L'immigration Flashcards
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fan (waving), range
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l’éventail
on the range there are peacocks with an even tail
2
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totally relaxed
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les doigts de pieds en éventail
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unravel/undo
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détricoter
un-knit
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ineffective
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inopérant
this doctor is ineffective in operations
5
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be power-hungry, overly ambitious
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avoir les dents qui rayent le parquet
so power-hungry that you eat the floor - have teeth long enough to reach the floor
6
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Public Prosecutors department
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le parquet
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breaking the thermometer (blaming the tools for bad work, changing the measuring system to make a problem go away)
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Ce n’est pas en cassant le thermomètre qu’on fait tomber la fièvre.
(it’s not by breaking the thermometer that we make fall the fever)
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covertly
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subrepticement
under the reptiles made of cement gangsters meet
9
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withdrawal into oneself
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repli sur soi
don’t want to reply
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hit like a ton of bricks
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tomber comme un couperet
fall like a guillotine
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guillotine blade
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le couperet
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straightaway, right away
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d’emblée
I’ll nom with wheat (ble) straight away
13
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hold up (bank)
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braquer
break in
14
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uncultivated land
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la friche
on peut trouver du fric sur la friche et etre riches (comme Bouratino)
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crack
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le interstice
crack in the sky appeared when jesus was interred during the solstice
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housing stock
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le parc de logement
park of lodgings available for picking
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work, slog away
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bosser
if you slog away, you can become a boss
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seal, conclude
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sceller
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intending to intimidate or show strength
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a coups de menton
with a blow of the stuck-out chin
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get round, overcome, cover up
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pallier
pal, you’ll help me cover this murder up so we can overcome the problem of jail? yee
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cover the costs
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assumer les coûts
you can’t just assume we can cover the costs
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family reunification
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le regroupement familiale
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commited
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commi
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disposable
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jetable
throwawayable
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well ahead
loin devant
| my loins are deviant and far ahead of you
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mate
un pote
| got a mate in a pot - cannibalism
27
to disturb
déranger
| don't disturb the ranger Aragorn
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on the other hand
en contrepartie
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thin-skinned, sensitive
a fleur de peau
| a skin made of flowers
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in this respect
a son egard
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report
le rapport
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someone who is surveyed
un sonde
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rioters
les emeutiers
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facial features
les facies
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official, compulsory
d'office
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well anyway
enfin bref
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socioeconomic category
la categorie socioprofessionnelle
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I can't do anything about it
je n'y peux rien
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to the city and the world
urbi et orbi
| to the urbans and to the orb
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holding your breath
l’apnée
| an app for holding your breath when you are born
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absolute must
le passage oblige
| you are obliged to take this passage - there's some lovely flower ships there
42
with no change
brut de pomme/brut de fonderie", "brut de décoffrage"
| brutally apple
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become angrily easily
etre soupe au lait
| angry because there's soup in my milk
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not be naive
ne pas etre ne de la derniere pluie
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be a bit crazy
avoir un petit velo dans la tete
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too smart to fall for something, to know better than that
Pas folle, la guêpe!
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forget everything
avoir la tete comme une passoire
| have a head like a colander
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self-confident in a pretentious way
se regarder le nombril
| look intro your navel
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be of a low intellectual level
voler bas
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to beat fast (heart) (have your heart in your throat)
battre la chamade
| the drumming champ made it, got first place, heart racing
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show your reaction
accuser le coup
| I accuse you of this coup!
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get better after a problem/illness
reprende du poil de la bête
| the rescued dog started growing beast hair again
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get fed up
la moutarde me monte au nez
| I'm really fed up with this mustard plant climbing into my nose
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dazed by knocking against something
en voir 36 chandelles
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in the same way
au meme titre
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top of the range
haute de gamme
| highest gama
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week
la semaine
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forest
la foret
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by chance
au hasard
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a problem
un problème
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sunny
ensoleille
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be pre-occupied with something
etre aux prises avec qqch
| pre-occupied with polishing all my prizes
63
established
acquis
| Atlantis was an established aquatic city
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the living environment
cadre de vie
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third
un tiers
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in this capacity
a ce titre
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already
d'ores et deja
| the oars are already on the bank
68
bask in sun (lounge), crack
lézarder
| if lizards bask in the sun too long, their skin starts to crack
69
solemn, pompous
solennel
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tombola, lucky draw
le tirage au sort
| the university of the Third Age holds a sort of lucky draw for who can get in
71
advise, recommend, encourage
preconiser
| he's a pretty big con, he advised me to be a miser
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typing machine (to type)
le dactylographiant
| pterodactyl typing graphic novels on a typing machine
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housewarming, hanging
la pendaison
| I'll give you this season's pendant for the housewarming, and then hang you by it -- anna wintour
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surrender
capituler
| put your hat up in the air
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self-sufficiency
la autarcie
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direct debit, sample, swab
le prélèvement
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ensure that
faire en sorte que
| i'l sort it out, i'll ensure that it works
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on the sly
en catamini
| the cat puts on a mini dress on the sly
79
with trust
les yeux fermes
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follow, ensue, come out, stem from
découler
| flow straight from the cooler
81
work for peanuts
travailler pour des clopinettes
| work for crappy net profits
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identity theft
l'usurpation d'identite
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assault, bullying
le harcèlement
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damage to property
l'agression a main armee
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l'agression a l'arme blanche
knife attack
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hold-ups
les braquages
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shop-lifting
le vol a l'etalage
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school drop-out
le décrochage scolaire
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parental neglect
la démission parentale
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anti-crime squad
la BAC
| anti-crime squad against kids who don't pass the bac
91
riot squad
le CRS
| are you seriously sending in the riot squad?
92
priority education zone
la ZEP
| we need to make the kids zip up their studies
93
job centre
le pole emploi
| job centre on the North pole for polar bears
94
hotspot
la zone sensible
| this isn't a sensible zone, lots of fights
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rent
le loyer
| lawyers can weasel out of rent
96
suspended
avec sursis
| you have to look on your sis, so your sestence is suspended
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left to their own devices
livres a eux-memes
| left to their own devices with the books
98
feel, experience
eprouver
| can you prove that you've felt love?
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be bullied/assaulted
se faire harceler
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work, strive for
œuvrer
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to enjoy/benefit from
jouir de
| get joy from
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go along, walk along, go the length of
longer
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proliferate/multiply
pulluler
| pull proliferating eulers out of a hat
104
aimlessly
sans but précis
| without a specific goal
105
on (two) occasions
a deux reprises
| at two reprisals
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package, presence, measures, plan
le dispositif
| we must take measures to dispose of these packages
107
police presence
le dispositif policiere
| dispose of criminals through a police presence
108
prize list, list of hits
le palmarès
| the Palme d’or goes to a film about the ‘res’ (indian reserve), it’s got a long prize list
109
touched, filled with emotion
ému
| emu is filled with emotion
110
frail, unstable
précaire (precarious)
111
spread, communicate
propager (propagate)
112
beam (wood)
la poutre
| pudra (rouge) on a beam of wood
113
rotten, decayed, lousy (fam), corrupt
pourri
| the pot pourri in the bathroom of corrupt officials is totally decayed
114
rotten to the core
pourri jusqu’à la moelle
| moe’s wife, she is rotten until the marrow
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spoiled rotten
pourri gate
| kid puts poo on his rice, no punisment, he’s spoiled rotten
116
stroller, shopping cart
la poussette
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gush, spout (water), mushroom, spring up
jaillir
| broke the plumbing to escape from jail, water gushing out ; later on, mushrooms spring up
118
spring to mind, brainwave
jaillir de (son) cerveau
| escape from the jail of your brain
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coconut palm
le cocotier
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gust, barrage, torrent
la rafale
| torrent/barrage of rafael nadal’s forehands
121
wooded countryside
le bocage
| aged book about the wooded countryside
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batch, group
la fournée (batch of furniture)
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malveillant
malevolent
124
lifejacket
le gilet de sauvetage
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short
haut comme trois pommes
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racket, row, commotion (fam)
le boucan
| row between the books in the library over one book
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casual worker
le intermittent
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temporary show business worker
intermittent du spectacle
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bring my contribution
apporter mon petit pierre à l’édifice
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woodland forest (adjective)
sylvestre
| sylvestre stallone taking a woodland walk
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conservatism, nationalism, centralized govt
gaullisme
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person who goes to confession
pénitent
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cassock
la soutane
| tanned legs under the cassock
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chestnut-coloured horse/salad herb
sorrel
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prayer book
missel
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shake yourself, snort
s’ébrouer
| this brute of a dog is snorting and shaking himself
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decipher, sight read
déchiffrer
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in the centre/heart of
en plein cœur de
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stranglehold, dominance
la mainmise
| hand put on throat
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ground rent (building owner paying land owner rent)
foncière
| The Fonz owns the building, has to pay rent yerr
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interbreeding, melting pot
le métissage
| put in a melting pot with sage
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impoverish
appauvrir
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enter the Church
prendre la soutane
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hair (mass), comet tail
la chevelure
| horse lures comet tail after it with his hair
145
sway
chalouper
| a wolf sways doing the cha cha
146
chilled out, cushy (job)
peinard
| being payed for not doing anything hard
147
someone who doesnt live in the cites
excitadin
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to be way off the mark
être a cote de la plaque
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penis, cane
la verge
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wear and tear, erosion
la usure
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be sandwiched
être pris en sandwich
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chef, cook (argot)
le cuistot
the chef cooks early
153
skull, head (fam)
le crane
| the cranium
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gossip about, scorn smth
gloser
155
hen, chicken, cheap perfume
la cocotte
| cocococo
156
simmer, (inf.) plot scheme
mijoter
| midgets simmering in a pot and scheming
157
rifraff, scum
la racaille
| the scum is stealing chicken wings from the rack
158
brash, boastful military person
traîne-sabre
159
duck-billed platypus
le ornithorynque
| thor has an ornate-billed platypus that he fucks
160
octopus
la poulpe
| ocotpus ground into a pulp
161
marshall
le marechal
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cool, well-ventilated area where dishes are stocke
garde-manger
163
edible
comestible
| is this comet digestible?
164
salicornia (sea bean, succulent, grows in marshed and salt)
la salicrone
165
severity, harshness
la rudesse
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deficiency
la carence
| this car has a deficiency, hence you cant use it
167
zipper
la fermeture eclair
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nettle
la ortie
| arty person making soup with nettle
169
chickweed
le mouron
| chicks die on weed
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alfalfa
la luzerne
| only losers eat alfalfa
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breadcrumbs
la chapelure
| breadcrumbs covering the chapel to lure pigeons into shoot them
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to lessen (risk), to grow slimmer (chances)
s'amenuiser
| the chance of this man becoming an asthmatic weezer are growing slimmer
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lard
le saindoux
| lard keeps me sane and gentle
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barley
la orge
| having an orgy with barley
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chestnut (fam), blow, punch, shock
la châtaigne
| a cat gets hit by a chestnut thrown by an aigneau
176
poaching
le braconnage
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(animal) game
le gibier
| glib about the amount of game you catch, yer?
178
leg (of lamb), leg (fam)
le gigot
| gigi eating a leg of lamb a lot
179
livestock, herd
le cheptel
| the shepherd has such a big herd!
180
stretch, spread yourseful out, roll out
étirer
| retirees stretching themselves out and rolling dough
181
wash
ébrouer
| bro, wash yourself, ey?
182
develop, grind
roder
| rider develops skill by grinding the hooves of his horse
183
settle in
se roder
| sit down on the road and settle in (protest)
184
used to
rode
185
dominate something
avoir la mainmise sur qqch
186
lifeboat, rowing boat
chaloupe
| charred (burnt) wolf in a lifeboat
187
orchard
le verger
| this orchard is verging on being a garden!
188
to wear somebody down
avoir qqn a l'usure
189
show off, act tough
craner
| smash bricks against your cranium to look tough
190
brainwashing, cramming
bourrage de crane
191
bourrer
stuff, fill, force-feed
| stuff yourself with butter
192
bourrer le cran a qqn
brainwash someone
193
shaved head
crane rase
194
time bomb
la cocotte-minute
| minute clucker
195
waiting period
delai de carence
196
have smth to worry about
avoir du mouron a se faire
| I have some chicks who are high on weed, have to worry about them
197
worry yourself sick
se faire du mouron
| worry yourself sick about the chicks high on weed
198
whack (fam)
châtaigner
| lamb hits a cat
199
draw lines on, crss out, eliminate, remove, scratch
rayer
200
gipsy
le gitan
| gipsy man playing guitar
201
to name just a few
pour n'en citer que quelqus'uns
202
headquarters
le haut-lieu
| headquarters on top of a clif (in a high place
203
to tell off
houspiller
| house md tells himself off for taking pills
