 | French  | English |  |
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 | filer [fam.] | 9 to run [go] |  |
 | vêt. filer [bas, collant] | to ladder [Br.] |  |
 | vêt. filer [bas, collant] | to run [Am.] |  |
 | filer [cordage] | to unwind |  |
 | filer [couler] | to be runny |  |
 | filer [fam.] | to bolt [flee] [coll.] |  |
 | filer [fam.] | to scarper [coll.] [Br.] |  |
 | filer [fam.] | to skedaddle [coll.] [Am.] |  |
 | filer [fam.] | to dash off |  |
 | filer [flamme, lampe] | to smoke [flame, lamp] |  |
 | cuis. filer [fromage fondu] | to go stringy |  |
 | filer [temps, journée] [fam.] | to fly past [fig.] |  |
 | auto trafic filer [véhicule] | to speed |  |
 | entom. textile filer qc. | to spin sth. |  |
 | filer qc. [corde etc.] | to pay sth. out [e.g. rope, line: slacken gradually] |  |
 | vêt. filer qc. [déchirer - collant, bas] | to ladder sth. [Br.] [tights, stocking] |  |
 | filer qc. [développer - image, métaphore] | to spin sth. out |  |
 | matériel tech. filer qc. [métal] | to draw sth. |  |
 | mus. filer qc. [note] | to hold sth. |  |
 | mus. théâtre filer qc. [scène, pièce] | to run straight through sth. |  |
 | audio mus. filer qc. [tenir - note, son] | to draw sth. out [note, sound] |  |
 | dr. filer qn. | to shadow sb. |  |
 | dr. filer qn. | to tail sb. [coll.] |  |
 | filer qn. [suivre] | to dog sb. [fig.] [coll.] [follow] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | filer doux | to cave in [coll.] [idiom] |  |
 | filer doux | to climb down [idiom] |  |
 | filer doux | to eat humble pie [idiom] |  |
 | filer doux [loc.] | to keep a low profile [idiom] |  |
 | filer doux [loc.] | to maintain a low profile [idiom] |  |
 | filer doux [obéir] | to toe the line [fig.] [idiom] [conform, obey] |  |
 | filer droit [fam.] [se comporter comme ordonné ou attendu] | to toe the line [fig.] [conform, obey] |  |
 | filer droit [fam.] [se comporter comme ordonné ou attendu] | to do as one is told |  |
 | auto filer sur qc. [autoroute] | to belt along sth. [go fast] |  |
 | laisser filer qn. [fam.] | to let sb. off the hook [fig.] |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | naut. filer 20 nœuds [navire] | to do 20 knots |  |
 | filer à l'anglaise [loc.] | to do a flit [idiom] |  |
 | filer à l'anglaise [loc.] | to take French leave [idiom] |  |
3 Words: Nouns |
 | hist. outil. textile machine {f} à filer | spinning frame |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | filer à qn. la gerbe [fam.] [loc.] | to make sb. puke [coll.] [idiom] |  |
 | filer à toute allure [personne] | to dash off |  |
 | auto trafic filer à toute allure [véhicule] | to speed off |  |
 | auto filer à toute vitesse [voiture] | to bomb along [coll.] |  |
 | filer comme une anguille [aussi fig.] | to be as slippery as an eel [also fig.] |  |
 | filer comme une flèche | to dart away |  |
 | filer dans sa chambre [généralement] | to dash into one's bedroom |  |
 | filer dans sa chambre [loc.] [après une réprimande] | to storm off to one's room [idiom] |  |
 | méd. filer la grippe à qn. [fam.] | to give sb. the flu |  |
 | filer le bourdon à qn. [fam.] | to depress sb. |  |
 | filer le bourdon à qn. [fam.] | to get sb. down [coll.] |  |
 | filer qn. le sale boulot [loc.] | to land sb. with the rotton job [Br.] [idiom] |  |
 | filer qn. le sale boulot [loc.] | to stick sb. with the rotton job [Am.] [idiom] |  |
 | filer un coup à qn. | to hit sb. |  |
 | filer un mauvais coton [loc.] [être malade] | to be in bad shape [idiom] [ill] |  |
 | filer un mauvais coton [loc.] [se préparer des ennuis] | to be heading for trouble [idiom] |  |
 | filer un tuyau à qn. [loc.] | to give sb. a tip-off [idiom] [hint] |  |
 | filer une châtaigne à qn. [loc.] | to clout sb. [coll.] |  |
 | filer une châtaigne à qn. [loc.] | to give sb. a clout [coll.] |  |
 | filer une gifle à qn. [fam.] | to slap sb. in the face |  |
 | filer une gifle à qn. [fam.] | to smack sb. in the face |  |
 | laisser filer un câble | to play out a cable |  |
 | laisser filer une occasion | to let an opportunity slip through one's fingers |  |
5+ Words: Verbs |
 | filer entre les pattes de qn. [loc.] | to slip through sb.'s fingers [idiom] |  |
 | anat. filer un coup de genou à qn. dans les couilles [fam.] [loc.] | to knee sb. in the balls [coll.] |  |