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1 croix
croix [kʀwa]feminine nouna. ( = objet, décoration) cross• pour le faire sortir, c'est la croix et la bannière (inf) it's a devil of a job to get him to go out (inf)b. ( = marque) cross• faire or mettre une croix devant un nom to put a cross by a name• si tu lui prêtes ton livre, tu peux faire une croix dessus ! (inf) if you lend him your book, you'll never see it again!c. ( = souffrance) chacun a or porte sa croix we all have our cross to bear* * *kʀwɑnom féminin invariable crossêtre mis en croix — [condamné] to be crucified
chacun porte sa croix — fig we all have our cross to bear
Phrasal Verbs:••ton argent, tu peux faire une croix dessus — (colloq) you can kiss your money goodbye
un jour à marquer d'une croix blanche — a red-letter day, a day to remember
croix de bois, croix de fer (si je mens, je vais en enfer) — cross my heart (and hope to die)
* * *kʀwa nf1) (symbole) cross2) (figure, marque) crosspouvoir faire une croix sur qch fig (= devoir s'en passer) Le club peut faire une croix sur le titre de champion. — The club can kiss goodbye to the championship title.
en croix; les bras en croix — with one's arms stretched out wide
* * *croix nf inv1 ( objet) cross; (décoration, emblème) cross; croix russe/grecque Russian/Greek Cross; croix ansée or égyptienne ansate cross, ankh; croix potencée cross of Jerusalem; en croix crosswise, in the shape of a cross; disposer des brindilles en croix to lay twigs crosswise; être disposé or arrangé en croix to form a cross, to be arranged crosswise; mettre or tendre les bras en croix to hold one's arms out on either side of the body; être mis en croix [condamné] to be crucified;2 ( marque) cross; marquer un nom d'une croix to put a cross against ou by a name; signer d'une croix to sign one's name with a cross;3 ( épreuve) cross (to bear); cet enfant, c'est une vraie croix he's a cross I have to bear; chacun porte sa croix we all have our cross to bear.croix celte or celtique Celtic cross; croix de fer ( décoration) Mil Iron Cross; Sport crucifix; croix gammée swastika; croix de guerre Mil Croix de guerre; croix de Lorraine cross of Lorraine; croix de Malte Maltese cross; croix de Saint-André St Andrew's cross; croix de Saint-Pierre Peter's cross; croix du Saint-Sépulcre cross of Jerusalem.ton argent, tu peux faire or tirer or mettre une croix dessus○ you can kiss your money goodbye; la récompense promise, tu peux faire or tirer or mettre une croix dessus○ you can kiss goodbye to the promised reward; faire une croix sur son passé to leave the past behind; un jour à marquer d'une croix blanche a red-letter day, a day to remember; croix de bois, croix de fer (si je mens, je vais en enfer) cross my heart (and hope to die).[krwa] nom féminin1. [gibet] cross2. [objet cruciforme] crosscroix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer cross my heart (and hope to die)3. [emblème] crosscroix de Malte/St André Maltese/St Andrew's crossla croix de Lorraine the cross of Lorraine (cross with two horizontal bars, the symbol of the Gaullist movement)[de la Légion d'honneur] Cross of the Legion of Honour5. [signe écrit] cross6. PRESSE7. COUTURE8. ASTRONOMIE————————en croix locution adverbialeplacer ou mettre deux choses en croix to lay two things crosswise -
2 enfer
enfer [ɑ̃fεʀ]masculine noun► d'enfer* * *ɑ̃fɛʀnom masculin1) Religion Hell; Mythologieles enfers — Hell (sg), the Underworld (sg)
2) fig hell (de of)vision d'enfer — vision of hell, hellish sight
aller à un train d'enfer — (colloq) to go hell for leather (colloq)
soirée d'enfer — (colloq) hell of a (colloq) party
••croix de bois croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer — ≈ cross my heart and hope to die
* * *ɑ̃fɛʀ nm1) (pour les damnés) helld'enfer (allure, bruit) — tremendous, * (ambiance, moral) great, fantastic
* * *enfer nm1 Relig Hell; Mythol les enfers Hell, the Underworld; croire à l'enfer to believe in Hell; aller en enfer to go to Hell; la descente aux enfers the descent into Hell ou the Underworld; enfer et damnation! hell and damnation!;2 fig hell (de of); un enfer de souffrance a living hell; il vit un véritable enfer his life is sheer hell; l'enfer des villes the hell of urban life; l'enfer de la guerre/drogue the hell of war/drug addiction; c'est l'enfer○ ce travail! this work is hell○!; vision d'enfer vision of hell, hellish sight; vitesse d'enfer hellish pace; aller/conduire à un train d'enfer to go/drive hell for leather○; il fait une chaleur d'enfer it's as hot as hell○; voiture/soirée d'enfer○ hell of a○ car/party;3 †( section de bibliothèque) private case collection.croix de bois croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer ≈ cross my heart and hope to die; ⇒ paver.[ɑ̃fɛr] nom masculinl'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions (proverbe) the road to hell is paved with good intentions (locution)2. [lieu, situation désagréable] hell3. [d'une bibliothèque] section where books forbidden to the public are stored————————enfers nom masculin pluriel————————d'enfer locution adjectivale2. [très bien] greatil est d'enfer ton blouson! what a brilliant ou wicked jacket! -
3 croix
n. f.1. 'Burk', 'mutt-head', fool.2. lllitcrate person (i.e. one who signs his name with a cross).3. (Prostitutes' slang): Awkward customer.4. (Gangland slang): Outsider, one who is not part of the milieu.5. 'Tricky customer', awkward person. C'est une vraie croix! He's a right pain in the neck!6. C'est la croix et la bannière: It's a terrible drag —It's darned awkward.7. Mettre une croix dessus: To 'say goodbye to something', to give something up for lost.8. Décrocher la croix de bois: To get 'bumped off', killed in the war.9. Croix de bois, croix de fer ( si je mens je vais en enfer): Cross my heart and hope to die! (if what I say is a lie).10. La croix des vaches: Punishment inflicted by old-time pimps on recalcitrant prostitutes: deep facial cuts in the shape of a cross, made to fester and leave indelible scars.11. Le trafic des croix: Illegal trade of the Swiss twenty- franc gold coin known popularly as une croix. -
4 billot
n. m.1. 'Mug', fool, simpleton.2. Ma tête sur le billot! Word of honour! (literally 'Cross my heart and hope to die!'). -
5 bois
n. m.1. Etre dans ses bois: To live in unfurnished digs (literally, as the alternative être dans ses meubles further suggests, to have rented accommodation furnished with one's own items).2. Etre du bois dont onfait des flûtes: To be easy-going, to be the amenable type.3. Vous allez voir de quel bois je me chauffe! You'll see what stuff I'm made of! (The expression is usually uttered in anger.)4. Casser du bois: To crash land. (The expression obviously originates from the days when aeroplanes had wooden frames.)5. Etre dans les bois (Football): To be in goal, to act as goalkeeper.6. Chèque en bois: 'Rubber cheque' (the kind that is returned to the payee by his bank as invalid).7. 'Croix de bois, croix de fer, si je meursje vais en enfer!' 'Cross my heart and hope to die' (if what I say is untrue!). -
6 couperet
n. m.1. Passer au couperet: To 'get the chop', to 'get axed', to get dismissed from one's job.2. Ma tête sous le couperet! Cross my heart and hope to die! (if what I say is untrue).
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