passer

passer [pɑse] vi (= se rendre, aller) → to go; [voiture, piétons] (= défiler); to pass (by), go by (= faire une halte rapide) [facteur, laitier etc] → to come, call: (pour rendre visite) → to call ou drop in; [courant, air, lumière], (= franchir un obstacle etc); to get through; [accusé, projet de loi];

passer devant → to come before; [film, émission] → to be on; [temps, jours] → to pass, go by; [liquide, café] → to go through (= être digéré, avalé); to go down; [couleur, papier] → to fade; [mode] → to die out; [douleur] → to pass, go away;

(Cartes) → to pass;

(Scol) → to go up (to the next class) (= devenir);

passer président → to be appointed ou become president vt [+ frontière, rivière etc] → to cross [+ douane]; to go through [+ examen]; to sit, take [+ visite médicale etc]; to have [+ journée, temps]; to spend (= donner);

passer qch à qn → to pass sth to sb; to give sb sth (= transmettre);

passer qch à qn → to pass sth on to sb (= enfiler) [+ vêtement] → to slip on (= faire entrer, mettre);

(faire) passer qch dans/par → to get sth into/through [+ café]; to pour the water on [+ thé, soupe]; to strain [+ film, pièce]; to show, put on [+ disque]; to play, put on [+ marché, accord]; to agree on (= tolérer);

passer qch à qn → to let sb get away with sth;

se passer vi (= avoir lieu) [scène, action] → to take place (= se dérouler) [entretien etc] → to go (= arriver);

que s'est-il passé? → what happened? (= s'écouler) [semaine etc] → to pass, go by;

se passer de vt → to go ou do without;

se passer les mains sous l'eau/de l'eau sur le visage → to put one's hands under the tap/run water over one's face;

en passant → in passing;

passer par → to go through;

passez devant/par ici → go in front/this way;

passer sur vt [+ faute, détail inutile] → to pass over;

passer dans les mœurs/l'usage → to become the custom/normal usage;

passer avant qch/qn (fig) → to come before sth/sb;

laisser passer [+ air, lumière, personne] → to let through [+ occasion]; to let slip, miss [+ erreur]; to overlook;

faire passer [+ message] → to get over ou across;

faire passer à qn le goût de qch → to cure sb of his (ou her) taste for sth;

passer à la radio/fouille → to be X-rayed/searched;

passer à la radio/télévision → to be on the radio/on television;

passer à table → to sit down to eat;

passer au salon → to go through to ou into the sitting room;

passer à l'opposition → to go over to the opposition;

passer aux aveux → to confess, make a confession;

passer à l'action → to go into action;

passer pour riche → to be taken for a rich man;

il passait pour avoir → he was said to have;

faire passer qn/qch pour → to make sb/sth out to be;

passe encore de le penser, mais de le dire! → it's one thing to think it, but to say it!;

passons! → let's say no more (about it);

et j'en passe! → and that's not all!;

passer en seconde, passer la seconde (Auto) → to change into second;

passer qch en fraude → to smuggle sth in (ou out);

passer la main par la portière → to stick one's hand out of the door;

passer le balai/l'aspirateur → to sweep up/hoover;

passer commande/la parole à qn → to hand over to sb;

je vous passe M. X (= je vous mets en communication avec lui) → I'm putting you through to Mr X (= je lui passe l'appareil); here is Mr X, I'll hand you over to Mr X;

passer prendre → to (come and) collect