to tick off ingl. brit.

to check off ingl. am.

to check

to time

to point (sur qc/qn at sth/sb)

to point at sth/sb

to point an accusing finger at sth/sb

to stick one's head round the door ingl. brit. ou in ingl. am. /out of the window

to peep out

to show one's face

to prick up its ears

to clock in

to clock out

we don't have to clock in and out

to work in a factory

to sign on at the unemployment office

to rise up

to stick out

the steeple was visible above the roofs

to rise up on the horizon

to come up, to rise

to break

to come up

to open

the crocuses are starting to come up

to point (sur at)

to turn up

he turned up at the ceremony in jeans

to make

the grapes will make ou produce (an) excellent wine

this tree produces flowers/berries

the garage would make a nice room

they make a handsome couple

he'll make a good doctor

the qualities which make a champion

three and two make five

that makes two each

what's 13 times 13?

œil is yeux in the plural

to shape

events which shape history

to do

we did China in geography

to study ou play the violin

have you practised your piano?

to go to business school/art college

to make

to prepare

to do ou cook a chicken

what shall I cook ou prepare for lunch?

to do, to clean

to clean, to polish

to do

to do, to sell

they don't do breakfast/repairs

I'm selling a lot of this particular model at the moment

does the hotel do meals, does the hotel have a restaurant?

to grow ou do cereals

to produce cereals

to take on water

to get petrol ingl. brit.

to get gas ingl. am.

to gather wood in the forest

to cut grass for the animals

to do

to go round

to do coloq.

to do 200 kilometres ingl. brit.

to do the Rome-Nice journey by plane

rep who does the Paris area coloq.

I had to go all over town to find this

I had to go round all the shops to find this

to do the Loire Valley coloq.

to visit Scotland

I went through all the drawers but I couldn't find it

to have

to have a heart attack

to have ou run a temperature

to get angina

she's had another ear-infection!

to sell sth for 30 euros, to charge 30 euros for sth

he charged me ou sold it to me for 500 euros

to serve as

this corner will serve as a study

to do

what am I going to do with the luggage/children?

what have you done with the ticket?

for all she does with it/them!

what for?

I have no need for

it's nothing to do with me

to do more harm than good

what have you done to your sister?

what do you want me to do about it?, what am I supposed to do about it?

the tablet didn't do anything, the tablet had no effect

it has an effect

their departure didn't affect me at all, their departure left me cold

it upsets me to see her in that state

is it any good for flu?

for all the good it does!

do you mind ou does it bother you if I smoke?

it doesn't alter ou change anything, it makes no difference

what is it to you?

to make some people jealous

it made them rich

the explosion killed 12 people, the explosion left 12 people dead

don't worry, it doesn't matter!

as a result I forgot

‘what have I done?’—‘you lied, that's what you've done’

make sure that all goes well

to make

the army made a man of him

they want to make a lawyer of him

she's made her her confidante

it turned him into a rebel, it made him a rebel

I made it a principle

to make ou turn a garage into a workshop

to make sth one's own

to make sb a duke/general

the press made him out to be a diplomat

don't make him out to be worse than he is!, don't paint him blacker than he is!

to pretend to be ill/brave

to pretend not to know

to act the dictator

to be

what a joker you are!

you be the robbers!

the actor who plays the part of the king, the actor who is the king

God, please let him succeed!

may God ou Heaven protect them!

he talked/blackmailed me into it

I'm not a fool!, I wasn't born yesterday!

to do, to act

I couldn't do otherwise

do as you like

she can do better

in that sort of situation, one must act quickly

go, but be quick about it!

make yourself at home

to look

to look young/one's age

it looks nice with blue

your glasses make you look very distinguished

he thinks it's chic to say that

to be

he wants to be a fireman

to say

‘of course, ’ she said

the duck says ou goes ‘quack’

to go plop/ouch etc

to last

her dress lasted her two years

it is expensive/big/too much etc

to go

have you been?

to dirty one's pants

to wet one's pants

to wet oneself

to make do with

to put up with

she's here, and we'll have to put up with her

to make oneself a coffee

to make money/friends

to make one's own clothes

to do one's own cooking

how much does he make a month?

to have a man argot

to get, to become

to become

he's getting old

it's getting late

his/her voice hardened ou became hard

to become a lawyer

to make oneself beautiful/very small

to worry

he's not the sort of person to worry about things!

he's got a nerve!

to get used to

I can't get used to it

it's still done here

it's not the done thing ou it's not polite to eat with one's fingers

to be in (fashion)

tweed is very much in this year

it's no longer fashionable, it's out of fashion

it's the best there is

the wedding took place in Paris

the bridge will be built one day

let's hope there'll be peace

it (so) happened that …

there was complete silence

something clicked in my mind

I might leave

how is it that…?

to ripen

to mature

to put up with, to endure

his/her mate is a real pain! coloq.

to run oneself a bath

to make oneself understood

to get mugged

you'll get run over!

to make [sth] general

to put [sth] into general use

to generalize

do not generalize

to become standard

to become widely applicable

to spread (à to)

to felt

to felt

to felt

to become felted

to become felted

to hit, strike

to collide with

to bump into

the car hit ou struck a pedestrian

the bicycle hit the kerb ingl. brit. ou curb ingl. am.

his head hit ou struck the wall

to knock sb with sth

to knock against sth with sth

he knocked against the table with his suitcase

to knock sth against sth

to offend

to go against

to hurt

to run counter to public opinion

to conflict with public opinion

to clash with sb head-on

to strike

his head struck the wall

to collide

to bang ou knock against each other

ideas were jostling ou whirling about in his head