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1 casse-tête
casse-tête (plural casse-têtes) [kαstεt]masculine noun( = problème difficile) headache ; ( = jeu) brain-teaser* * *kastɛt* * *kɒstɛt nm inv(problème: jeu) brain teaser, (= difficultés) headache ** * *casse-tête nm inv2 (jeu, devinette) puzzle;3 ( massue) club.casse-tête chinois Jeux Chinese puzzle.[kastɛt] nom masculin invariableorganiser cette réception, c'était un vrai casse-tête! what a headache it was organizing that party! -
2 colle
n. f.1. 'Stodge', stodgy food.2. 'Stumper', 'poser', brain-teaser. Philippe, il faut toujours qu'il pose des colles! He always likes to quiz you with the unanswerable, does Philip!4. (sch.): Detention. Prendre une colle: To cop detention.5. Quelle colle!a (of person): What a bore!b (of situation, event): What a drag!6. Ménage à la colle: 'Open marriage', commonlaw marriage.7. Faites chauffer la colle! (Stock humorous phrase said when someone breaks crockery): Go on, break up the happy home!8. Chier dans la colle: To 'lay it on a bit thick', to exaggerate.9. C'est de la colle! It's bunkum! — Poppycock!10. Combat à la colle (Boxing): 'Duff contest', phoney fight.
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