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61 forces d'intervention
nfplMILITAIRE, POLICE peace-keeping force sg -
62 s'épuiser
epɥize vpr/vi1) [personne] to wear o.s. out, to tire o.s out, to exhaust o.s.Il s'épuise à garder un jardin impeccable. — He wears himself out keeping his garden immaculate.
2) [stock] to run out -
63 aller
v. intrans.1. Se laisser aller:a To take things easy and relax a little. En vacances on se laisse un peu aller, ça fait du bien! In the hols, we try and ease up a bit!b To become increasingly lax (in a variety of areas). Depuis qu'elle est marida, elle se laisse aller! Since she got hitched, she doesn't seem to give a damn about her appearance!2. Aller à:a (lit.): To suit, to fit. Son costar lui va comme un gant: That suit of his fits him a treat.b (fig., often iron.): To be 'fitting', in keeping with. Ça lui va bien de parler d'honnêteté! He's got a nerve, talking about being honest!4. Y aller de sa réputation: To stake one's good name.5. Comme vous y allez! That's a bit steep! — That's a bit much!6. Va pour! O.K. then! — Alright! Bon, va pour demain, alors! Oh well, then make it tomorrow! (There is a certain 'needs must' reluctance in the expression.)7. Allons donc! (iron.): Come on?! — You can't mean it?! Lui, un doulos?! Allons donc! Him a snitch?! You must be joking!8. Ça va mal, non?! (iron.): Are you nuts or something?! — You must be joking! -
64 balayette
n. f.1. 'Cock', penis. (Unlike most appellations that refer to the erect organ, balayette, in keeping with the standard French meaning, evokes the image of the organ at rest.)2. Une moustache en balayette de chiottes (pej.): A small, bristly 'Hitler-type' moustache. -
65 carabine
n. f. (joc.): 'Prick', 'cock', penis. (The expression avoir une carabine sous la soutane refers to a priest or monk who has difficulty in keeping to his celibacy vows.) -
66 claouies
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67 épinards
n. m. pl.1. Plat d'épinards: Gaudilypainted landscape, canvas high in colour and low in quality.2. Mettre du beurre dans les épinards: To make financial matters easier. Les heures supplémentaires, ça met du beurre dans les épinards: Overtime certainly helps stretch the house-keeping.3. Aller aux épinards (of pimp): To be 'in financial clover', to live in the lap of luxury. -
68 fantaise
adj. (corr. de fantaisie): Not in keeping with the norm. Il avait un uniforme plutôt fantaise: You could hardly call what he was wearing a uniform! -
69 fantoche
I.n. m.1. 'Fly-by-night', disreputable character.2. En fantoche: In a highly irregular way, not in keeping with the norm.II.adj.1. (of clothes): 'Loud', very colourful.2. 'Potty', silly. Il a toujours des idées fantoches: He's always got pie-in-the-sky ideas. -
70 Gascon
n. m. Promesse de Gascon: Promise one makes with no intention of keeping it. J'en ai marre de ses promesses de Gascon: I'm sick and tired of his 'if ever you're in Katmandu, do look us up' invites. -
71 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. -
72 pince-sans-rire
n. m. 'Dry joker', one who indulges in dry humour, keeping a stiff upper lip when others are bent double laughing. -
73 stups
n. m. pl. Les stups (abbr. les stupéfiants): Narcotics. (The French word stupéfiants is in keeping with the dazed look of addicts after a 'take'.) -
74 vioquerie
n.f. (pej.):1. Item long due for the waste-bin, not worth keeping.2. 'Would-be antique', knick-knack of little value worthy of a down-market jumble sale. -
75 garde
custody, guard, keeping, watch
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