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121 maton
n. m.1. 'Screw', prison warder.2. 'Grass', prison inmate who hopes to gain favour by informing on others. -
122 morlingue
n. m.1. Purse.2. Wallet. Etre constipé du morlingue (also: avoir des oursins dans le morlingue): To be 'tight-fisted', to be 'stingy', to be mean. (Originally, morlingue referred exclusively to a purse, but with demonetization and the passing of time, paper money has come into its own and ousted the heavy gold coin in favour of the banknote.) -
123 pour
I.n. m. C'est du pour! (iron.): It's a load of waffle-I wouldn't believe it! (The irony of this expression is that it is an antiphrasis of the seemingly obvious. To express adamant affirmation one says: C'est pas du pour! Lui, patron de bistrot?! C'est du pour! He's never owned a pub, don't you believe it!)II.prep. Etre pour: To be completely in favour of. Du pinard aux repas, lui il est pour: You won't see him eating without a bottle of plonk. (Sacha Guitry, the actor and film director when asked 'Les femmes, vous êtes pour ou contre?' once wittily replied 'Tout contre!') -
124 Grenelle
The name of a boulevard in Paris, on which is situated the French Ministry of Labour. In 1968, at the height of the "events", talks were held in the Ministry between the labour unions and the government, to hammer out an agreement which would end the strikes and strife. Agreement was reached, but the " Accords de Grenelle" were never signed, as they were rejected by workers on the shop floor, and three days later the tide turned in favour of General de Gaulle, leading to the end of the social crisis.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Grenelle
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125 Harkis, les
In France, the term Harki is used to define Moslem Algerians who, during the Algerian war of independence, fought with the French army against the independentists. At the end of the war in 1962, and although the French tried to stop their exodus, about 90,000 Harkis managed to escape to France. Many of the thousands who remained in Algeria were massacred. In France, the situation of the Harkis was for many years brushed under the carpet. Thousands of Harki families were accommodated for years in internment camps and forestry camps, the most notorious of these being the Camp Joffre, near Perpignan. It was not until the 1990s that the French government began to officially recognise the injustices done to the Harkis; most recently, in 2007, President Sarkozy announced further measures in favour of Harki families, but stopped short of recognising any French responsibility for the fate suffered by Harkis after the war.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Harkis, les
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126 Leclerc, centres
One of the biggest of the French hypermarket chains. TheCentres Leclerc enjoy a reputation for low prices and good quality, and have led many campaigns in favour of the right of retail distribution chains to expand their activities, for example by opening up in-store chemists counters. The group was the first retail distributor to bid for, and obtain, concessions for motorway service stations in France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Leclerc, centres
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127 OAS
Secret army set up by French right-wing activists in Algeria in 1961, in the hope of stopping the process of decolonisation and independence. The main leader of the movement was General Salan. In 1961 and 1962, the OAS was responsible for a campaign of bombings and assassinations inFrance and Algeria, targeting people in favour of independence. After the Evian agreements, paving the way for independence, the OAS tried in vain to provoke the remaining French colons into insurrection, through more bloody acts of terrorism, culminating in an assassination attempt on DeGaulle at Petit-Clamart, in the south-west suburbs of Paris. After the violence, hundreds of ex-members of the OAS were tried and found guilty, and three were sentenced to death. In an attempt at national reconciliation, many of those who were jailed were later amnistied. -
128 Point, Le
Popular French weekly newsmagazine, founded in 1972 by a breakaway group of journalists from L'Express (q.v.). Very similar in presentation and look to l'Express, it is now established as one of the leading French political and general interest weeklies. In political terms it is centre-right, and in recent years has been a strident voice in favour of major reforms in French society and the economy.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Point, Le
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