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3,347 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

la musique adoucit les mœurs: music soothes the savage beast, music has charms to soothe the savage beast
la nuit des temps: the mists of time, time immemorial
la nuit porte conseil: sleep on it! (it's better to examine things in the cold light of day)
la nuit, tous les chats sont gris: all cats are gray in the dark
la nécessité est la mère de l'invention: necessity is the mother of invention
la parole est d'argent, le silence est d'or: speech is silver, silence is golden
la perfection n'est pas de ce monde: perfection does not exist
la pièce est tombée: the penny has dropped
la plume est plus forte que l'épée: the pen is mightier than the sword
la plus grande distinction: highest honours, first-class honours
la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l'arbre: the apple does not fall far from the tree
la queue entre les jambes: with one's tail between one's legs
la raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure: might makes right, might is right
la roue tourne: the Wheel of Fortune goes round and round (things don't/won't stay the same; while someone's luck runs out, someone else's hour will come); the tide is turning
la tête dans le guidon: synonym of le nez dans le guidon
la tête haute: with one's head held high (proudly, with pride)
la tête la première: headfirst, headlong
la vache: Exclamation of surprise or astonishment: crap!, dammit!, shucks! holy cow!
la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid: revenge is a dish best served cold (revenge is best or most satisfying when delayed, when the person whom one wants to exact revenge from won't have any inkling that something is coming their way)
la vie n'est pas un long fleuve tranquille: life is not all beer and skittles
la vérité est dans le vin: in wine, there is truth (things said under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs not expressed when sober)
la vérité finit toujours par triompher: a lie has no legs
la vérité sort de la bouche des enfants: out of the mouths of babes comes truth
labanotation: labanotation
labarum: labarum
labbe: skua
labdanum: labdanum
label: quality label; record label
labellisation: labeling
labelliser: to label; to approve, to give official status to
labeur: toil
labeur sans soin, labeur de rien: Labour without care, is labour for naught.
labeurer: to toil (struggle)
labferment: rennet
labial: labial
labialisation: labialisation
labialiser: to labialize
labile: labile
labilité: fleetingness, transience; lability
labiodental: labiodental
labiodentale: labiodental
labioplastie: labiaplasty
labiovélaire: labiovelar
labium: labium
labiée: any of various plants in the family Lamiaceae
labné: labneh
labo: lab (laboratory)
laborant: Working, laboring
laborantin: laboratory assistant / technician
laborantine: laboratory worker
laboratoire: laboratory
laboratoire d'idées: think tank (a group which performs research and develops reports and recommendations)
laboreur: a (male) worker or laborer
laborieusement: laboriously (with great expenditure of effort)
laborieux: laborious, painstaking
labour: cultivation, ploughing
labourable: ploughable, cultivable
labourage: ploughing / plowing
labourer: to plough
laboureur: ploughman; plowman