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UNA FR 202 Ch 28 c

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