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1 bêta
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2 bichon
n. m. Mon bichon (term of endearment): My pet, my darling. -
3 bijou
n. m.1. Mon bijou (term of endearment): My sweety-pie—My darling.2. Bijoux de famille: 'Marriage prospects', privates. Elle l'a botté dans les bijoux de famille: She kicked him in the goolies. -
4 chochote
n. f.1. 'Lah-di-dah' woman, female snob.2. 'Pouf', 'fairy', effeminate homosexual.3. Ma chochote (term of endearment): My lovey-dovey—My pet— My darling.4. Faire sa chochote: To act as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, to be a demure little hypocrite. -
5 chou
I.n. m.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. Je vois lui rentrer dans le chou! I'm going to knock his block off! En avoir ras le chou: To be 'fed-up to here', to be 'fed-up to the back teeth', to be sick and tired of something. Se creuser le chou: To rack one's brains. Ne rien avoir dans le chou: To have nothing up-top. Ça m'est sorti du chou: I clean forgot! — It slipped my mind! Se monter le chou:a To 'kid oneself', to delude oneself.b To 'get into a lather', to work oneself into a frenzy.2. Feuilles de chou: 'Flappers', 'flaps', ears. Ouvre tes feuilles de chou! Pin back your lug-holes! — Now listen carefully!3. Aller planter ses choux: To opt out and retire from the rat-race.4. Planter un chou (of train): To break down in the middle of nowhere.5. Sauter sur le chou à quelqu'un: To pounce on someone.a To be 'in a fix', to be in a difficult situation. Ton projet, il est dans les choux: That idea of yours is up the spout! Grâce à toi, je suis dans les choux! A fine mess you've got me into!b (Horse racing): To be trailing with the tailenders, to be amongst the last past the post.7. Chou pour chou: Word for word, verbatim. J'ai eu droit à son histoire trois fois, chou pour chou! He inflicted three carbon-copy narrations of the story on me!8. C'est bête comme chou: It's as easy as pie—It couldn't be simpler.9. Faire chou blanc: To 'draw a blank', to be unsuccessful.10. En faire ses choux gras: To 'make a good thing of it', to do well out of something.11. Faites-en des choux raves! You do what you like with it, it's no skin off my nose!12. Mon chou (term of endearment): My lovey-dovey My pet—My darling.II.adj. 'Divine', absolutely marvellous. Son appartement est d'un chou! She's got the most gorgeous little flat! -
6 croûton
n. m.2. Vieux croûton: 'Old fogey', old dodderer. -
7 filou
n. m.1. 'Con-man', trickster, deceitful character.2. (term of endearment): Filou va! You are awful¼but I like you! -
8 fiston
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9 lapin
n. m.1. Un sacré lapin:a 'One hell of a guy', an ace character.b A 'tricky bugger', an awkward fellow.2. Un drôle de lapin: A 'queer cove', an oddball (is usually said of someone who is difficult to weigh up).3. Un chaud lapin: A'randy bugger', a 'horny so-and-so', an over-sexed man.4. Mon petit lapin (Term of endearment): My little pet.5. Mon vieux lapin! 'Me old mate'!6. Le coup du lapin: a (lit.): A 'chocolate chop',a wallop behind the ears (with G.B.H. intentions).b (fig.): A treacherous blow.7. Poser un lapin: To fail to turn up for an appointment (intentionally or otherwise). Becqueter du lapin: To get stood up.8. Ça sent le lapin! It smells a bit fuggy here! (also: Ça sent le fauve).9. Ça ne vaut pas un pet de lapin: It's worth bugger-all! — It's worthless! -
10 mimi
n. m.1. 'Puss', pussy, cat.2. 'Pussy', 'fanny', vagina.3. (Term of endearment): 'Pet', darling. Mon mimi: My lovey-dovey.4. Faire mimi (Child language): To cuddle, to stroke. (The word, as its first meaning suggests, is a corruption of minet, itself a colloquial alternative for chat.) -
11 minouche
n. f. (Term of endearment): 'Sweetypie', 'precious', darling. -
12 moumoute
n. f.1. 'Sheepie', sheepskin coat or jacket.2. Toupee, hairpiece, wig.3. 'Pussy', 'fanny', vagina.4. Ma moumoute (term of endearment): My lovey- dovey—My pet— Darling. -
13 petit
I.n. m.2. Mon petit (Term of endearment): My pet— Precious— Darling.3. Faire des petits (fig.): To multiply, to grow in numbers. Dès qu'il y a un mécontent, ça fait des petits: Before you know it, from one disgruntled character you've got a whole horde!4. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. Emmener le petit au cirque (joc.): To have 'a leg-over', to 'have it off', to have sex. Prendre (also: envoyer) du petit: To get sodomized. (Certain dictionaries lexicalize petit with reference to the previous example as being the anal sphincter where sodomous intercourse is concerned.)II.adv. At a slow pace. En ce moment côté affaires, ça va petit! Business is just about chugging along! -
14 rat
I.n. m.1. Rat de bibliothèque: Bookworm.2. Rat d'hôtel: Cat-burglar operating in hotels.4. Etre fait comme un rat: To be cornered, to be in a tight spot.5. S'ennuyer comme un rat: To be bored to tears.6. Mon petit rat: My lovey-dovey—My pet— My darling. (In total contrast with all the other meanings of rat, mon petit rat is a surprising term of endearment.)II.adj. inv. 'Mingy', 'stingy', mean.
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