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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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French
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expression [ɛkspʀɛsjɔ̃] N f

1. expression (gén):

expression
expression
plein d'expression yeux, visage
expressive
plein d'expression chant
full of expression
sans expression
expressionless
avec expression réciter, chanter
with feeling
réduire qc à sa plus simple expression fig
to reduce sth to a minimum

2. expression (groupe de mots):

expression
expression
expression imagée ou figurée
figurative expression
expression idiomatique
idiom, idiomatic expression
expression figée
set phrase
expression toute faite
set phrase
expression toute faite pej
cliché
passez-moi l'expression!
if you'll pardon the expression!
bête au-delà de toute expression
too stupid for words
d'expression française/anglaise
French-speaking/English-speaking

Phrases:

expression corporelle
self-expression through movement
English
English
French
French
colloquialism
expression f familière
free speech
liberté f d'expression
Scotticism
expression f écossaise
improper fraction
expression f fractionnaire
expressiveness (of work of art, performance)
expression f
expressiveness (of work of art, performance)
force f d'expression
expressivity
force f d'expression
Sassenach
Anglais/-e m/f (expression écossaise)
phrasing (of thought)
expression f
set phrase
expression f consacrée

in the PONS Dictionary

French
French
English
English

expression [ɛkspʀesjɔ̃] N f

expression
expression
mode d'expression
means of expression
expression familière/figée
colloquial/set expression

Phrases:

veuillez agréer l'expression de mes sentiments distingués
yours faithfully
veuillez agréer l'expression de mes sentiments distingués
yours truly Am
intraduisible auteur, expression
untranslatable
tomber en désuétude coutume, expression
to fall into disuse
English
English
French
French
colloquialism
expression f familière
self-expression
expression f individuelle
free speech
liberté f d'expression
a grim expression
une expression sombre
expression
expression f
excuse my French!
passez-moi l'expression!
phrase
expression f
in the PONS Dictionary
French
French
English
English

expression [ɛkspʀesjo͂] N f

expression
expression
mode d'expression
means of expression
expression familière/figée
colloquial/set expression

Phrases:

veuillez agréer l'expression de mes sentiments distingués
yours truly
intraduisible auteur, expression
untranslatable
désuet (-ète) expression
dated
tomber en désuétude coutume, expression
to fall into disuse
English
English
French
French
self-expression
expression f individuelle
colloquialism
expression f familière
free speech
liberté f d'expression
idiom
expression f idiomatique
expression
expression f
excuse my French!
passez-moi l'expression!