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101 Lépine
Proper name. Concours Lépine: Annual exhibition, convention-cum- competition where small-time inventors find a platform for their 'Heath Robinson' type creations. Some are quite serious; others, like the visors for eating grapefruit, slightly more extravagant. -
102 nez
n. m.1. Avoir du nez (also: avoir bon nez): To be well-inspired where making a decision is concerned. On peut dire que tu as eu du nez de ne pas y aller: You certainly made the right choice in keeping away!2. Avoir le nez creux: To have an uncanny knack at guessing right first time. (When uttered, this expression is often accompanied by the 'bodyspeak' gesture of tapping the side of one's nose with the index finger.)3. Avoir quelqu'un dans le nez: To be unable to 'stomach' someone, to have a strong antipathy towards someone. Depuis sa vacherie je l'ai dans le nez: I can't stand the sight of him since he did the dirty on me!4. Avoir un verre dans le nez: To have had 'one over the eight', to be 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk.5. Se piquer le nez: To get 'pickled', to get drunk as a matter of habit.6. A vue de nez: At a rough guess. A vue de nez, je dirais qu'elle a la cinquantaine: My guesstimate is she's well into her fifties!7. Tirer les vers du nez à quelqu'un: To 'pump' someone, to extract information from a reluctant party.8. Se casser le nez:a To find no-one at home.b To 'come a cropper', to fail.9. Se bouffer le nez: To 'squabble', to quarrel.10. Ça va nous tomber sur le nezl We're sure to 'cop it'—We're certainly in for some trouble!11. Ça lui pend au nez! He's got it coming to him! (The expression is quite often used in the past tense as if to prove the foresight of the speaker in a 'He had it coming to him!' stance.)12. Les doigts dans le nez: With the greatest of ease. Il a gagné la course les doigts dans le nez: He romped home to victory. -
103 offense
n. f. 'y a pas d'offense! No harm done! — It's quite alright! (This is an honest-to-goodness lowbrow French formule de politesse and does not have the 'don't mind me' sarcastic angle suggested by some sources.) -
104 sauter
I.v. trans.1. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest (literally to pounce on someone's back).2. To 'screw', to fuck, to have intercourse with.3. Sauter le pas:a To 'take the plunge', to make a decision (usually after quite a bit of hesitating).b To 'jump the gun', to go ahead with a decision or project before weighing up the pros and cons.4. La sauter: To 'go hungry', to be starving (literally to skip a meal).II.v. intrans.1. To 'hit the ceiling', to 'fly off the handle', to have an angry outburst.2. Il faut que ça saute! Get to it! — I want some action!3. Allez, et que ça saute! Look lively (about it)! —Make it snappy! -
105 turlupiner
v. trans. To 'fret', to 'bother', to worry. Et pourtant, il y a quelque chose qui me turlupine à son sujet! I can't quite put my finger on it, but I have some niggling doubts about him!
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