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Translation for 'a stone's throw away' from English to French

	à un jet de pierre `{adj}`	a stone's throw away `[idiom]`
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	juste à deux pas `{adv}` `[fig.]`	within a stone's throw `[fig.]`
	n'être qu'à deux pas de qc. `[loc.]`	to be only a stone's throw from sth. `[idiom]`
	jet `{m}` de pierre	stone's throw
	jeux se défausser d'une carte	to throw away a card
	gâcher qc. `[vie, talent]`	to throw sth. away
	fin. jeter l'argent par les fenêtres	to throw money away
	jeter qc. `[mettre au rebut]`	to throw sth. away
	anat. se pendre au cou de qn.	to throw one's arms around sb.'s neck
	méd. avoir une attaque	to throw a fit
	donner une fête	to throw a party
	jeux faire un cinq `[avec un dé]`	to throw a five `[dice]`
	faire un caprice	to throw a tantrum `[coll.]`
	faire une fête `[fam.]`	to throw a party `[coll.]`
	anat. rejeter la tête	to throw one's head back
	se découvrir `[perdre ses couvertures]`	to throw off one's bedclothes
	tendre la perche à qn. `[fig.]`	to throw sb. a line `[fig.]`
	se jeter du haut d'un pont	to throw oneself off a bridge
	éclairer une situation	to throw light on a situation
	faire un caprice	to throw a temper tantrum `[coll.]`
	se jeter aux pieds de qn.	to throw oneself at sb.'s feet

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Translation for 'a stone's throw away' from English to French

a stone's throw away [idiom]: à un jet de pierre {adj}
within a stone's throw [fig.]: juste à deux pas {adv} [fig.]
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to be only a stone's throw from sth. [idiom]: n'être qu'à deux pas de qc. [loc.]
stone's throw: jet {m} de pierre
to throw away a card: se défausser d'une cartejeux
to throw sth. away: gâcher qc. [vie, talent]

jeter qc. [mettre au rebut]
to throw money away: jeter l'argent par les fenêtresfin.
to throw one's arms around sb.'s neck: se pendre au cou de qn.anat.
to throw a fit: avoir une attaqueméd.
to throw a party: donner une fête
to throw a five [dice]: faire un cinq [avec un dé]jeux
to throw a tantrum [coll.]: faire un caprice
to throw a party [coll.]: faire une fête [fam.]
to throw one's head back: rejeter la têteanat.
to throw off one's bedclothes: se découvrir [perdre ses couvertures]
to throw sb. a line [fig.]: tendre la perche à qn. [fig.]
to throw oneself off a bridge: se jeter du haut d'un pont
to throw light on a situation: éclairer une situation
to throw a temper tantrum [coll.]: faire un caprice
to throw oneself at sb.'s feet: se jeter aux pieds de qn.

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