hand-me-downs in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for hand-me-downs in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for hand-me-downs in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

I.finir [finiʀ] VB trans

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1. finir:

finir (achever)
to finish (off)
finir travail, tâche
to complete
finir (conclure) journée, nuit, discours
to end (avec with)
finir de faire
to finish doing
finis tes devoirs avant d'aller jouer
finish your homework before you go off to play
ne l'interromps pas, laisse-le finir (son histoire)
don't interrupt him, let him finish (his story)
j'ai fini le roman
I have finished the novel
il a fini la soirée au poste de police/dans une boîte de nuit
he ended the evening at the police station/in a night club
finir sa vie ou ses jours en prison/dans la misère
to end one's life ou days in prison/in poverty
de grâce, finissez vos querelles!
please, put a stop to your quarrelling! Brit
pour finir, je dirai que …
in conclusion I'll say that …
vous n'avez pas fini de vous disputer?
for goodness sake stop arguing!
tu n'as pas fini de m'embêter/de te plaindre?
have you quite finished annoying me/complaining?
elle n'a pas fini de s'inquiéter/d'avoir des problèmes
her worries/troubles are only just beginning
tu n'as pas fini d'en entendre parler!
you haven't heard the last of it!

II.finir [finiʀ] VB intr

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1. finir (gén):

finir
to finish, to end
finir ADMIN contrat, bail:
to run out, to expire
le spectacle finit dans 20 minutes
the show ends ou finishes in 20 minutes
tout est bien qui finit bien
all's well that ends well
le film finit bien/mal
the film has a happy/an unhappy ending
tu as fini avec le dictionnaire/l'agrafeuse?
have you finished with the dictionary/the stapler?
ça va mal finir!
it'll end in tears!
il finira mal ce garçon
that boy will come to a bad end
le roman finit sur une note optimiste
the novel ends on an optimistic note
le spectacle a fini par un feu d'artifice
the show ended in ou with a firework display
la réunion a fini en bagarre ou par une bagarre
the meeting ended in a brawl
la route finit en piste
the road ends in a dirt track
sa barbe finit en pointe
his beard tapers to a point
les verbes finissant en ‘er’
verbs ending in ‘er’
il finira en prison/dans l'armée/à l'hospice/dans la misère
he'll end up in prison/in the army/in the poorhouse/in poverty
il a fini alcoolique
he ended up an alcoholic
il a fini directeur de la société
he ended up (as) company director

Phrases:

en finir avec qc/qn
to have done with sth/sb
on n'en finira donc jamais avec ce type inf?
will we never have done with this guy? inf
finissons-en!
let's get it over and done with!, let's have done with it!
fais ce qu'il te dit et qu'on en finisse
do as he says and have done with it
il faut en finir avec cette situation/violence
we must put an end to this situation/violence
il veut en finir avec la vie
he wants to end his life
le film/l'hiver/la route n'en finit pas
the film/winter/the road seems endless ou never-ending
il n'en finit pas ce feu rouge!
is this red light ever going to change?
elle a des jambes qui n'en finissent pas
she's all legs, she's very leggy
elle n'en finit pas de se préparer
she takes ages to get ready inf
il n'en finit pas de rabâcher les mêmes histoires
he's forever telling the same stories
des discussions/ problèmes à n'en plus finir
endless discussions/problems

See also queue

queue [kø] N f

hand-me-downs in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hand-me-downs in the English»French Dictionary

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
May speaks about how he often played with them as they were hand-me-downs.
en.wikipedia.org
But those things were hand-me-downs for '80s kids.
www.capitalnewyork.com
He received hand-me-downs from his sisters when he was young, giving him the appearance of a little girl.
en.wikipedia.org
We had hand-me-downs, but he was allowed to charge whatever he wanted and dad would pay for it.
www.dailymail.co.uk
She participated in a charity hand-me-downs auction that started on the website handmedowns.com.
en.wikipedia.org
Even though we had quite a few hand-me-downs, we still spent a lot of money.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
My grandmother - who brought me up - would buy my clothes from there, and the rest were hand-me-downs from my brother.
www.tv3.ie
Both machines are hand-me-downs but welcome additions to the zoo's medical facility.
wgntv.com
Family members have recounted in interviews how he dressed them in patched hand-me-downs.
www.bloomberg.com
I got all the hand-me-downs.
en.wikipedia.org

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