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121 chaîne
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122 chaîne de sûreté
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123 câble de contrepoids
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124 scie à chaîne
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125 bride
n. f.1. Avoir la bride sur le cou: To have a free hand to do as one pleases.2. Safety-chain. (This can be a thin set of links on an item ofjewellery or a heavy burglar-proof device on a front door.)3. (pl.): 'Bracelets', 'derbies', handcuffs.4. Se mettre la bride (of food, drink or sex): To 'have to go without', to be abstemious. -
126 conjugo
n. m. Le conjugo: Marital life, wedlock. Le conjugo, il en a ralbol: The ball-and-chain, he's just about had his fill of it. -
127 corde
n. f.1. Parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu: To 'put one's foot in it', to mention the unmentionable.2. Avoir de la corde de pendu: To have the luck of the devil. (Popular belief has it that a piece of the tragic rope acts as a good luck charm.)3. Se mettre la corde au cou: To 'put on the ball and chain', to 'get hitched', to get married.4. Ça sent la corde! I can smell a rat! — It looks fishy (suspicious) to me!5. Il pleut des cordes: 'It's pissing down'—'It's raining cats and dogs'—It's pouring (also: il pleut des hallebardes).6. Faire des cordes pour la marine: To 'crap', to 'shit', to defecate.7. Ne tirez pas trop sur la corde ( avec moi): Don't push me too far (if you know what's good for you).8. Ça n'est pas dans mes cordes (also: ça ne rentre pas dans mes cordes): It's not (really) my line—I don't think I'm the right person for this.9. Prendre un virage a la corde (Motoring, cycling): To cut a corner close, to cut a corner fine. -
128 fumeron
n. m.1. '40-a-day' man, chain-smoker.2. (pl.): 'Plates of meat', 'hoofs', feet. Avoir le fumeron sensible: To have delicate tootsies, to have sensitive feet.3. (pl.): 'Gambs', legs. La môme avait de sacrés fumerons: She had a smashing pair of legs.4. Avoir les fumerons: To 'have the shits', to be 'in a blue funk', to be very frightened.
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