Here are some examples: "Dépaysement" = when you feel like you are in an unfamiliar place, very different from what you know. It usually has a positive connotation, for example when you travel on holidays. "L'appel du vide" (literally the call of the emptiness) = the instinctive urge to jump from high places. "Les retrouvailles" = when you didn't see someone for a while and you meet again. It express not only the action but all the specific feelings and behaviours that comes with it. "ça va chauffer!" (literally: it's going to get hot) = something went wrong and there will be a fight/argument soon. I would add something I find really funny: Filer à l'anglaise = take French leave. I hope that will help :-) Nadia

Hi Helen. Totally, sometimes I feel frustrated when I have a word in French in mind but can't find the equivalent in English and vice versa. Most of the time it happens with expressions. The one that I like to translate from French to English is one that I say for fun because it sounds funny in English and makes absolutely no sense . It's " les doigts dans le nez" which means it's super easy to do. The translation in English would be " Fingers in the nose" ... :D