French and English Expressions by Carlos Mirasierras.pdf

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French & and English Expressions, by Carlos Mirasierras
coup de destin
blow dealt by fate
coup de marteau
hammer blow
coup de pinceau
brush stroke
coup de plume
pen stroke
coup de pot (fam)
stroke of luck
coup de salaud (fam)
dirty trick
coup de veine (inf)
stroke of luck
coup d'oeil
glance
coup du sort
blow dealt by fate
coup dur
hard blow
coup en traître
stab in the back
coup en vache
(fam)
dirty trick
couper en (deux)
to cut in (two)
Le coup est parti.
The gun went off.
coup monté
frame-up
un coup pour rien
a waste of time
coup sur coup
one after another
coups et blessures
(law)
assalt and battery
Les coups pleuvaient.
Blows rained down.
Les coups tombaient dru.
Blows fell thick and fast.
courbé sous le poids des ans
bent under the weight of age
courir à perdre haleine
to run as fast as one can
courir dans (l'herbe)
to run through (the grass)
cours du soir
night classes
le coût de la vie
cost of living
coûter dans (les cent Euros)
to cost about (100 Euros)
craindre de
to fear ___-ing
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