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French V AP-Siff
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Language - French
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01/30/2006
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Term
la matiere gris
 Definition
potential intellectually
Term
un vert
 Definition
an ecologist
Term
la houille blanche
 Definition
an ecologist
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l'or noir
 Definition
petroleum
Term
broyer du noir
 Definition
to be a pessimist
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etre noir
 Definition
to be drunk
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voir la vie en rose
 Definition
to be an optimist
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le carnet rose
 Definition
birth records
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la zone bleue
 Definition
station quarters
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une peur bleue
 Definition
terror
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le sang bleu
 Definition
nobility
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avoir une carte blanche
 Definition
to have total freedom
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passer une nuit blanche
 Definition
to have a sleepless night
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etre marron
 Definition
to be in an odd situation
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bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet
 Definition
its six of one
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voir rouge
 Definition
to be livid
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faire un cheque en blanc
 Definition
to make a check with signature only
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rire jaune
 Definition
to laugh while feeling awkward
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se mettre au vert
 Definition
to take a countryside vacation
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travailler au noir
 Definition
to work without telling social security
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le gros rouge
 Definition
cheap wine
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un cordon bleu
 Definition
a good cook
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donner le feu vert
 Definition
to lay off
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rouge de honte
 Definition
very embaressed
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un mariage blanc
 Definition
to marry simply out of form
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faire grise mine
 Definition
to have one's sadness show
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un bleu
 Definition
a novice
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bete noire
 Definition
pet peeve
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blanche comme la neige/comme un cachet d'aspirine
 Definition
to be ghostly pale
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etre encore vert
 Definition
to still be lively
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un examen blanc
 Definition
a practice test
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battre qqn tout bleu
 Definition
to beat someone black and blue
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un cordon bleu
 Definition
a gourmet cook
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j'en suis reste bleu
 Definition
i was flabbergasted
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la colere bleue
 Definition
towering rage
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avoir une peur bleue
 Definition
to be very afraid
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le pays du bleu
 Definition
dreamland
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mon bras est couvert de bleu
 Definition
dreamland
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mon bras est couvert de bleus
 Definition
my arm is all black and blue
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se perdre dans le bleu
 Definition
to be in the clouds
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tout ce argent a passe bleu
 Definition
all this money has vanished
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un bleu
 Definition
a novice
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un conte bleu
 Definition
a fairy tale
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etre ne dans le pourpre
 Definition
to be born rich
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le pourpre lui monta au visage
 Definition
he turned crimson
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il faisait nuit noire
 Definition
it was pitch dark
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il fait deja noir
 Definition
it is dark already
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la bete noire
 Definition
pet peeve
Term
la magie noire
 Definition
black magic
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la misere noire
 Definition
dire poverty
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la mort noire
 Definition
the plague
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le marche noir
 Definition
the black market
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les lunettes noires
 Definition
sunglasses
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le travail au noir
 Definition
work on the side
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noir comme du jais
 Definition
jet black
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porter le noir
 Definition
to be in mourning
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pousser au noir
 Definition
to paint a dreary picture of things
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un oeil au beurre noir
 Definition
a black eye
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broyer du noir
 Definition
to be down in the dumps
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voir tout en noir
 Definition
to see the dark side of everything
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jaune comme un citron
 Definition
as yellow as a lemon
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jaune serin
 Definition
canary yellow
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les chaussures jaunes
 Definition
brown shoes
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un jaune
 Definition
non-union worker
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un rire jaune
 Definition
a forced laugh
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voir jaune
 Definition
to see with a jaundiced eye
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recevoir un marron
 Definition
to get punched
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un travail marron
 Definition
illegal worker
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decouvrir le pot aux roses
 Definition
to find out the secret
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voir la vie en rose
 Definition
to be an optimist
Term
la Croix Rouge
 Definition
red cross
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le poisson rouge
 Definition
goldfish
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les rouges
 Definition
communists
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rouge de colere/honte
 Definition
red with anger/shame
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le gros rouge
 Definition
cheap wine
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se facher tout rouge
 Definition
to lose one's temper
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en raconter des vertes
 Definition
to tell spicy stories
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la langue verte
 Definition
slang
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un vert gallant
 Definition
unripened fruit
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prendre qqn sans vert
 Definition
to catch someone unprepared
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se mettre au vert
 Definition
to relax in the country
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une verte reprimande
 Definition
a strong reprimand
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donner le feu vert
 Definition
to give someone the go-ahead
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un vieillard encore vert
 Definition
an old man still hale and hearty
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