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1 salade
salade [salad]feminine nouna. ( = plante) lettuceb. ( = plat) green salad• salade de tomates/de fruits tomato/fruit salad* * *salad1) ( plante) lettuce2) ( plat) saladsalade de tomates/riz — tomato/rice salad
3) (colloq) ( embrouillamini) muddle; ( mensonge) yarn; ( boniment de vendeur) sales patter ou pitch (colloq)raconter des salades — to spin yarns (colloq)
* * *salad1. nf1) (= plante) lettuce2) CUISINE salad3) * (= mélange hétéroclite) tangle, muddle2. salades nfpl** * *salade nf1 ( plante) lettuce; planter des salades to plant lettuces;2 ( plat) salad; salade verte green salad; salade de tomates/riz tomato/rice salad; salade composée mixed salad; haricots verts en salade French bean salad;3 ○( embrouillamini) muddle; ( mensonge) yarn; ( boniment de vendeur) sales patter ou pitch○; raconter des salades to spin yarns○; il a essayé de me vendre sa salade he gave me his sales patter ou pitch○.salade de fruits fruit salad; salade niçoise salade niçoise; salade russe Russian salad; salade tiède green salad with warm garnish.[salad] nom fémininsalade de concombre/haricots cucumber/bean saladsalade niçoise salade niçoise, niçoise salad————————salades nom féminin plurieldis-moi tout, et ne me raconte pas de salades! tell me everything and spare me the fairy tales! -
2 boniment
boniment [bɔnimɑ̃]masculine noun* * *bɔnimɑ̃
1.
nom masculin ( de camelot) sales patter
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boniments nom masculin pluriel storiesraconter des boniments à quelqu'un — ( mensonges) to give somebody some story (colloq) ( à propos de quelque chose about something); ( flatteries) to smooth-talk somebody
* * *bɔnimɑ̃ nmpatter no pl* * *B boniments nmpl stories; raconter des boniments à qn ( mensonges) to give sb some story○ (à propos de qch about sth); ( flatteries) to smooth-talk sb, to give sb a line○ US; arrête tes boniments! don't try that on me![bɔnimɑ̃] nom masculin1. COMMERCE sales talk ou patter2. (familier) [mensonge] tall storytout ça, c'est des boniments that's a load of claptrap ou guff
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