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faire ami-ami
verb
to try and be friends with
faire appel
verb
to appeal; to call on, to call upon, to call in; to appeal to, to make an appeal to; to use, to make use of
faire attention
verb
to pay attention, to be careful
faire au mieux
verb
to do as best one can given the circumstances
faire autorité
verb
to be an authority, to be authoritative; to be a definitive work
faire avancer le schmilblick
verb
to get things done, to keep things going, to move things along, to help move things forward
faire avancer les choses
verb
to get things done, to keep things going, to move things along, to help move things forward
faire avec
verb
to put up with it, to make do
faire bande à part
verb
to keep to oneself, not to join in; to form a separate group
faire banqueroute
verb
to go bankrupt
faire barrage
verb
to stand in the way of, to block
faire beau
verb
to embellish; to be good, to be sunny; to be nice to
faire bien
verb
to look stylish
faire bien de
verb
to do well to, had better
faire bleu
verb
play truant, skip class
faire bloc
verb
to stand together
faire bobo
verb
to hurt
faire bombance
verb
to feast, to have a feast, to gourmandise, to make a pig of oneself
faire bon
verb
for the weather to be nice, for it to be nice outside
faire bon accueil
verb
to welcome, to reserve a warm welcome to
faire bon marché
verb
to treat (something or someone) as if it were cheap, to set little value on (something) and treat it accordingly, i.e. rather blithely
faire bon ménage
verb
to get along well, to make good bedfellows
faire bon vivre
verb
to be good to live (somewhere), to be a good place to live
faire bon voyage
verb
to have a good journey, to have a good trip
faire bonne chère
verb
to feast, to have a feast, to gourmandise, to make a pig of oneself
faire bonne contenance
verb
to put on a brave face, to put a brave face on it, to keep one's composure
faire bonne figure
verb
to put on a brave face, to put up a good front; to put one's best foot forward, to show oneself in one's best light, to appear in a good light, to look good, to make a good impression
faire bonne impression
verb
to make a good impression
faire bonne mesure
verb
to be generous; to do more than necessary
faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu
verb
to grin and bear it, to put a brave face on it
faire bonne route
verb
to have a pleasant journey
faire bouger les lignes
verb
to bring about change, to shake things up, to make things change
faire bouillir la marmite
verb
to put food on the table, to pay the bills, to pay the rent
faire boule de neige
verb
To snowball
faire bourse commune
verb
to pool resources, to share the expenses
faire buisson creux
verb
to not find what one was looking for, to come back empty-handed, to draw a blank
faire caca
verb
to poo (defecate)
faire cadeau
verb
to give for free, to gift
faire campagne
verb
to campaign
faire carrière
verb
to have a career, to make a career (in some industry)
faire cas
verb
to have a high opinion (of), to esteem [with de ‘someone/something’]; to treat as mattering, to take into account
faire cause commune
verb
to make common cause
faire cavalier seul
verb
to go it alone, to go solo
faire cavalière seule
verb
to go it alone, to go solo
faire chambre à part
verb
to sleep in separate rooms (of a couple)
faire chanter
verb
to make someone sing; to force someone to confess; to blackmail
faire chaud
verb
to be hot (of the weather)
faire chaud au cœur
verb
to gladden (someone's) heart, to to warm the cockles of (someone's) heart, to do (someone's) heart good, to be heart-warming
faire chaudière ensemble
phrase
to marry
faire chier
verb
to piss off, to annoy, to irritate; to have a (fucking) nightmare of a time; to be excessively bored; to bust one's arse; to work extremely hard; to push oneself to the limit
faire chiquer poteau
phrase
to prevent a young man from dancing with a young girl
faire chou blanc
verb
to fail; to miss the mark; to draw a blank; to come up empty-handed
faire comme chez soi
verb
to make oneself at home
faire comme si
verb
to pretend, to do as if
faire concurrence
verb
to compete with, to challenge
faire confiance
verb
to trust; to have trust
faire connaissance
verb
to get to know each other; to get to know, to meet, to get acquainted with, to make the acquaintance of
faire connaître
verb
to introduce; to announce oneself, to declare oneself, to identify oneself, to reveal one's identity; to make a name for oneself
faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur
verb
to grin and bear it, to make the best of a bad job, to put a brave face on it, to take the rough with the smooth
faire copain-copain
verb
to try and be buddies with, to be all pally with