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1 teigneux
teigneux, -euse [tεɲø, øz]adjective• il est teigneux ( = acariâtre) he's a misery guts (inf!)* * ** * *tɛɲø, øz adj (-euse)péjoratif nasty* * *1 ( hargneux) cantankerous;2 Méd suffering from ringworm.————————, teigneuse [tɛɲø, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin2. (familier) [homme] bastard -
2 donner
I.v. trans.1. To inform on, to denounce someone.2. (Cards): To deal. C'est à vous de donner. It's your turn to deal. (In this case the verb is only transitive by implication.)3. C'est donné! (iron.): It's cheap at the price! — I wouldn't call that expensive!4. On t'en donnera! (iron.): You'll be lucky! — You're setting your sights a bit high!II.v. intrans.1. Donner dans:a (also: donner dans le panneau): To 'fall for something hook, line and sinker', to be totally fooled by a ploy.b To become, to undergo a change of character. Depuis la mort de sa femme, il donne dans le grincheux: He's become a real misery guts since his missus passed away.2. Donner à pleins tubes: To give one's all, to make an all-out effort.III.v. trans. reflex.1. S'en donner (of pleasurable activity): To 'get some in', to get one's fill. On va s'en donner du bon temps! We're going to let our hair down!2. Se donner peur: To panic without reason.IV.v. pronom. Se la donner. To have one's suspicions, to be 'cagey', to be wary about something. On se la donnait qu'il était flic: It was thought he might be a cop working undercover. -
3 dent
n. f.1. Avoir la dent: To be 'famished', to be very hungry.2. Il n'y a pas de quoi remplir une dent creuse (iron.): These portions are as mean as hell! — You could hardly call this a meal!a To 'slog one's guts out', to be working non-stop.b To be 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted. Mettre quelqu'un sur les dents: To be something of a slavedriver, to work someone off their feet.4. Avoir les dents dures: To be 'sarky', to have a biting and sarcastic disposition.5. Se casser les dents ( sur quelque chose): To 'come a cropper', to 'come to grief', over something, to hit failure.6. Garder une dent contre quelqu'un: To harbour a grudge against someone (also: garder a quelqu'un un chien de sa chienne).7. Etre guéri du mal de dents: To have 'croaked', to be 'out of one's misery', to be dead.8. Mentir comme un arracheur de dents: To lie through one's teeth (because the amateur tooth-puller is hardly likely to tell his customer how much the extraction is going to hurt). -
4 mal
I.n. m.1. Avoir (also: se donner) un mal de chien: To have the devil of a job. Elle se donne un mal de chien pour élever ses enfants: She sweats her guts out to bring up her kids.2. Avoir mal aux cheveux'. To 'have a hangover', to feel the after-effects of a drinking bout.3. Etre guéri du mal de dents (iron.): To be 'out of one's misery', to be dead.4. En avoir mal au ventre: To feel sick at the thought of something.5. Un pantalon à la mal au ventre: Old-fashioned trousers with frontal pockets.II.adv.1. La foutre mai. To 'look bad', to give a bad impression. Vraiment, tu la fous mal toujours en pullover: You really let the side down, always wearing baggy pullovers.2. Ça va mal, non?! (iron.): Are you alright?! — You must be joking!3. Tu vas mal, toi! You're going it a bit strong! —You're exaggerating!4. Tu me fais mal, toi! You give me the pip! — You make me sick!5. Se trouver mal sur quelque chose (joc.): To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal something.
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