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101 froid
n. m.1. Froid de canard: 'Brass monkey weather', icy conditions.2. Etre en froid: Not to be on speaking terms. V'là quinze jours qu'ils sont en froid: They've been ignoring each other for a fortnight now.3. Battre ( quelqu'un) à froid: To 'give someone the cold shoulder', to avoid someone with ostentation.4. Démarrer à froid: To 'get down to the nitty-gritty' straight away, to get down to the business in hand without wasting any time. (The expression originates in the language of motoring where it refers to the starting-up of a cold engine.) -
102 gilet
n. m.1. Pleurer dans le gilet de quelqu'un: To 'weep on someone's shoulder', to pour out one's troubles to someone. -
103 medaille
n. f. Porter la médaille:a To 'carry the can', to shoulder the responsibility.b To 'get framed', to fall foul of fabricated evidence. -
104 mettre
I.v. trans.2. To 'lay', to fuck, to have coition with. (This rather pejorative acceptation of the verb becomes even more so in the passive where it seems to refer exclusively to anal intercourse, The expression se faire mettre is more often than not found with a figurative meaning: to get conned, to be had.)3. Mettre quelqu'un dedans: To 'pull a fast one' on someone, to con someone.4. To inflict something very painful on someone (lit. & fig.): Qu'est-ce qu'il lui m a mis! She didn't half cop it!6. Y mettre du sien:a To 'put one's shoulder to the wheel', to put some personal effort into something.b To 'meet someone halfway', to show the willingness and ability to be conciliatory.7. Y meltre les doigts: To have 'sticky fingers', to pinch, to steal.8. Mettre à disposition (pol.): To haul someone in front of a magistrate.9. Ote-toi de là que je m'y metle! (Jocular and ironic catch phrase): Move over! — Buzz off!10. Mettons que (also: Mettez que): Let's say that¼Mettons que tu l'épouses, ça ne va pas résoudre le problème: Getting married to her won't solve your problem.II.v. trans. reflex.1. Se mettre avec quelqu'un: To 'shack up with someone', to start cohabiting.2. Se mettre bien:a To 'dress to the nincs', to put one's best clothes on.b To 'do oneself proud', to deny oneself nothing.a To 'stuff oneself to the gills', to eat voraciously.b To get one's fill (of any pleasurable activity). -
105 morceau
n. m.1. Gober le morceau (fig.): To 'swallow the bait', to 'fall for something hook, line and sinker', to be duped (also: avaler le morceau).2. Un beau morceau (chauvinist utterance): A 'bit of alright', a 'nice bit of skirt', an attractive woman.3. C'est un sacré morceau: It's a tough nut to crack—It's a difficult task.4. Emporter le morceau: To clinch the deal.5. Cracher le morceau: To own up, to confess.6. Casser le morceau à quelqu'un: To break unpleasant news in an ungentle manner. Et sec, il lui a cassé le morceau! He let him have it straight from the shoulder, no messing! -
106 parapluie
n. m.1. 'Cover', fictitious and 'legit' occupation enabling a criminal to justify his earnings.2. Alibi.3. Porter le parapluie: To 'carry the can', to shoulder the responsibility.4. La Maison Parapluie: The 'cop-shop', the police.5. Avoir l'air d'avoir avalé un parapluie: To look as stiff as a poker, to be stiff and starchy.6. Fermer son parapluie: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die. -
107 snober
v. trans.1. To 'lord it' over someone, to act the high-and-mighty.2. To 'give someone the cold shoulder', to avoid talking to someone (through a feeling of superiority). -
108 Aïado
roast lamb shoulder stuffed with parsley, chervil, and garlic. -
109 Fricot (de veau)
veal shoulder simmered in white wine with vegetables. -
110 Palette
upper shoulder of pork. -
111 Schieffele, schieffala, schifela
smoked pork shoulder, served hot and garnished with pickled turnips or a potato and onion salad.Alimentation Glossaire français-anglais > Schieffele, schieffala, schifela
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112 atteler à la tâche, s’
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113 endosser
endorse, shoulder -
114 épaule
COS spallaEN shoulder
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Shoulder — Shoul der, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shoulder — [shōl′dər] n. [ME schuldere < OE sculdor, akin to Ger schulter < IE * skḷdhrā, shoulder blade used as a spade < base * (s)kel , to cut > SHELL, SHILLING, SKULL] 1. a) the joint connecting the arm or forelimb with the body b) the part… … English World dictionary
shoulder — ► NOUN 1) the joint between the upper arm or forelimb and the main part of the body. 2) a joint of meat from the upper foreleg and shoulder blade of an animal. 3) a part of something resembling a shoulder, in particular a point at which a steep… … English terms dictionary
Shoulder — Shoul der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shouldering}.] 1. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. [1913 Webster] As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Around… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shoulder — O.E. sculdor, from W.Gmc. *skuldro (Cf. M.Du. scouder, Du. schouder, O.Fris. skoldere, M.L.G. scholder, O.H.G. scultra, Ger. Schulter), of unknown origin, perhaps related to SHIELD (Cf. shield). Meaning edge of the road is attested from 1933. The … Etymology dictionary
Shoulder — Shoul der, v. i. To push with the shoulder; to make one s way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side. A yoke of the great sulky white bullocks . . . came shouldering along together. Kipling.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shoulder — [v1] be responsible for accept, assume, bear, carry, take on, take upon oneself; concept 23 Ant. deny, refuse shoulder [v2] push, jostle bulldoze*, elbow, hustle, nudge, press, push aside, shove, thrust; concept 208 … New thesaurus
shoulder — index assume (undertake), bear (support), bolster, maintain (sustain), underwrite Burton s Legal … Law dictionary
Shoulder — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = articulatio humeri GraySubject = 81 GrayPage = 313 Caption = Diagram of the human shoulder joint Caption2 = Capsule of shoulder joint (distended). Anterior aspect. Width = 300 Precursor = System = Artery =… … Wikipedia
shoulder — shoul|der1 W2S2 [ˈʃəuldə US ˈʃouldər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body part)¦ 2¦(clothes)¦ 3¦(meat)¦ 4 be looking over your shoulder 5 6 shoulder to shoulder 7 on somebody s shoulders 8 put your shoulder to the wheel 9¦(road side)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoulder — [[t]ʃo͟ʊldə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ shoulders, shouldering, shouldered 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your shoulders are between your neck and the tops of your arms. She led him to an armchair, with her arm round his shoulder... He glanced over his shoulder and saw… … English dictionary