UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Idioms with "prendre" and "mettre"
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| passer prendre qqn | to go pick someone up
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| prendre à gauche/droite | to turn left/right
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| prendre au pied de la lettre | to take literally
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| prendre au sérieux | to take seriously
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| prendre des risques | to take chances
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| prendre du poids | to gain weight
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| prendre feu | to catch fire
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| prendre fin | to come to an end
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| prendre froid | to catch cold
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| prendre un rhume | to catch cold
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| prendre garde | to be careful, to watch out
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| prendre goût à qqch | to take a liking to something,
to begin to like something
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| prendre l'air | to get a breath of fresh air
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| prendre le frais | to get a breath of fresh air
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| prendre qqn en grippe | to take a dislike to someone
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| prendre qqn la main dans le sac | to catch someone red-handed
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| prendre qqn par son point faible | to take advantage of someone's weak spot
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| prendre rendez-vous avec | to make an appointment with
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| prendre sa retraite | to retire
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| prendre ses jambes à son cou | to run off, flee
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| prendre son courage à deux mains | to get up one's courage
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| être pris | to have previous engagements,
to be tied up
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| être pris de vertige | to get dizzy
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| être pris de remords | to be stricken by remorse
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| être pris de panique | to be panick-stricken
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| un parti pris | prejudice,
preconceived notion
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| Pourriez-vous me prendre un journal? | Could you buy/get a newspaper for me?
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| Je t'y prends! | I've got you! I've caught you!
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| On m'a pris pour un Allemand. | I was taken for a German.
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| Que je t'y prenne...! | Just let me catch you doing that again!
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| Si je t'y prends encore! | If I catch you doing that again!
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| Il a bien/mal pris la chose. | He took it well/badly.
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| Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris? | What's gotten into you?
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| On ne sait jamais par quel bout le prendre. | You never know how to take him.
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| s'en prendre à qqn | to attack/pick on someone
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| s'y prendre | to go about doing something
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| s'y prendre bien/mal | to do a good/bad job
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| se faire prendre | to get caught
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| Pour qui te prends-tu? | Who do you think you are?
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| Ils se prennent pour des intellectuels. | They think they're intellectuals.
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| mettre à jour | to bring up to date
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| mettre qqn au courant | to inform someone,
to bring someone up to date
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| mettre le feu à qqch | to set fire to something
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| mettre qqn à la porte | to throw someone out,
to fire someone
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| mettre le couvert | to set the table
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| mettre la table | to set the table
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| mettre du soin à faire qqch | to take care in doing something
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| mettre les bouts | to leave, scram
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| mettre les voiles | to leave, scram
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| mettre en cause | to call into question,
to implicate
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| mettre en contact | to put in touch
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| mettre en garde contre | to warn someone against
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| mettre qqch en lumière | to bring something to light,
to bring something out in the open
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| mettre en marche | to get something going,
to start up
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| mettre en oeuvre | to implement,
to make use of
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| mettre qqn en quarantaine | to give someone the silent treatment
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| mettre au point | to fine-tune/adjust/perfect
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| mettre en relief | to emphasize
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| mettre en service | to bring into service,
to put into operation
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| mettre en train | to get something under way
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| mettre en valeur | to develop (property)
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| mettre fin à qqch | to put an end to something
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| mettre sens dessus dessous | to turn things upside down
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| mettre qqn sur la voie | to put someone on the right track
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| J'ai mis une heure à le faire. | I took an hour to do it.
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| J'en mettrais ma main au feu! | I'd swear to it!
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| Mettons que... | Let's say that...
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| se mettre en quatre pour qqn | to go all out for someone,
to make a superhuman effort for someone
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| se mettre en colère | to get angry
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| se mettre d'accord | to agree,
to come out in agreement
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| se mettre à genoux | to kneel,
to get on one's knees
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| se mettre au lit | to go to bed
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| se mettre au travail | to get to work
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| se mettre en route | to set out on a trip
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| se mettre au français | to begin the study of French,
To get down to the business of studying French
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| se mettre à faire qqch | to begin to do something
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| se mettre à l'abri | to take shelter
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| se mettre à table | to sit down to eat
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| n'avoir rien à se mettre | to have nothing to wear
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| Je ne savais plus où me mettre. | I didn't know where to hide (out of embarrassment, etc.)
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| Le temps se met au beau. | It's clearing up.
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