dire

dire [diʀ] nm au dire de → according to;

leurs dires → what they say vt → to say [+ secret, mensonge]; to tell;

dire l'heure/la vérité → to tell the time/the truth;

dis pardon/merci → say sorry/thank you;

dire qch à qn → to tell sb sth;

dire à qn qu'il fasse ou de faire → to tell sb to do;

dire que → to say that;

on dit que → they say that;

comme on dit → as they say;

on dirait que → it looks (ou sounds etc) as though;

on dirait du vin → you'd ou one would think it was wine;

que dites-vous de (= penser) → what do you think of;

si cela lui dit → if he feels like it, if he fancies it;

cela ne me dit rien → that doesn't appeal to me;

à vrai dire → truth to tell;

pour ainsi dire → so to speak;

cela va sans dire → that goes without saying;

dis donc!, dites donc! (pour attirer l'attention) → hey! (= au fait); by the way;

et dire que ... → and to think that ...;

ceci ou cela dit → that being said (= à ces mots); whereupon;

c'est dit, voilà qui est dit → so that's settled;

il n'y a pas à dire → there's no getting away from it;

c'est dire si ... → that just shows that ...;

c'est beaucoup/peu dire → that's saying a lot/not saying much;

se dire vi (à soi-même) → to say to oneself (= se prétendre);

se dire malade etc → to say (that) one is ill etc;

ça se dit ... en anglais → that is ... in English;

cela ne se dit pas comme ça → you don't say it like that;

se dire au revoir → to say goodbye (to each other)