to act self-important
être dur (avec qqn)also: être dure
to be hard (on sb)also: to be harsh, to be tough on, to be strict
être de mauvaise humeur
to be in a moodalso: to be in a bad mood, to be in a temper
être dans la lunealso: être dans les nuages, avoir la tête dans les nuages
to be daydreamingalso: to be miles away, to be away with the fairies, to be in a dream, to be spaced out, spaced out, to have your head in the clouds
avoir honte (de qqn)
to be ashamed (of sb)also: to be embarrassed
avoir une mauvaise influence (sur qqn)
to be a bad influence (on sb)
être une honte
to be a disgracealso: to be shameful
des nerfs solides
steady nervesalso: strong nerves, nerves of steel
tenir de (ses parents)
to take after (a parent)also: to take after your parents, to resemble a parent
faire faux bond (à qqn)
to stand up (sb)also: to stand someone up, to let down, to let someone down
prendre la défense (de qqn/qqch)
to stand up for (sb/sth)also: to stick up for, to defend
se serrer les coudes
to stick togetheralso: to pull together, to stand together, to close ranks
être obsédé (par qqn/qqch)also: être obsédée
to be obsessed (with sb/sth)also: to be obsessed by, to be fixated on, obsessed
être aux angesalso: être au septième ciel, être sur un petit nuage
to be over the moonalso: to be delighted, to be overjoyed, to be thrilled, to be in seventh heaven, to be on cloud nine
mort d'ennuialso: morte d'ennui
bored to deathalso: bored stiff, bored to tears
ne pas avoir le courage d'affronter (qqn/qqch)
can't face (sb/sth)also: to not have the courage to face, to be unable to face
ne pas en revenir (de qqch)
can't get over (sth)also: to be amazed, to be stupefied
ne pas pouvoir détacher les yeux (de qqn/qqch)
can't take your eyes off (sb/sth)also: can't keep your eyes off, to be unable to take your eyes off
au fond de soi
deep downalso: deep inside, at heart
être tentéalso: être tentée
to be tempted
être trop fier (pour faire qqch)also: être trop fière
to be too proud (to do sth)
briser la glacealso: rompre la glace
to break the ice
briser le cœur de quelqu'un
to break someone's heartalso: to break your heart
se laisser tromper (par qqn)
to be taken in (by sb)also: to be fooled, to be deceived, to be duped
manquer à sa promesse
to break a promisealso: to break your promise
rompre un accord
to break an agreement
avoir le moral
to be in good spiritsalso: to be in high spirits, to be in good heart
regarder quelqu'un dans les yeux
to look someone in the eyealso: to look someone in the eyes, to look in the eye
regarder de haut (qqn)
to look down on (sb)also: to look down upon, to scorn
avoir de l'estime (pour qqn)
to look up to (sb)also: to admire, to respect, to have a high opinion of
éclater de rire
to burst out laughingalso: to burst into laughter, to crack up
être infidèle (à son partenaire)
to cheat on (your partner)also: to be unfaithful, to be unfaithful to, to two-time
se sentir bizarrealso: se sentir étrange
to feel strangealso: to feel odd, to feel weird, to feel funny
remplir quelqu'un de fierté
to fill someone with pride
taper sur les nerfs de quelqu'unalso: porter sur les nerfs
to get on someone's nervesalso: to get on your nerves, to grate on someone's nerves
tenir compagnie à quelqu'un
to keep someone companyalso: to keep company
tenir sa promesse
to keep your promisealso: to keep a promise, to deliver on a promise, to deliver on your promise, to keep promises
ne pas en croire ses oreilles
to not believe your earsalso: to be unable to believe your ears, to not believe one's ears
devoir des excuses (à qqn)
to owe an apology (to sb)
faire une farce (à qqn)
to play a joke (on sb)also: to play a joke on, to play a prank, to pull a prank
avoir l'air en colère (à l'entendre)
to sound angryalso: to sound cross, to sound annoyed
rester aux côtés (de qqn)
to stand by (sb)also: to stick by, to support
tirer fierté (de qqch)
to take pride (in sth)also: to take pride in, to be proud of
croire quelqu'un sur parole
to take someone's word for italso: to take your word for it, to take someone at their word
couper le souffle
to take your breath awayalso: to take someone's breath away, to leave someone breathless
donner un coup de pouce
to give a boostalso: to give a leg up, to give a nudge
être au septième cielalso: être aux anges, être sur un petit nuage
to be in seventh heavenalso: to be in heaven, to be walking on air, to be over the moon, to be on cloud nine
être de bonne humeur
to be in a good mood
être sur un petit nuagealso: être aux anges, être au septième ciel
to be on cloud ninealso: to be over the moon, to be in seventh heaven, to be walking on air
fendre le cœur (à qqn)also: déchirer le cœur
to be heartbreaking (for sb)also: to be heart-breaking, to tear your heart apart, to tear at your heart, to rend your heart
garder à l'œil (qqn)
to keep a close eye on (sb)also: to keep tabs on, to watch closely
porter sur les nerfsalso: taper sur les nerfs de quelqu'un
to grate on someone's nervesalso: to irritate, to get on someone's nerves, to get on your nerves
prendre de haut (qqn)also: traiter avec condescendance
to talk down to (sb)also: to patronise, to patronize, to be condescending to, to condescend to
saper le moral (de qqn)
to sap the morale (of sb)also: to sap someone's morale, to undermine morale, to demoralise, to demoralize
sortir de ses gonds
to fly off the handlealso: to lose your temper, to blow your top, to blow up
tourner en ridicule (qqn/qqch)
to make a mockery of (sb/sth)also: to hold up to ridicule, to ridicule, to mock, to turn into a joke
chercher des noises
to pick a fightalso: to look for trouble, to pick on, to have a go at
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