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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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