frais

frais [fʀɛ, fʀɛʃ] adj [air, eau, accueil] → cool; [petit pois, œufs, nouvelles, couleur, troupes] → fresh;

le voilà frais! → he's in a (right) mess! adv (= récemment) → newly, fresh(ly);

il fait frais → it's cool;

servir frais → chill before serving, serve chilled nm mettre au frais → to put in a cool place;

prendre le frais → to take a breath of cool air nmpl (= débours) → expenses;

(Comm) → costs; charges;

faire des frais → to spend; to go to a lot of expense;

faire les frais de → to bear the brunt of;

faire les frais de la conversation (= parler) → to do most of the talking (= en être le sujet); to be the topic of conversation;

il en a été pour ses frais → he could have spared himself the trouble;

rentrer dans ses frais → to recover one's expenses;

frais de déplacement → travel(ling) expenses;

frais d'entretien → upkeep;

frais généraux → overheads;

frais de scolarité → school fees, tuition (US)