French vs. English — What's the Difference?
Difference Between French and English
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French
To cut (green beans, for example) into thin strips before cooking.
English
Relating to England or its people or language.
French
To trim fat or bone from (a chop, for example).
English
The language of England, widely used in many varieties throughout the world.
French
(Slang) To give a French kiss to.
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English
The people of England.
French
Vulgar Slang To perform oral sex on.
English
Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards
Put more English on the ball
French
Of, relating to, or characteristic of France or its people or culture.
English
Of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its people or culture.
French
Of or relating to the French language.
English
Of or relating to the English language.
French
The Romance language of France, parts of Switzerland and Belgium, and other countries formerly under French influence or control.
English
(used with a pl. verb) The people of England.
French
(used with a pl. verb) The people of France.
English
The West Germanic language of England, the United States, and other countries that are or have been under English influence or control.
French
(Informal) Coarse or vulgar language
Pardon my French.
English
The English language of a particular time, region, person, or group of persons
American English.
French
(transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
English
A translation into or an equivalent in the English language.
French
(transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
English
A course or individual class in the study of English language, literature, or composition.
French
(intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
English
The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.
French
(cuisine) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).
English
Bodily movement in an effort to influence the movement of a propelled object; body English.
French
Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
English
To translate into English.
French
The language spoken in France.
English
To adapt into English; Anglicize.
French
Collectively, the people of France.
English
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
French
The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
English
An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
French
The people of France
English
Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
French
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
English
Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
French
Of or pertaining to France or the people of France;
French cooking
A gallic shrug
English
The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
English
A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.
English
A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
English
To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation.
Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing.
English
To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
English
An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries
English
The people of England
English
The discipline that studies the English language and literature
English
(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
English
Of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture;
English history
The English landed aristocracy
English literature
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