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scruter: to scrutinise, scrutinize, put under the microscope
scrutin: ballot; poll; voting
scrutin d'arrondissement: a system of election in France where the voter voted only for a local candidate or candidates
scrutin de liste: Before World War I, a system of election of national representatives in France by which the electors of a department voted for all the deputies to be elected in that department. It was comparable with the general ticket
scrutin majoritaire uninominal à un tour: first past the post
sculpter: to sculpt
sculpteur: sculptor
sculptural: sculptural
sculpturalement: sculpturally
sculpture: sculpture
scutaire: squire
scutellaire: scutellar
scutellaire: skullcap (Scutellaria)
scutellaire blanchâtre: hoary skullcap (Scutellaria incana) L.
scutellarine: scutellarin
scutellum: scutellum
scutiforme: scutiform
scyphe: scyphus (a kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people)
scythe: Scythian
scythique: Scythian
scythiser: to Scythianize
scène: stage (where performances are held); scene (all senses); drama, the theater (as an art form)
scène de crime: crime scene (the location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner)
scène de ménage: domestic fight, domestic row, family tiff, family quarrel, scene
scédasticité: scedasticity
scédastique: scedastic
scélérat: villainous, evildoing
scélérat: villain, criminal, scoundrel; evildoer
scélératement: villainously
scélératesse: villainy
scénario: script; screenplay; scenario (all meanings)
scénario catastrophe: disaster scenario, worst case scenario
scénarisation: screenwriting
scénariser: to screenwrite (write a screenplay)
scénariste: screenwriter, scriptwriter
scénaristique: scriptwriting
scénique: of a theatrical scene
scéniquement: scenically
scénographe: scenographer
scénographie: scenography
scénographique: scenographic
scénographiquement: scenographically
scénologie: scenology
se: The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.; The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
se barrer: to leave, clear off
se battre comme des chiffonniers: to go at it hammer and tongs (to fight very violently)
se battre contre des moulins à vent: to tilt at windmills
se battre les couilles de: to not give a fuck about (something or someone)
se beurrer la biscotte: to relax, to kick up one's heels
se bourrer la gueule: to get wasted, to get hammered, to get shitfaced
se branler comme de l'an quarante de: synonym of se moquer comme de l'an quarante de
se brûler les ailes: to get burnt as a result of flying too close to the sun
se casser: to get lost, go away, leave
se casser la nénette: to reflect intensively on, to deliberate
se casser la tête: to cudgel one's brain, to puzzle over something; to go to a lot of trouble over something
se casser le cul: to bust one's arse; to work extremely hard; to push oneself to the limit
se changer les idées: to start a new activity in order to change one's state of mind, to take a break from doing something boring or to escape from a displeasing situation
se cogner: to bump oneself
se compliquer la vie: to make life difficult for oneself, to make things difficult for oneself, to overcomplicate things
se coucher avec les poules: to go to bed with the sun, to go to bed with the chickens