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1 blue-eyed
aux yeux bleus;∎ the boss's blue-eyed boy le chouchou du patron -
2 blue
blue [blu:]1. adjectivea. bleu• you can shout till you're blue in the face, nobody will come (inf) tu auras beau crier, personne ne viendra2. nouna. ( = colour) bleu m3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Célèbre émission télévisée pour enfants dont les programmes vont du documentaire à la recette de cuisine et à la confection d'objets artisanaux. Les badges Blue Peter récompensent les spectateurs qui participent aux émissions ou se rendent utiles à la communauté.* * *[bluː] 1.1) ( colour) bleu mto go ou turn blue — devenir bleu
2) ( sky) littér3) GB University4) (colloq) GB Politics2.blues plural noun1) Music2) (colloq) ( depression)3.to have the blues — avoir le cafard (colloq)
1) ( in colour) bleu; figblue from ou with the cold — bleu de froid
2) ( depressed)to feel blue — avoir le cafard (colloq)
3) (colloq) ( smutty) [film] porno (colloq); [joke] osé, cochon/-onne (colloq)4) (colloq) GB Politics conservateur/-trice••to appear/happen out of the blue — apparaître/se passer à l'improviste
to beat somebody black and blue — (colloq) battre quelqu'un comme plâtre (colloq)
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3 The human body
When it is clear who owns the part of the body mentioned, French tends to use the definite article where English uses a possessive adjective:he raised his hand= il a levé la mainshe closed her eyes= elle a fermé les yeuxshe ran her hand over my forehead= elle a passé la main sur mon frontFor expressions such as he hurt his foot or she hit her head on the beam, where the owner of the body part is the subject of the verb, i.e. the person doing the action, use a reflexive verb in French:she has broken her leg= elle s’est cassé la jambe( literally she has broken to herself the leg - there is no past participle agreement because the preceding reflexive pronoun se is the indirect object).he was rubbing his hands= il se frottait les mainsshe was holding her head= elle se tenait la têteNote also the following:she broke his leg= elle lui a cassé la jambe( literally she broke to him the leg)the stone split his lip= le caillou lui a fendu la lèvre( literally the stone split to him the lip)Describing peopleFor ways of saying how tall someone is ⇒ Length measurement ; of stating someone’s weight ⇒ Weight measurement ; and of talking about the colour of hair and eyes ⇒ Colours.Here are some ways of describing people in French:his hair is long= il a les cheveux longshe has long hair= il a les cheveux longsa boy with long hair= un garçon aux cheveux longsa long-haired boy= un garçon aux cheveux longsthe boy with long hair= le garçon aux cheveux longsher eyes are blue= elle a les yeux bleusshe has blue eyes= elle a les yeux bleusshe is blue-eyed= elle a les yeux bleusthe girl with blue eyes= la fille aux yeux bleusa blue-eyed girl= une fille aux yeux bleushis nose is red= il a le nez rougehe has a red nose= il a le nez rougea man with a red nose= un homme au nez rougea red-nosed man= un homme au nez rougeWhen referring to a temporary state, the following phrases are useful:his leg is broken= il a la jambe casséethe man with the broken leg= l’homme à la jambe casséebut notea man with a broken leg= un homme avec une jambe cassée
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