lark in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for lark in the English»French Dictionary

lark [Brit lɑːk, Am lɑrk] N

1. lark ZOOL:

lark

alouette f

to be up with the lark

se lever au chant du coq

2. lark (fun):

lark inf

rigolade f inf

a great lark, a bit of a lark Brit

une vraie rigolade inf

to do sth for a lark

faire qc pour rigoler inf

3. lark (unpleasant business):

lark inf

histoire f

I don't think much of this dieting lark

je n'aime pas beaucoup cette histoire de régime

to sing like a lark

chanter comme un rossignol

lark about VB [Brit lɑːk -, Am lɑrk -], lark around VB inf Brit

lark about

faire l'idiot/-e

Translations for lark in the French»English Dictionary

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batifoler

to lark about inf

alouette

lark

être gai comme un pinson

to be as happy as a lark

aux aurores (tôt)

with the lark

se lever avec les poules

to get up with the lark

être heureux comme un roi ou un pape

to be happy as a lark ou as Larry

lark in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for lark in the English»French Dictionary

lark¹ [lɑ:k, Am lɑ:rk] N

lark

alouette f

Phrases:

to get up with the lark

se lever au chant du coq

I.lark² [lɑ:k, Am lɑ:rk] N Brit inf (joke)

lark

blague f

for a lark

pour rigoler

II.lark² [lɑ:k, Am lɑ:rk] VB intr Brit inf

to lark about

faire des farces

Translations for lark in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

alouette

lark

batifoler

to lark about

gai comme un pinson

happy as a lark

siffler comme un merle

to sing like a lark

lark Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get up with the lark

se lever au chant du coq

for a lark

pour rigoler

to lark about

faire des farces

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The juvenile of this species is reddish above and pale below, quite unlike juvenile shore lark.

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She began working as a movie extra as a lark.

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This is a small lark at 1516.5 cm in length.

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As with most larks, the chicks leave the nest early, after about eight days and take flight after reaching 1516 days old.

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Larks' eggs are usually speckled, and clutch sizes range from two (especially in species of the driest deserts) to six (in species of temperate regions).

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Larks tend to feel most energetic just after they get up in the morning.

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As haltingly vanishes the night, the lark starts to sing, ah, the light she promises, shadows recede!

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We were on a lark and wanted to see how it would turn out.

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This lark is a bird of open stony semi-desert.

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He had loved the larks, and they were gone.

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