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61 abajoue
abajoue nf cheek pouch. -
62 coupe latérale
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63 coupe latérale
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64 aplomb
n. m.1. 'Cheek', nerve. Tu ne manquespas d'aplomb! You've got a nerve, mate!2. Etre d'aplomb (of a person): To be 'in fine fettle', to feel in good health. -
65 astre
n. m. Etre beau comme un astre (iron.): To be incredibly good-looking. (The expression is nearly always uttered within a tongue-in-cheek context.) -
66 B.A.
n. f. (abbr. bonne action) Faire sa B.A. (joc. & iron.): To do one's daily good deed. (The expression originates from the language of Scouting; in colloquial speech, the good deed can have a variety of tongue-in-cheek meanings.) -
67 bise
n. f. 'Peck', friendly kiss. (The expression faire la bise à quelqu'un, an untranslatable typically Gallic act, means to give someone a resounding kiss on each cheek.) -
68 cabane
n. f.1. 'Nick', 'clink', jail. Faire de la cabane: To do time. (The word is an abbreviated version of la cabane aux mille lourdes.)2. (joc.): House (often a résidence secondaire or weekend dwelling). The tongue-in-cheek jocularity derives from the primary meaning: shack, equated with the grandeur of the residence described.3. Attiger la cabane: To 'lay it on a bit thick', to exaggerate. -
69 chique
n. f.2. Avoir la chique: To have searing toothache (emphasized by a bulging cheek).3. Avaler sa chique: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.4. Pousser sa chique: To 'crap', to 'shit', to defecate.6. Couper la chique à quelqu'un: To leave someone speechless.7. Faire quelque chose à la chique: To do something for show, to act in a preposterously ostentatious manner. -
70 culot
n. m.1. 'Sauce', 'nerve', cheek. Avoir un culot monstre: To be as bold as brass.2. 'Junior', last in line of a string of children in a family. -
71 orbite
n. f. En placer un sur orbite: To 'sow one's wild oats' successfully, to get a girl pregnant. (There is tongue-in-cheek humour in the hors bite pun.) -
72 pensant
Bien pensant (adj. exp.): Devout. (This expression, relating exclusively to Catholics, is not, strictly speaking, derogatory. It carries, however, a certain tongue-in-cheek irony.) -
73 pomme
I.n. f.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head.2. 'Mush', 'mug', face (perhaps because of the rosiness of round cheeks). Sucer la pomme à quelqu'un: To give someone 'a smacker' on the cheek, to kiss. Ne fais pas cette pomme! Stop pulling that sour face!3. Pomme de terre:a 'Spud', 'potato', large hole in sock.b 'Tall story'. Monter une pomme de terre: To spin one hell of a yarn.4. 'Mug', fool, simpleton. Et moi, bonne pomme, je lui ai prêté des sous! And me being the sucker I am, I went and lent him some money! Une pomme à l'eau: An incredibly gullible person.5. Etre haut comme trois pommes: To be 'knee-high to a grasshopper', to be very small.6. Tomber dans les pommes: To 'keel over', to 'pass out', to faint.7. Aux pommes: 'A-1', first-class. C'est aux pommes! It's super-duper!8. Recevoir des pommes cuites (of actor): To 'get the bird', to be given a hostile reception (literally to be pelted with projectiles that considerate members of the audience have taken the precaution to cook).9. Ma pomme: Me, myself. Ta pomme: You, yourself. Sa pomme: Him, himself. ( Ma pomme was the name of a song made famous by featuring that artist. The song did a lot to Maurice Chevalier, also the title of a film promote the usage of this term.)10. Des pommes! Not bloody likely! — Nothing doing! —Certainly not! Faire quelque chose pour des pommes: To do something for bugger-all.II.adj. inv. 'Green', simple, inexperienced. -
74 souffle
n. m. 'Gall', 'cheek', impudence. Tu ne manques pas de souffle, toi! You cheeky beggar, you! -
75 souhait
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76 sucer
v. trans.1. To perform oral sex.2. Sucer la pomme à quelqu 'un: To give someone a kiss on the cheek. -
77 toupet
n. m. 'Nerve', 'cheek', impudence. -
78 vitrine
n. f.1. Faire du lèche-vitrines: To go window-shopping.2. Si c'est pas dans la vitrine, voyez dans le magasin! (joc. & iron.): Don't just stand there, look closer! (This expression is often used in a sexual context where a partner issues a tongue-in-cheek taunt.) -
79 culot
brass neck, cheek
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