you don't get anything without effort

tirer la tête en arrière — to toss one's head back

tirer quelqu'un par le bras — to pull somebody's arm

tirer ses bas — to pull up one's stockings

tirer sa chemise — to straighten one's shirt

avoir les traits tirés — to look drawn

tirer un corner/penalty — to take a corner/penalty

tirer les cartes à quelqu'un — to tell the cards for somebody

se faire tirer les cartes — to have one's fortune told with cards

tirer un stylo de son sac — to take a pen out of one's bag

tirer un enfant de l'eau — to pull a child out of the water

tirer quelque chose de sa poche — to pull something out of one's pocket

tirer le pays de la récession — to get the country out of recession

tire-moi de là! — get me out of this!

tirer quelqu'un d'une maladie — to pull somebody through an illness

tu l'as tirée de son silence — you drew her out of her silence

tirer le maximum de la situation — to make the most of the situation

tirer un son d'un instrument — to get a note out of an instrument

le film est tiré du roman — the film is based on the novel

la guillotine tire son nom de son inventeur — the guillotine gets its name from its inventor

le mot est tiré de l'anglais — the word comes from the English

texte tiré de Zola — text taken from Zola

le médicament est tiré d'une plante — the drug comes from a plant

journal tiré à dix mille exemplaires — newspaper with a circulation of ten thousand

plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer — only one more hour/week to go

tirer quelques années en prison — to spend a few years in prison

tire fort! — pull hard!

tirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle

tirer au fusil — to fire a gun

elle lui a tiré dans la jambe — she shot him/her in the leg

tirer (au sort) — to draw lots

tirer sur — to draw on

tirer sur son compte — to draw on one's account

la cheminée tire bien — the chimney draws well

s'en tirer — to cope, to manage

s'en tirer à bon prix — to get off lightly

Il m'a tiré les cheveux. — He pulled my hair.

tirer les rideaux — to draw the curtains

Elle a tiré un mouchoir de son sac. — She took a handkerchief from her bag., She pulled a handkerchief out of her bag.

tirer son nom de — to take one's name from, to get one's name from

tirer qch de qn — to get sth out of sb

tirer qn d'embarras — to get sb out of an awkward situation

tirer qn d'un mauvais pas — to get sb out of a fix

tirer la langue — to stick out one's tongue

Il a tiré plusieurs coups de feu. — He fired several shots.

tirer un trait — to draw a line

tirer un trait sur son passé — to draw a line under one's past

tirer les cartes — to read the cards, to tell the cards

tirer au sort — to draw lots

tirer des conclusions — to draw conclusions

tirer 6 mètres — to draw 6 metres of water

"Tirer" — "Pull"

tirer à l'arc — to shoot with a bow and arrow

tirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle, to fire with a rifle

Il a tiré sur les policiers. — He shot at police officers., He fired on police officers.

tirer à sa fin — to be drawing to an end

tirer en longueur — to drag on

demander l'asile politique — to apply for political asylum

demander la main de quelqu'un — to ask for somebody's hand

demander quelqu'un en mariage — to propose to somebody

fais ce qu'on te demande! — do as you're told!

il n'en demandait pas tant — he didn't expect all that

je ne demande pas mieux que de partir — there's nothing I would like better than to go

je ne demande que ça! — that's exactly what I want!

il ne demande qu'à te croire — he'd really like to believe you

demander quelque chose à quelqu'un — to ask somebody something

‘un vendeur est demandé à l'accueil’ — ‘would a salesman please come to reception’

se demander si/pourquoi — to wonder whether/why

ce genre de choses ne se demande pas — it's not the kind of thing you ask

demander qch à qn — to ask sb sth

Nous avons demandé notre chemin à un chauffeur de taxi. — We asked a taxi driver the way.

demander si... — to ask if..., to ask whether...

Va demander si c'est gratuit. — Go and ask if it's free.

demander pourquoi — to ask why

J'ai demandé la permission. — I've asked for permission.

Je lui ai demandé un renseignement concernant... — I asked him for some information about...

demander la main de qn — to ask for sb's hand, to ask for sb's hand in marriage

demander pardon à qn — to apologize to sb

demander à faire qch — to ask if one can do sth, to ask to do sth

Elle a demandé à parler au directeur. — She asked if she could speak to the headteacher., She asked to speak to the headteacher.

demander à voir qch — to ask to see sth

je demande à voir! — I'll believe that when I see it!

il ne demande qu'à faire — all he wants is to do

demander à qn de faire — to ask sb to do

Je lui ai demandé de m'aider. — I asked him to help me.

demander que; Ils ont demandé qu'on leur rembourse le prix du voyage. — They asked to be reimbursed for the cost of the journey.

il ne demande que ça — that's all he wants

je ne demande pas mieux — I'd like nothing better

Ils demandent 2 secrétaires et un ingénieur. — They're looking for 2 secretaries and an engineer.

En ce moment on demande beaucoup de linguistes. — Linguists are very much in demand at the moment.

Il vous demande, qu'est-ce que je dis? — He's asking for you, what shall I say?, He wants to speak to you, what shall I say?

On vous demande au téléphone. — You're wanted on the phone., There's someone on the phone for you.

Il demande M. Duval, qu'est-ce que je dis? — He wants to see M. Duval, what shall I say?

un travail qui demande beaucoup de temps — a job that requires a lot of time