In a group leap, the French jumped out of their seats like a jack-in-the-box.
In 2008 Domino's Pizza, an American home-delivery firm, saw its French sales jump by 31%, as its outlets spread across the country like melting mozzarella.
The French press jumped on the snub.
A few years later, other French aeronauts jumped from balloons.
"The French banks jumped too soon," said a banker involved in the discussions.
Mr. Sarkozy's announcement coincided with the release of a report showing that French unemployment jumped to 10 percent in the fourth quarter, its highest level in 10 years, a worry for his party ahead of regional elections later this month.
WHILE we were starting to get used to dining in exquisiteness, when our hotel proprietor told us about Al Fassia, a restaurant in Gueliz, the new section of the city that was built by the French, we jumped.
Political opponents of the French leadership jumped at the opportunity to criticize Mr. Kouchner, a founder of the aid organization Doctors Without Borders and a former United Nations administrator for Kosovo.
We were hoping Gary Lineker would close in on Bobby Charlton's record, when there was an incident in which some crazy French man jumped up and kicked Neil Webb in the chest – not as violently as he did at Palace, but nonetheless, a fly kick is a fly kick.
It sounds unlikely that a big French company jumps on the opportunity to get in the now highly competitive telecom market — margins are very small now.
