Colloquial Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Discuter/Tailler le bout de gras

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To chew the fat

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Bout de chou/zan

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Toddler (enfant)

Sweetie/Poppet (en appellatif)

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Mettre les bouts (très familier)

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To make oneself scarce

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Un (petit) bout d’homme/femme

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A little man/woman

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Ça fait un bon bout de temps ça (familier)

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It was quite a long time ago/a while back

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S’asseoir du bout des fesses

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To sit down gingerly

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S’en aller par tous les bouts

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To fall/come to pieces

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Se régaler

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To love (food)
To enjoy
To relish

Ce cassoulet est délicieux, je me régale.
I love it!
(déguster la nourriture- as an exclamation)

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Régaler (familier)

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To treat (offrir à boire et à manger)

To pay

*Note: although the verbs are used, most people would use a noun, e.g. :C’est moi qui régale= It’s my treat / It’s my shout/ It’s on me

Allez, venez, aujourd’hui c’est moi qui régale!
I’m treating.

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Les conneries (fpl)

très familier offensive!

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Bullshit

Crap
vulgaire (discours stupide) stupid talk, nonsense vulgar

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Raconter des conneries

vugaire slang

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To bullshit

slang talk bulls***/crap v

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Malsain (adj)

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(pervers, morbide) macabre, morbid adj
informal sick adj
Sa curiosité malsaine me dérange.

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