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aller
noun, masculine
outward trip; journey out; trip away
to do the menial work, to get one's hands dirty
to go to heaven, to die
to go to bed
to find out what's going on, to go to see what's happening, to go get the news
to whore (to hire a prostitute)
to be flying around, to be rife
to fetch, to go and get; to pick up (someone); Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aller, chercher.
to fit like a glove; to go smoothly
to move on, to move forward, to forge ahead; to make headway, to make progress
to go hand in hand
to be self-evident, to be obvious, to be self-explanatory, to go without saying, to stand to reason
to touch deeply, to go straight to (someone's) heart
to be riding for a fall, to be heading for disaster
to walk back and forth
to draw a straight furrow
to go a long way, to go far (to attain success; to achieve a great deal; to achieve considerable success)
to be hasty, to get ahead of oneself
to go without saying
to go fuck oneself
to get lost, go to hell
to go fuck oneself. (Usually used in the imperative form.)
to go fuck oneself
to get lost, to go to hell, to go fuck oneself
to get lost, go to hell
to get lost, go to hell
aller simple
noun, masculine
a one-way trip; a one-way ticket
to go one's own way, to plough one's own furrow
to live one's life, to follow one's path in peace and quiet, to go on one's way peacefully
to work itself out, to be plain sailing.
to go too far
to be hasty, to get ahead of oneself
to look for another sexual partner; to cheat on one's partner, to have an affair, to engage in an extramarital relationship; to take one's business elsewhere
to go to Canossa; make amends, to mend one's ways, to eat humble pie, eat crow
to touch down (score a try)
to cut to the chase, to get to the point, to state one's business
to go downhill, to go down the drain, to go awry, to go pear-shaped
aller-retour
noun, masculine
round trip; return ticket
allergie
noun, feminine
allergy
allergique
adjective
allergic (having an allergy)
allergisant
adjective
allergenic
allergologie
noun, feminine
allergology
allergological
allergologiste
noun, masculine/feminine
allergologist
allergologue
noun, masculine/feminine
allergist
allergène
noun, masculine
allergen
allergène
adjective
allergenic
allergénique
adjective
allergenic
alleu
noun, masculine
allodium, allod (a tenure in land held as an unqualified and unrestricted estate without encumbrance, terminable only upon escheat: a freehold)
alleutier
noun, masculine
freeholder
allez
interjection
As an expression of encouragement; there you go, let's go, come on, that's it, attaboy, attagirl; expressing a certain agitation, positive or negative (eg. enthusiasm or excitement, or impatience, annoyance or frustration, etc.), sometimes overlapping with previous sense of encouragement; come on, go on
allez savoir
interjection
who knows? go figure
go figure!
get lost! (go away)
fuck you, go fuck yourself
allez-y
phrase
go ahead; go on
alliable
adjective
alliable
alliacé
adjective
garlicky
alliage
noun, masculine
alloying (mixing elements to make an alloy); alloy (metal that is a combination of two or more elements); alloy (metal of lesser value combined with a metal of greater value); marriage, fusion, alloy, alloying (close union, mixture)
alliaire
noun, feminine
garlic mustard (or any similar plant of the genus Alliaria)