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broadly speaking, in the big picture
en gros
spread, extend, expand on
s’étendre
his dreads spread out as he expands on philosphy
high pressure washer
karcher
kreacher uses a high pressure washer to wash house
landmark, point of reference
la repère
I replied that the giant pear is the point of reference/landmark around here
even
pair
afflict someone with something
affliger qqn de qqch
curfew
le couvre-feux
tracksuit
survêtement
you put on a tracksuit on your clothes
clothing (adj)
vestimentaire
passion, enthusiasm, infatuation
le engouement
have someone in your tastes
small miff, humiliation
la microvexation
conduct, manner, method
le procédé
sucker, taken in
le dupe
fade
s’effacer
serve your sentenec
purger sa peine
serve your pain in purgatory
big shot, boss, whiz kid
le caïd
said is a crap big shot
imprisonment
l’enfermement
undertake, begin doing
entreprendre
the entrepeneur undertakes a purge of his company
lucky charm
porte-bonheur
maggot, worm
le ver
maggot in your glass
borrow smth
emprunter qqch a qqn
em borrow a prune a moi
loan smth
prêter qqch a qqn
loan a priest a moi
notice, identify, label
repérer
i notice that you were repairing the label - why?
who has lost their bearings
prive de repère
deprived of the landmark of the giant pear
g hand in hand with
aller de pair avec
without equal, unparalleled
hors pair
distress, upset
affliger
the damage is done
le ver est dans le fruit
the worm is in the fruit
bare-naked
nu comme ver
worm doing a naked striptease
shoe (a horse), hook, snare
ferrer
blacksmith
forgeron
as the crow flies (straight)
a vol d’oiseau
bereavement
le deuil
he saw a death and ojknyv
mourn or someone
faire le deuil de
younger (old-fashioned)
puîné
butcher, cork
le boucher
ebonie boucher is a butcher, put a cork in her
daring, reckless, foolhardy
téméraire
foolhardy mothers are rare
impassable, insurmountable
infranchissable
this french learning is insurmountable
most of all, above all
par-dessus tout
dr seuss values pairs of words above all
living
en vie
devour, gobble up
engouffrer
this goof gobbled himself up
dive into, rush into
s’engouffrer
goof rushed into his freres arms
put on fire
mettre en feu
care for
tenir a qqn
set ablaze
embraser
i could kiss you fro setting that house ablaze
dwarf
nain
nein, i am no dwarf, said hitler
twist, wriggle, get in a muddle
tortiller
mouse wriggling arround in my tortilla,in a muddle
a big fucking
un putain de gros
pour, shed
verser
shedding tears over this poet’s verses about pouring wine
bribe
verser des pots des vins
bribe
verser un sous-de-table a qqn
reach, get as far as
parvenir
what does it look like
a quoi ca rassemble
put-downs
vanne
put someone down over a having a ot fancy vanna
comeback
la repartie
yeah, well you repair cars for a living, i got to parties
manage, figure out
demerder
draw (water), collect, obtain
puiser
je puis draw water to collect gold
scheming, skulduggery
la magouille
marge scheming to put a grenouille in homer’s bed
shovel, snog, a fall (inf)
la pelle
pele shoveling dirt, snogged by a fan and alls down
adopt a populist stance
faire la demagogie
disperse, clear, distract
dissiper
distract the guard by sipping a cocktail suggestively, while we disperse the others
defy smth
se jouer de qqch
I defy the rules of this game, bit others
overloaded, overwhelmed
surcharge
this computer is running out of charge because its overhwhelmed
worthless, crummy, lousy
a deux balles
eat away at, wear down, undermine
miner
this minig job is eating away at the rock and wearing it down, undermining nature
french education department
le BEF
gun
flingue
fling guns at you instead of shooting them
mad, crazy
cingle
he’s single because he’s crazy
draw on one’s resources
puiser dans ses ressources
i can draw on my resources
work yourself to death, put great effort into
s’echiner
work like a dog to do chin plastic surgery
erase, reduce
gammer
erase all the colour gammes of the world
flagship, pioneer authority
phare
the pharo’s lighthous is a pioneer construction
last year of nurser school (5-6 years)
la grande section
a large section of children are in their last year of nursery school
base, pedestal
la socle
there’s a key inside the sock on the pedestal in the temple
seized, caught
saisi
revolt
la fronde
have a revolt at the front because the waves are too large to sail over
be in somebody’s cross-hairs
etre dans le collimateur de qqn
be in the same regard as the mature glue in somebody’s cupboard - to be taken out
dwell, reside, remain, stay
demeurer
when we’re dead, we reside in cofinns and stay there
develop, finalize
mettre au point
developing a points system for my students, to put them on their pointe shoes faster
sit (hold a post)
sieger
he sat at thje post of commander during the siege, and as they sieged they proclaimed it was won
to exasperate
horripiler
this horrible pile of un-ironed clothes exasperates me
nonsense, folly
la baliverne
going to bali to read jules verne is nonsense
partner in crime
compere
he’s my partner in cimr,e like a father
strive to do smth, make a point of
se faire fort de faire qqch
i strived to makea fort, to make a point of being a pirate
assumption, premise
le postulat
you just assume the post only takes those who failed the umat
thrash, beat, denounce
fustiger
first, i beat this tiger, then i denounced him as being like faust
stride
la foulee
stride out of the crowd, i’m no fool
support, back up
étayer
i’ll support whoever slays eta etat where they say yerr
all the more so
a fortiori
to scheme
magouiller
marge scheming to put a frog in homer’s bed
dime a dozen, by the dozen
a la pelle
those peles are a dime a dozen
clear up a misunderstanding
dissiper un malentendu
be decided
se jouer
this game will be decided by one player - penalty shooter
it’s up to you
a vous de jouer
shop around
faire jouer la concurrence
make the concurencija play for you; shopping around for a wedding band
pull strings
faire jouer ses relations
make your relatives play their networks to get you a job
turn misfortune into advantage
jouer a qui perd gagne
try to outwit
jouer au plus fin
try to outwit partner by playing with thinner cards and throwing two down at a time
be a party pooper
jouer les trouble-fête
widen the gap
creuser le fosse
drinking cruisers widens the gap between those who tell the truth and those who are fausse
not look good, much
ne pas payer de mine
i wouldnt pay for this mine, it doesn’t look much
gun down (fam)
flinguer
whip, sting (with words)
cingler
you’re single because your words sting people
set thinking, arouse suspiciouns
mettre la puce a l’oreille
having a flea in your ear should have aroused suspiciouns about the state of your ahir
see the glus half full
voir la verre a moitie plein plutôt qu’a moitie vide
hitch, snag, hiccup
un hic
grinding
la trituration
grinding your teeth at the treat your were rationed
slant, tilt, lean, beat around the bush
biaiser
beat around the bush because you’re biased to the conclusion
infant care home
la pouponniere
lots of dolls for the kids to play with in ther
be widely talked about
defraire la chronique
so many stories about you that they fray the pages of theDaily Chronic
outline
brosser a grand traits
briefly outline the big traitors of this operation - the ones who brush their teeeth
IQ
QI
be quick off the mark
demarrer/partir au quart de tour
the ballet dancer was a quarter of the way through the turn when she flew off
get things straight
mettre les choses au point
we have to get things straight about how sharp this knife point should be so it can stab things
insight
le eclaircissement
the lighting gave me some insight into what a sissy he was
contradict
nier qqch
take the word
prendre la parole
give out, put forward (opinion)
émettre
I put forward the opinion that the emissions we are giving out are uncacceptable
carry a judgement on smth
porter un jugement sur
express yourself, show
exterioser
to such an extent
a ce point
although (+subj), whatever
quoique
tease
agacer
Agnes teases me about being a gay sermon preacher
stammering, early stages, infancy
le balbultiement
in the infancy of the light bulb, the moment it lit up all they could do was stammer
have the experience of
faire l’experience de
stray, divert, wander
dévier
enclosed
clos
define (an idea)
délimiter
(put some limits on your thesis idea, it’s undefined0
in bold print
en caractere gros
gross characters type in bold print
pronto
illico
write the illiad, with a company i can do it pronto
namely that
a savoir que
while you’re at it
dans la foulee
while you’re in the foule, can you pickpocket some people
smell a rat, something is afoot
sentir qu’il y a anguille sous roche
I feel the eel under the rock!
behind closed doors
a huis clos
behind eight closed doors, they scheme
in a vacuum, cocooned
en vase clos
we do not exist in a vase, cocconed from the world
Harm, adversary affect
Porter atteint à
the porter’s use of a bag tainted with cyanide harmed his reputation
to provide someone with
nantir qqn de
Nancy wake provided the soldiers with bullets with which to tire
Whirlwind, turbulence, whirl
le tourbillon
Whirlwind picked up the tour d’effel with all the billionaires inside
Hunt down, pursue; battle (lit)
pourchasser
Poor chaser are bring hunted down by the conservatives
Shopping bag, basket
le cabas
put a cab and a bass guitar in you basket and go off to the market
Puppet, inconsequential (adj)
Fantoche
The fan’a lighting of a puppet on fire with a torch was inconsequential to the concert
denunciation, informing
la délation
there was a delay for being denounced for not engaging in ablation of hair
postbox
la boîte aux lettres
Crate, chamber
la caisson
Hey son let’s sleep in this crate with the guitar cases
Rubber
le caoutchouc
the chook gets a good workout trying to peck rubber apart
Ease, dull, alleviate
atténuer
attend to you to ease your pain
deprivation, barrenness, destitution
le dénuement
I was deprived of my clothes and destitute in my nue moment
Put forward (excuse, pretext), claim
alléguer
Be struck by lightning; devastate, hit hard
Foudroyer
Rover was out looking for food and got struck by lightning
glare at
foudroyer du regard
