Vocabulary
filet
trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke); fillet, filet (of meat); frenulum, frenum; rule; fillet, listel; net
Noun
balance
scales; balance; drop-net; informant, snitch; the rest, the remainder; a scale, more specifically a balancing scale
Noun
débordement
flooding; overflowing, overflow; overshooting (of weapon); passing (act of hitting the ball past a player who is at net)
Noun
carrelet
plaice; (type of) fishing net; lift net; fishing cabin; carlet; (type of) square-bladed foil
Noun
coup de filet
haul (fish or birds caught all at once in a net); raid during which the police made numerous arrests; gain, considerable profit made in one fell swoop
Noun
passer entre les mailles du filet
to slip through the cracks, to fall through the cracks, to slip through the net
Verb
cueille-essaim
a canvas net with a long handle and closeable aperture for catching schools of small fish or bees
Noun
ableret
a square lift net attached to the end of a perch and used for fishing bleaks ad similar small fishes
Noun
nettoyer les écuries d'Augias
to clean the Augean stables; to do a thorough cleaning of a place; to clean house, to take drastic action to reform an organization
Verb