UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Idioms with "faire"
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| faire à sa tête | to act impulsively,
to do whatever one wants
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| faire acte de présence | to put in an appearance
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| faire de la peine à qqn | to hurt someone's feelings
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| faire de la photographie | to do photography as a hobby
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| faire des bêtises | to get into mischief
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| faire du bricolage | to do odd jobs,
to putter around
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| faire du sport | to play sports
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| faire du ski | to ski
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| faire de la natation | to swim
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| faire du théâtre | to be an professional actor,
to do some amateur acting
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| faire du violon | to study the violin
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| faire du piano | to study the piano
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| faire l'école buissonnière | to play hooky
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| faire l'enfant | to act like a child
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| faire l'idiot | to act the fool
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| faire l'Europe | to travel to/visit Europe
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| faire la moue | to pout
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| faire la queue | to stand in line
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| faire le singe | to play the fool
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| faire peau neuve | to turn over a new leaf
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| faire preuve de | to show,
to display a quality or virtue
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| faire savoir | to let someone know
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| faire semblant de faire qqch | to pretend to
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| faire ses bagages | to pack
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| faire ses valises | to pack
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| faire ses quatre cents coups | to sow one's wild oats,
to get into a lot of trouble
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| faire son bac | to study for one's baccalaureate
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| faire son droit | to study for one's law degree
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| faire son marché | to go grocery shopping
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| faire toute une histoire de qqch | to make a federal case out of something
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| faire un beau gâchis de qqch | to make a real mess out of something
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| faire un clin d'oeil à qqn | to wink at someone
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| faire une croix dessus | to give up on something,
to kiss something goodbye
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| faire un voyage | to take a trip
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| faire une promenade | to take a walk
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| faire une drôle de tête | to make a strange, funny face
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| faire une fugue | to run away from home
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| faire une gaffe | to blunder,
to make a mistake (in conduct)
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| Si cela ne vous fait rien. | If you don't mind.
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| Ça me fait froid dans le dos. | That gives me the shivers.
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| Ça ne me fait rien. | That's OK.
That doesn't matter.
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| Qu'est-ce que cela peut bien te faire? | What can that possibly matter to you?
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| C'est bien fait pour toi! | It serves you right!
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| Que faites-vous dans la vie? | What do you do for a living?
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| Quel métier faites-vous? | What do you do for a living?
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| Qu'est-ce que j'ai fait de mes (gants)? | What have I done with my (gloves)?
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| Rien à faire. | No use insisting.
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| Il n'y a rien à faire. | It's hopeless.
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| L'accident a fait (huit) victimes. | (Eight) people were killed in the accident.
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| se faire fort de + [infinitive] | to be confident,
to claim that one can do something
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| se faire du mauvais sang | to worry
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| se faire du souci / des soucis | to worry
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| s'en faire | to worry
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| se faire une raison | to resign oneself to something
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| se faire tout(e) petit(e) | to make oneself inconspicuous,
to try not to be noticed
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| se faire à qqch | to get used to something
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| se faire des idées | to be fooling oneself
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| se faire des illusions | to be fooling oneself
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| se faire une montagne de qqch | to exaggerate the importance of something
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| se faire passer pour | to pass oneself off as
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| se faire mal | to hurt oneself
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