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UNA FR 202 Ch 28 b

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