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1 givré
adj.1. 'Pissed', 'sozzled', drunk. Dès trois heures il est complètement givré: Gone lunchtime, you can be sure he's had a skinful!2. 'Bonkers', 'doolally', mad. Il est un tantinet givré: He's rather touched. -
2 grain
n. m.1. Avoir un grain: To 'have a screw loose', to be 'doolally', to be slightly mad.2. Avoir son grain: To be 'tipsy', 'tiddly', to be slightly drunk.3. Veiller au grain: To try and steer clear of trouble. (With this meaning, the word originates from the language of seafarers.)4. Mettre son grain de sel quelque part: To 'stick one's oar in', to make an uncalled-for remark. -
3 gratter
I.v. trans.1. To beat, to get the better of someone. Il pensait me gratter, mais je l'ai eu au finish: He thought he could beat me, but I showed him who was boss.2. To 'show a clean pair of heels', to pass someone, to overtake. Il a été gratte d'une longueur (Racing slang): He was beaten by a length.3. Gratter les fonds de tiroir: To scrape the bottom of the financial barrel.4. Gratter du jambonneau: To play the mandolin or the guitar.5. En gratter pour: To be 'spoony on', to 'have a crush on', to be infatuated with. Je crois qu'elle en gratte pour ma pomme: I think she's doolally on me.II.v. intrans. To work, to be employed. Il gratte chez Renault: He's got a job with Renault. Dans ce boulot il faut drôlement gratter: If you want to keep that job you've got to graft.III.v. trans. reflex.1. To hesitate, to want to think things over. Je me gratte pour savoir si je pars en vacances: I'm not quite sure I want to go on holiday.2. Pouvoir toujours se gratter (iron.): To 'have another think coming', to be under a serious misapprehension. Il peut toujours se gratter s'il pense que je vais lui prêter du fric! He doesn't stand a cat-in-hell's chance of getting any money off me!3. Se gratter la couenne: To be bored to sobs. (This is a jocular reference to shaving as in the synonymous expression se raser.) -
4 pincer
v. trans.1. To 'collar', to 'buttonhole', to take someone aside (forcibly or otherwise).2. To 'nab', to arrest. On s'est fait pincer avec la came: We got caught red-handed with all the gear.3. (of disease): To 'cop', to catch.4. To 'twig', to 'catch on', to understand. Tu pinces?! Do you get it?!5. En pincer pour. To 'have a crush on', to be infatuated with. Elle en pince pour ma pomme! I definitely think she's doolally on me! -
5 toquer
v. pronom. Se toquer de:a To 'go spoony over', to 'get doolally about', to fall head-over-heels in love with someone.b (of idea, project, etc.): To 'go mad over', to go crazy about. Il s'est toqué de politique ces temps-ci! Recently he's been bitten by the politics bug!
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