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Québec Expressions Flashcards

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Attache ta tuque!

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Hold on/ get ready!

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Ton jeu piano

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Your piano playing

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Accrocher ses patins

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Hang up your skates

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4
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Now

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À c’t’heure

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À la revoyure

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À plus tard
see you later

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Hold on

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Attache ta tuque

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7
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Have trouble with

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Avoir de la misère à

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8
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To have a sweet tooth

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Avoir le bec sucré

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Being tired as soon as you wake up

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Avoir les yeux dans la graisse de bines

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Beau temps, mauvaise temps

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To express that something will happen no matter what

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Les bottines doivent suivre les babines

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An expression that means actions must follow words

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Broche-à-foin

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A poorly designed object or poorly organisée event (haywire?)

‘Le souper-bénéfice était vraiment broche-à-foin!’

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13
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Il freaking out!
Good and bad connotation

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Je capote

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14
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Une bibitte

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A bug

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15
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Let’s goo

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Aweille / let’s goo

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16
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The king of the jungle

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Le bosse des bécosse

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Embarquer

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To head off on transportation

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18
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Chauffer

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To drive

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19
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Décoller

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To take off (not by plane)

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20
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Nauséabond

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Nauseating

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Écœurant

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Mind blowing/ amazing / awful

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22
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Tu fais dur avec

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You look awful with

23
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Je te niaise

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Im pulling your leg

24
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Stop fooling around

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Arrête tes niaiseries

25
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Les nouilles ne sont pas toutes dans la soupe

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He’s not playing with a full deck

26
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Être habillé comme la chienne à Jacques

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To be a frumpy old fashioned person

27
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Pousse, mais pousse égal

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C’mon, don’t exaggerate

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Prends ton gaz égal

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Chill out

29
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Il dort au gaz

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He’s asleep at the wheel

30
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Prendre une brosse

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To get wasted

31
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That’s it I’m done

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Ça va faire

32
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That’s absurde

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C’est niaiseux

33
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Forced laugh

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Rire jaune

34
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C’est encore drôle

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To express the opposite of what was just said
We’ll see/ it’s not a done deal

35
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Cogner des clous

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When someone is really tired and trying to stay awake

J’ai passé ma journée à cogner des clous

36
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I’ll be in Montgomery

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J’t’a Montgomery

37
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Coudons

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What the hell (surprised)

38
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Expensive

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Dispendieux

39
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To be quick on your feet

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Être vite sur ses patins

40
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Don’t give up

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Lâche pas / lâche pas la patate

41
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He is totally wrong

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Il est dans les patates

42
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Terrifying

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Épeurant

43
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To exaggerate
He layed it on up real thick to be sure that…

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En beurrer épais
Il en a beurré épais pour être sure que…

44
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To ready oneself

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S’enligner

45
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Faire dur

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To have a ridiculous appearance
Mon char fait dur

46
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Fais (qqch) comme du monde

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Do (smthn) just like everything else / like a normal person

47
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Un fun noir

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À fun evening

48
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Chat

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Jaser

49
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On jase, là!

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To give assurance that it’s informal and you can let loose
´It’s just us’

50
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Un lâche

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A coward,

51
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Lâcher son fou

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To let off steam/ energy

52
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Damaged totaled

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Magané

53
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En masse

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A lot

Québec French (17 decks)

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