Vocabulary
passer
to go past; to cross (a border); to pass; to spend (time); to publish (a newspaper); to take, to sit (an exam or test); to pass (an exam or test); (transitive) to pass (an exam or test); to run; to exceed (a limit); …
Verb
passerillage
the exposure of cut bunches of grapes to the sun in order to increase the concentration of sugar prior to winemaking
Noun
passer la main
to step down (in favour/favor of), to stand aside (in favour/favor of), to pass the mantle (to), to pass the torch (on to), to pass the baton (on to), to hand the reins (to); to hang up one's boots (in favour/favor of)
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passer l'hiver
to spend winter (somewhere, doing something); to make it through winter, to survive winter
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passer son tour
to pass, to skip one's turn; to sit something out, to give something a miss, to give something a pass
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passer le relais
to step down (in favour/favor of), to stand aside (in favour/favor of), to pass the mantle (to), to pass the torch (on to), to pass the baton (on to), to hand the reins (to); to hang up one's boots (in favour/favor of)
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passer son chemin
to go on one's way, to walk by without stopping, to keep going without stopping, to move on without a halt
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passer la seconde
to shift into second gear; to get a move on, to move up a gear, to speed things up
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passer sous le nez
to slip through someone's fingers, to slip past, to pass by (of an occasion, opportunity, etc.)
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passer à la trappe
to go down the drain, to be abandoned, to be forgotten about, to vanish into oblivion, to be left out, to go out the window
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passer le flambeau
to step down (in favour/favor of), to stand aside (in favour/favor of), to pass the mantle (to), to pass the torch (on to), to pass the baton (on to), to hand the reins (to); to hang up one's boots (in favour/favor of)
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passer sous silence
to shill, to conceal, to omit, to leave untold, to fail to mention, to pass over
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passer aux nouvelles
to find out what's going on, to go to see what's happening, to go get the news
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passer sous le bureau
to perform fellatio (in exchange for some academic or professional benefit)
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passer à la casserole
to kick the bucket, to die; to lose one's virginity; to get porked, to get fucked; to get raped
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