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1 boomerang
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2 boomerang
boomerang [bumʀɑ̃g]masculine noun* * *bumʀɑ̃ɡ nm* * *boomerang nm boomerang; effet boomerang boomerang effect; faire boomerang to boomerang; revenir en boomerang to backfire on sb.[bumrɑ̃g] nom masculin -
3 tournoyer
tournoyer [tuʀnwaje]➭ TABLE 8 intransitive verb[danseurs] to whirl round ; [eau, fumée] to swirl ; [boomerang] to spin ; [papiers] to flutter around ; [oiseaux] to wheel ; [feuilles mortes] to swirl around ; [abeille, moustique] to fly around* * *tuʀnwajeverbe intransitif1) [feuilles, papiers] to swirl around; [vautours] to wheel; [moucherons] to fly around in circles2) [danseurs] to whirlfaire tournoyer — to spin [somebody] around [personne]
* * *tuʀnwaje vi1) [oiseau] to wheel round, to wheel around2) [danseur] to spin, to whirl3) [fumée] to swirl around, to swirl round* * *tournoyer verb table: employer vi1 [feuilles, papiers] to swirl around; [vautours] to wheel; [moucherons] to fly around in circles; [cerf-volant] to spiral;2 [danseurs] to whirl; faire tournoyer ( en dansant) to spin [sb] around; to twirl [sth] [baguette, jupe]; to make [sth] spiral [cerf-volant];3 [fumée] to rise in spirals.[turnwaje] verbe intransitif[aigle] to wheel ou to circle round[danseur] to swirl ou to twirl ou to whirl roundfaire tournoyer quelque chose to whirl ou to swing something -
4 bourrin
I.n. m.1. 'Nag', horse.2. (pl.): Units of horse-power. 'y a 200 bourrins sous le capot: He's got 200 horse-power under the bonnet.3. Randy so-and-so, highly-sexed man.4. (pej.): 'Prozzy', prostitute.5. Bourrin de retour: 'Old lag', old jailbird, recidivist (the kind of character who seems to boomerang his way in and out of prison).II.adj.1. 'Pig-headed', stubborn.2. (of man): Randy, highly-sexed. -
5 cheval
n. m.1. Butch-looking woman, one singularly lacking in femininity.2. Cheval de retour: 'Old lag', old offender, criminal who seems to regularly boomerang back to jail. (In a humorous context, the appellation can sometimes refer affectionately to someone who cannot keep away from a past occupation.)4. (Drugs): Heroin. (A translation of the American 'horse', the word is hardly ever encountered.) -
6 nickelé
adj. Avoir les pieds nickelés:a To be a 'jammy bugger', to have the luck of the devil. (The Pieds-Nickelés, the creation of the humorous cartoonist Louis Forton, are three happy-go-lucky characters who boomerang from rags to riches and back to rags in every episode. Their ability to fall back on their feet and laugh at adversity was and is their trademark as their hilarious cartoon capers are forever being revived.)b To sit tight, to refuse to budge. (This expression is often used in a work context when referring to an obstreperous employee.) -
7 ours
n. m.1. 'Rough diamond', gruff individual. C'est un ours mal léché'. He really has no manners!2. (mil.): 'Cooler', 'glasshouse', prison cell (literally one where the inmate, like a captive bear, paces endlessly up and down).3. (Writers' and publishers' slang): 'Boomerang-manuscript', one that is rejected by all possible takers.4. (pl.): Menses, menstrual period. Avoir ses ours: To 'have the decorators in'. -
8 rendez-moi
n. m. Vol au rendez-moi: 'Cash-till boomerang' con-trick. (This fraudulent operation is worked by a 'client' who, having offered a large note to the cashier, receives his change and by a sleight-of-hand recovers the banknote as well.)
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