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1 vieux renard
(sly) old fox, cunning old devil -
2 renard
renard [ʀ(ə)naʀ]masculine noun* * *ʀ(ə)naʀnom masculin1) (animal, fourrure) fox2) ( personne) cunning devil* * *ʀ(ə)naʀ nm* * *renard nm1 (animal, fourrure) fox;2 ( personne) cunning devil.être rusé comme un renard to be as cunning as a fox.[rənar] nom masculinrenard argenté/bleu silver/blue fox2. [fourrure] fox fur3. (figuré)vieux renard (sly) old fox, cunning old devil -
3 roublard
1. adjective2. masculine noun, feminine noun* * *(colloq), roublarde ʀublaʀ, aʀd adjectif crafty, cunning* * *ʀublaʀ, aʀd adj roublard, -epéjoratif crafty* * *A adj crafty, cunning.B nm,f crafty devil○; ce roublard de Paul that crafty devil Paul.———————— -
4 matois
matoise matwa, az adjectif wily, sly* * *matwa, waz adj matois, -e* * *A adj wily.B nm,f sly person; c'est un fin matois he's a sly one.————————, matoise [matwa, az] nom masculin, nom féminin -
5 diable
diable [djαbl]masculine nouna. ( = démon) devil• c'est bien le diable si on ne trouve pas à les loger it would be very surprising if we couldn't find anywhere for them to stay• au diable l'avarice ! hang the expense!c. ( = chariot) hand truck• diable (à ressort) ( = jouet) jack-in-the-box* * *djɑbl
1.
nom masculin1) Mythologie, Religion devilavoir un mal du diable or de tous les diables à faire — to have a devil ou a hell (colloq) of a job doing
du diable — [courage, peur] terrific
il fait un froid du diable or de tous les diables — it's hellishly cold
en diable — [difficile] diabolically; [beau] devastatingly; [intelligent] fiendishly
2) ( enfant)3) ( individu)4) ( jouet)5) Technologie ( chariot) two-wheeled trolley GB, hand truck US
2.
que diable! — damn it! (colloq)
qui/où diable — who/where on earth
au diable les scrupules! — to hell (colloq) with scruples!
••habiter au diable or à tous les diables — to live miles from anywhere
* * *djɒbl nm1) (= démon) devil2) (= chariot) trolleyau diable [habiter] — miles from anywhere, in the back of beyond Grande-Bretagne
du diable; une musique du diable — an unholy racket
Il fait une chaleur du diable. — It's fiendishly hot.
avoir le diable au corps; Il a le diable au corps. — He has the devil in him.
* * *A nm1 Mythol, Relig devil; le Diable the Devil; signer un pacte avec le diable to make a pact with the devil; vendre son âme au diable to sell one's soul to the devil; avoir un mal du diable or de tous les diables à faire to have a devil ou a hell○ of a job doing; se donner un mal de tous les diables to take a tremendous amount of trouble (pour qch over sth; pour faire to do); du diable [courage, peur] terrific; il fait un froid du diable or de tous les diables it's hellishly cold; un diable d'homme/de métier quite a man/job; cette diable de fille a vraiment du courage what a fantastic girl-she really is brave; en diable [difficile] diabolically; [beau] devastatingly; [intelligent] fiendishly; ⇒ bénitier, démener, Dieu;3 ( individu) un pauvre diable a poor devil; un bon diable a decent sort; ce n'est pas un mauvais diable he's not a bad sort; un grand diable a beanpole;4 ( jouet) diable (en boîte) jack-in-the-box;B excl gosh! GB, my God!; du diable si I'm damned if○; faites un effort, que diable! make an effort, damn it○!; pourquoi/comment/qui/où diable why/how/who/where on earth; au diable l'avarice! hang the expense!; au diable les scrupules! to hell○ with scruples!C à la diable loc1 ( hâtivement) any old how;2 Culin [volaille, sauce] devilledGB.habiter au diable or à tous les diables to live miles from anywhere; qu'il aille au diable or à tous les diables or aux cinq cents diables! he can go to the devil!; que le diable t'emporte! to hell with you!; (que) le diable m'emporte si je me trompe I'll eat my hat if I'm wrong; à moins que le diable s'en mêle unless something weird occurs; ce n'est pas le diable! it's not that difficult!; c'est le diable pour faire it's the devil of a job to do; ce serait bien le diable si it would be odd if; ce serait tenter le diable that would be asking for it; avoir le diable au corps to be like someone possessed; tirer le diable par la queue to live from hand to mouth; se faire un sang du diable to get into a terrible state; se débattre comme un beau diable to fight tooth and nail; surgir comme un diable de sa boîte to pop up out of the blue.[djabl] nom masculina. [courir, sauter] like the (very) devil, like a thing possessedb. [hurler] like a stuck pig2. [enfant] (little) devil[homme]un pauvre diable a wretched man, a poor wretch3. [chariot] trolley4. [jouet] jack-in-the-box5. [casserole] earthenware (cooking) pot————————[djabl] adjectif1. [espiègle]————————[djabl] adverbequi/que/comment diable? who/what/how the devil?, who/what/how on earth?————————[djabl] interjectiondiable, voilà une histoire bien compliquée! goodness me, what a complicated story!————————à la diable locution adverbiale1. [vite et mal]2. CUISINE————————diable de locution adjectivale————————du diable locution adjectivale,de tous les diables locution adjectivale————————en diable locution adverbiale
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