| A | B |
|---|
| à contrecoeur | reluctantly |
| aller à pied | to walk to a place |
| à pied | on foot |
| avoir la tête dure | to have a difficult time understanding |
| avoir le coeur gros | to be sad |
| avoir mal au coeur | to be sick to one's stomach |
| avoir qqch sous la main | to have something within reach, handy |
| avoir un oeil au beurre noir | to have a black eye |
| casser les pieds à qqn | to annoy smn |
| demander la main de quelqu'un | to ask for someone's hand in marriage |
| donner un coup de main à qqn | to help someone; to lend a helping hand to smn |
| en tête à tête | between two people and no one else |
| en un clin d'oeil | very quickly; in the wink of an eye |
| être sur les dents | to be exhausted |
| fermer les yeux sur qqch | to pretend not to see smthg |
| hausser les épaules | to shrug one's shoulders |
| jeter un coup d'oeil à qqch/qqn | to glance at smthg/smn |
| mon oeil! | expression to show disbelief; my foot! |
| ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre | to be out of it; to be unrealistic |
| oeil pour oeil, dent pour dent | an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth |
| par coeur | from memory |
| perdre la tête | to lose one's head; to panic |
| prendre ses jambes à son cou | to run very fast |
| sauter aux yeux de qqn | to be obvious |
| se lever du pied gauche | to get up on the wrong side of the bed |
| avoir sur le bout de la langue | to have on the tip of one's tongue |
| couper les cheveux en quatre | to argue; to quibble (lit: to cut a hair into 4 parts) |
| de tout coeur | eagerly |
| faire la tête | to pout; to make a face |
| garder la tête froide | to keep calm; to keep a cool head |
| ne pas en croire ses oreilles | not to believe one's own ears |
| ne pas se casser la tête | "not to worry" |
| pied-à-terre (m) | temporary or secondary lodging |
| rester bouche bée | to be taken by surprise |
| savoir sur le bout du doigt | to know very well; to know perfectly |
