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s'entend: short for cela s'entend
s'envoyer en l'air: to get it on; to have a shag, to have sex
s'essayer à: to try out
s'habiller comme la chienne à Jacques: to dress very poorly and with little fashion sense, especially if wearing old or dilapidated clothes
s'il en est: if ever there was one
s'il te plait: post-1990 spelling of s'il te plaît
s'il te plaît: please; here you go, here you are
s'il vous plait: post-1990 spelling of s'il vous plaît
s'il vous plaît: please, if you please; here you go, here you are
s'infiltrer: to infiltrate
s'inscrire en faux: to challenge, to dispute the validity of; to flatly deny
s'occuper de: to take an interest in; to deal with, to concern oneself with; to look after; to get involved with
s'occuper de ses affaires: to mind one's own business
s'occuper de ses fesses: to mind one's own business
s'occuper de ses ognons: to mind one's own business
s'occuper de ses oignons: to mind one's own business
s'offrir en spectacle: synonym of se donner en spectacle
s'y casser les dents: to come up against a brick wall
s'y connaître: to know about, to have a good knowledge of
s'y perdre: to be lost in it.
s'y prendre: to go about
s'écouter parler: to like the sound of one's own voice (to smugly enjoy hearing oneself talking, to be more focused on how one talks than on one's interlocutor)
s'étirer les jambes: to stretch one's legs
s'évanouir dans la nature: to vanish, disappear without a trace, usually to hide or flee something
s. v. p.: synonym of SVP
s.v.p.: synonym of SVP
s/: abbreviation of sur
s/o: abbreviation of sans objet n/a (not applicable)
s/s: abbreviation of sous
sa mère: (so) fucking
sa mère: fuck!
sabadilline: synonym of vératrine
sabayon: zabaglione (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)
sabbat: Sabbath, biblical seventh day; witches' Sabbath, meeting of witches at midnight; noisy meeting
sabbataire: Relating to the celebration of God on the day of Sabbath
sabbataire: Christianized Jew who would respect the day of Sabbath; Sabbatarian, Christian respecting the day of Sabbath because it is not formally abolished by the Scriptures
sabbatique: sabbatical, related to the Sabbath; sabbatical, related to leave
sabbatiser: to observe the Sabbath
sabbatisme: Sabbatarianism
sabbatiste: related to Sabbatarianism
sabellianisme: Sabellianism
sabellique: Sabellian
sabine: savin (Juniperus sabina L.)
sabir: lingua franca, sabir
sablage: sanding; sandblasting
sable: sand
sable: the heraldic colour sable; black
sable mouvant: quicksand
sabler: to sand (cover with sand); to sandblast; to chug (drink quickly); to cut butter or fat into flour to form a pebbly mixture
sabler le champagne: to break out the bubbly, to crack open the bubbly, to bring out the champagne (to open a bottle of champagne in order to celebrate)
sableur: sander (person)
sableux: sandy
sablier: hourglass; egg timer
sablière: sand quarry; sandbox (on a train); lower purlin, at the bottom of a timber framing
sablon: sand
sablonner: to sand (cover with sand)
sablonneux: sandy
sablonnière: sandpit
sablé: sandy
sablé: biscuit sablé, shortbread