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faire mouche: to hit the bullseye; to come off; to hit home, to hit the nail on the head
faire mumuse: to play around
faire mystère: to make a secret
faire métier de: to make a profession of
faire naufrage: to go down, to be shipwrecked
faire noir: to be dark, especially when it's night
faire noir comme chez le loup: to be dark to the point where one can't see; to be pitch-dark
faire nuit: to be night-time
faire obstacle: to stand in the way of, to be a hindrance to, to hinder, to obstruct, to stymie
faire office de: to act as; to serve as
faire parler de soi: to set tongues wagging, to make waves, to hit the headlines, to get oneself talked about, to be the talk of the town
faire parler la poudre: to let guns do the talking; to settle the argument with guns
faire part: to inform, to tell
faire partie: to be part
faire partie intégrante: to be an integral part, to be part and parcel
faire passer un chameau par le chas d'une aiguille: to get a camel through the eye of a needle
faire peau neuve: to get a facelift, to get a makeover
faire peine à voir: to be a sorry sight, to look pitiful
faire pencher la balance: to tip the scales (to turn to one side a balanced situation)
faire peu de cas: to neglect, to disregard, to consider trivial
faire peur: to frighten
faire peur à voir: to look a fright, to look terrible
faire pipi: to wee (urinate)
faire pitié: to be pathetic, to look pitiful, to inspire compassion, to arouse pity, to tug at someone's heartstrings
faire pièce: to thwart, to stymie, to foil
faire place: to give way; to make way
faire place nette: to make a clean sweep, to clear up, to get rid of everything that's unwanted or no longer needed; to clear the way, to make room
faire plaisir: to please, to do something nice for, to cheer up, to keep or make (someone) happy; to indulge oneself, to give oneself a treat
faire pleurer Margot: to elicit sympathy by being overdramatic and playing to people's feelings
faire pleurer dans les chaumières: to elicit sympathy by being overdramatic and playing to people's feelings, to be tearjerking
faire pleurer le colosse: to pee, urinate
faire polémique: to be controversial, to be a source of contention
faire popo: to poop
faire pression: to put pressure, to pressure, to lobby
faire preuve: to show, to demonstrate, to display
faire profil bas: to keep a low profile, to lie low
faire présent: to give for free, to gift, to present
faire pschitt: to peter out
faire pâle figure: to pale in comparison (with), not to hold a candle (to)
faire pénitence: to do penance, to expiate one's sins, to admit one's faults, to acknowledge one's faults
faire péter: Cause something to break or explode; blow up something; to pass, to hand something (for the speaker's enjoyment)
faire que fou: to act like a madman, to act crazy
faire que sage: to act wisely
faire rage: to rage (to move with great violence)
faire recette: to be a success and a source of revenue, to be popular and profitable
faire relâche: to moor, to make a stopover, to stop off (somewhere)
faire rinque de: to have just done
faire ripaille: to feast, to gourmandise, to make a pig of oneself
faire route: to advance, move, travel
faire réflexion: to reflect that, to ponder over the fact that, to consider that, to figure that
faire référence: to refer; to allude
faire régime: to be on a diet
faire sa B.A.: to score brownie points
faire sa diva: to act like a diva
faire sa fête: to haul over the coals, to dress down; to kick (someone's) ass, to beat severely
faire saillie: to protrude, to stick out
faire salle comble: to sell out, to have a full house (for an event to be so well attended that there is no room left in the venue)
faire sans: to do without, to make do without something
faire sauter: make jump; blow up; toss up; fry, toss in the pan
faire sauter la banque: break the bank