French & and English Expressions, by Carlos Mirasierras

se casser la tête sur (inf)

to wrack one's brains about

se casser le cou

to fall flat on one's face, go
bankrupt

se casser le nez

to find no one in, to fail

se casser net

to break clean off / through

se casser pour + infinitive
(fam)

to split, take off

se casser pour + infinitive (inf) to strain oneself to do s.t., to
work at s.t.
se changer en

to change into

se chercher

to search for an identity

sécher ses cours

to cut one's classes, play hooky

se claquer un muscle (inf)

to pull a muscle

se contenter de

to be happy ___-ing

se décider à

to decide to

se déguiser en

to disguise oneself as

se demander

to wonder, to ask oneself

se demander bien pourquoi...

to not be able to figure out why...

se dépêcher de

to hurry to

se dire

to say to oneself, to think, to
claim to be, to be said

se diriger vers

to move toward/make/head for

se donne un mal de chien à
faire

to bend over backwards to do

se donner ___ jours/mois de
pour

to give oneself ___ days/months
to...

se donner à

to devote oneself to

se donner à fond dans qqch

to give one's all to s.t.
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