French vocabulary
| perdre | to lose | |
| perdre la boule | to lose [one's] marbles | |
| perdre le Nord | to get confused | |
| perdre le fil | to lose track | |
| perdre une occasion | to miss an opportunity | |
| perdre de vue [quelque chose] | to lose sight of [something] | |
| en perdre son latin | to be unable to make heads or tails of something | |
| perdre la face | to lose face | |
| perdre du temps | to waste time |