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noun (the small, useless piece of a cigarette that remains after it has been smoked: The ashtray was full of fag-ends; the fag-end of the conversation.) mégot -
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1) (colloq) ( cigarette) mégot (colloq) m2) ( of material) restant m; (of day, decade, conversation) fin f -
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1 noun∎ to fag for sb faire les corvées de qn►► British familiar fag end (of cigarette) mégot m; figurative (remainder) reste□ m; (of material, winter) bout□ m; (of conversation) dernières bribes□ fpl;very familiar fag hag fille f à pédés -
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[fæɡ]1) (hard or boring work: It was a real fag to clean the whole house.) corvée2) (a slang word for a cigarette: I'm dying for a fag.) cigarette•- fag-end- fagged out -
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murder ['mɜ:də(r)]1 noun∎ he's up on a murder charge il est accusé de meurtre;∎ figurative he gets away with murder il peut tout se permettre, personne ne lui dit quoi que ce soit;∎ their kids get away with murder leurs gosses font absolument tout ce qu'ils veulent∎ the traffic is murder on Fridays il y a une circulation épouvantable le vendredi;∎ it's murder trying to get her to agree ce n'est pas une mince affaire que d'obtenir son consentement;∎ it's murder trying to park in the town centre c'est l'enfer pour trouver à se garer dans le centre-ville;∎ standing all day is murder on your feet ça fait vachement mal aux pieds de rester debout toute la journée∎ the local team got murdered at the weekend l'équipe locale s'est fait écraser ce week-endà l'assassin!►► murder hunt chasse f à l'homme (pour retrouver l'auteur d'un meurtre);murder mystery weekend = jeu de rôle étalé sur un week-end pendant lequel des gens s'amusent à jouer aux détectives après qu'un meurtre fictif a été commis;murder trial procès m pour meurtre;murder weapon arme f du crime✾ Book 'Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts' De Quincey 'De l'assassinat considéré comme un des beaux-arts'
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fag end — fag ends also fag end 1) N COUNT A fag end is the last part of a cigarette, which people throw away when they have smoked the rest. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Syn: butt 2) N COUNT: usu sing, N of n If you refer to the fag end of something, you mean the… … English dictionary
Fag-end — n. 1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. The refuse or meaner part of anything. [1913 Webster] The fag end of business. Collier. [1913 We … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fag end — fag′ end′ n. 1) the last part or very end of something: the fag end of a rope[/ex] 2) tex the unfinished end of a piece of cloth 3) tex a remnant or scrap, esp. of cloth at the end of a bolt • Etymology: 1605–15; >ME fagge flap … From formal English to slang
fag end — n BrE informal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: fag loose part (15 18 centuries)] the end of a cigarette that someone has finished smoking … Dictionary of contemporary English
fag end — fag ,end noun count BRITISH INFORMAL the part of a cigarette that is left when someone has finished smoking it the fag end of something the last and worst part of something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fag end — ► NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. 1) a cigarette end. 2) a useless remnant. ORIGIN from obsolete fag «a flap» … English terms dictionary
fag end — n. [< ME fagge, broken thread] 1. a) the last part or coarse end of a piece of cloth b) the frayed, untwisted end of a rope 2. the last and worst part of anything; remnant … English World dictionary
fag end — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fag end : singular fag end plural fag ends British informal the part of a cigarette that is left when someone has finished smoking it • the fag end of something … English dictionary
fag end — noun Brit. informal a cigarette end. ↘the last and least important part: the fag end of the cricket season. Origin C17: from C15 fag a flap , of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
fag end — noun 1. the time of the last part of something the fag end of this crisis ridden century the tail of the storm • Syn: ↑tail, ↑tail end • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑ending 2. the frayed end of a … Useful english dictionary
fag end — 1. the last part or very end of something: the fag end of a rope. 2. the unfinished end of a piece of cloth; remnant. [1605 15] * * * … Universalium