avoir le feu sacré
/a.vwaʁ lə fø sa.kʁe/
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- a le feu sacré
- past
- a eu le feu sacré
- perfect
- eu le feu sacré
Meaning
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to have the fire within, be passionate
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Cette enseignante a le feu sacré depuis toujours.
This teacher has always had the fire within.
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Cette institutrice avait le feu sacré depuis ses débuts, trente ans plus tôt. Ses élèves le sentaient dès le premier cours.
That teacher had had the fire within since she started, thirty years earlier. Her students could feel it from the very first class.
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Practice
1 What does avoir le feu sacré mean?
to have the fire within, be passionate
2 Fill the gap: Cette enseignante a le feu ___ depuis toujours.
Full sentence: Cette enseignante a le feu sacré depuis toujours. (This teacher has always had the fire within.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches avoir le feu sacré?
avoir le feu sacré: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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