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if wishes were horses, beggars would ride; if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
with an energy born of despair; desperately, frantically
Synonym of après la lettre (lettered)
with the best will in the world (used to indicate the intractability of a problem)
with time; over time; eventually
with what's available, with what's at hand
improvised with resources at hand. jury-riged; kludged out
avec pas de
preposition
without
avec plaisir
interjection
with pleasure; my pleasure
noisily, with clamour, with great fanfare
with due respect, with all due respect
avecque
preposition
with
avecque
adverb
too
avelin
adjective
hazelnut (in colour)
aveline
noun, feminine
hazelnut, filbert
avelinier
noun, masculine
hazel (tree)
avellanaire
adjective
Having the size of a hazelnut
aven
noun, masculine
pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts); sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)
In a comely manner; fittingly
avenant
noun, masculine
amendment, rider
avenant
adjective
affable, likable, appealing; comely, fitting
avenir
noun, masculine
future
avent
noun, masculine
alternative letter-case form of Avent
aventure
noun, feminine
adventure; venture; affair
to venture; to venture into
adventurously
aventureux
adjective
adventurous
aventurier
noun, masculine
adventurer
aventurier
adjective
adventurous
aventurine
noun, feminine
aventurine
aventurisme
noun, masculine
adventurism (policy led by excessive risk taking)
aventuriste
noun, masculine/feminine
adventurist
aventuriste
adjective
adventurist
avenu
adjective
having arisen, come to be, happened
avenue
noun, feminine
avenue (broad street, especially bordered with trees); a radial avenue (an avenue radiating from a central point, especially bordered with trees); avenue (principal walk or approach to a house or other building); avenue (means by which something may be accomplished)
averbal
adjective
averbal
averroïsme
noun, masculine
Averroism
avers
noun, masculine
obverse
averse
noun, feminine
shower, rainshower
aversif
adjective
aversive
aversion
noun, feminine
aversion
to warn; to notify
avertissement
noun, masculine
warning; editor's introduction; yellow card, booking, caution
trigger warning
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of avertir
avertisseur
noun, masculine
warning (device); horn, hooter, klaxon
avestique
noun, masculine
Avestan (Old Iranian language)
avestique
adjective
Avestan
aveu
noun, masculine
oath of allegiance; confession
aveuglant
adjective
blinding, dazzling
aveugle
noun, masculine/feminine
a blind man or woman
aveugle
adjective
blind (physically unable to see); blind (having poor judgement; unable or unwilling to acknowledge, or to put any effort toward understanding); blind, unquestioning (unguided or unchecked by objective judgement)
aveuglement
noun, masculine
blindness, sightlessness (state of being blind); blindness, obliviousness
aveuglement volontaire
noun, masculine
wilful ignorance (wilful blindness)
to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)
aveuglette
noun, feminine
blindness
aveuglé
adjective
blinded
blindly
to enfeeble; to debase
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of aveulir