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61 lancée
lancée [lɑ̃se]feminine noun* * *lɑ̃secontinuer sur sa lancée — ( dans une activité) to continue to forge ahead; ( dans un discours) to continue in the same vein
* * *lɑ̃se nf* * *lancée nf arrêter un coureur en pleine lancée to stop a runner in his stride; sur sa lancée lit without slackening one's pace; fig while he/she was at it; ( dans le même esprit) in the same vein; poursuivre or continuer sur sa lancée ( activité) to continue to forge ahead; ( discours) to continue in the same vein. -
62 sur-place
sur-place, surplace [syʀplas]masculine noun• faire du sur-place (à vélo) to do a track-stand ; (en voiture) ( = être immobilisé) to be stuck ; ( = avancer très lentement) to move at a snail's pace ; [oiseau] to hover ; [enquête, négociations, projet] to be getting nowhere -
63 estrade
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64 avoiner
v. intrans. (of car): To 'belt along', to go at a fair pace. On a drôlement avoiné sur l'auto-route! We were going flat-out on the motorway! -
65 carburation
n. f. Trouver la bonne carburation (fig.): To find one's rhythm, to settle down to a good working pace. -
66 coup
n. m. When one takes a broad look at the word coup, it soon becomes obvious that its many diverse uses and combined expressions come under three main categories.(A): Blow (in the literal and figurative).1. En venir aux coups: To come to blows.2. Coup de boule: 'Head-butt', blow inflicted with the head in opponent's belly.3. Le coup du lapin: Blow on the back of the neck.4. Coup de Jarnac: Treacherous blow, disloyal attack.5. Le coup du père François: Strangulation.6. Coup de Trafalgar: Disastrous turn of events.7. Coup de châsse: 'Quick butchers', peep, quick look.8. Coup de filet: Dragnet, police raid.10. Coup de torchon: 'Barney', heated argument.11. Tirer un coup: To fuck, to 'screw', to have intercourse. Coup de Bourse (joc.): Intercourse. (The pun here is on the word Bourse meaning both the Stock Exchange and testicle; the standard non-colloquial expression denotes a successful flutter on the Stock Exchange.)12. Coup de fil: 'Buzz', 'ring', telephone call.13. Coup dur: Serious setback. La vie pour lui a été une succession de coups durs: It's just been one blow after another for him all his life.15. Faire les quatre cents coups: To 'burn the candle at both ends', to lead a fast life.(B): Dose, measure, quantity.1. Boire un coup: To have a drink.2. En avoir un coup (also: avoir un coup dans l'aile): To be 'squiffy', 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk.3. En mettre un coup (of work): To 'do one's darnedest', to 'put one's back into it', to make an extra effort.4. Tenir le coup: To stand the pace, to weather the storm. Il n'a qu'à tenir le coup comme les autres: He'll just have to grin and bear it like the rest of us.5. Faire quelque chose en trois coups de cuiller a pot: To do something 'in two shakes of a lamb's tail', double-quick.6. Ne pas en ficher un coup: To do 'fuck-all', to be darned lazy.7. Coup de pot: Stroke of luck.8. Prendre un coup de vieux: To age considerably over a short period of time.9. Coup de fusil (at restaurant): Exorbitant bill. On a eu droit à un de ces coups de fusil carabinés: The bill we got looked like the balance of payments deficit!10. Coup de pouce: Help, assistance. Donner un coup de pouce a quelqu'un: To give someone a shove in the right direction. (C): Knack, trick.11. Avoir le coup: To have the knack. Il a le coup pour draguer les nanas! He certainly knows how to pull the birds!12. Etre au coup: To 'know the score', to 'know the ropes', to be familiar with the workings of something.13. Etre dans le coup: To be 'in on something', to be involved in something.14. Expliquer le coup (to accomplices): To divulge the plan.15. Faire le coup a quelqu'un: To play the trick on someone. Il m'a fait le coup du 'portefeuille dans l'autre veston': He got money out of me with that age-old 'I forgot my wallet' dodge.16. Monter un coup: To engineer a confidence trick. On a monté un coup fumant: That con was a cracker!17. Coup d'arnac: Fraud, swindle.18. Le coup classique: That old, old trick.19. Coup fourré: 'Major cock-up', big blunder. -
67 danser
I.v. trans. La danser. To get thrashed, to be beaten black-and-blue.II.v. intrans. Il ne sait pas sur quel pied danser: He doesn't know if he's coming or going—The pace of life is too hectic for him. -
68 dix
I.n. m. Piquer le dix: To pace up and down in a confined space. (The expression originates from prison slang.)II.num. adj.1. Dix sur dix! You got it in one! — Right first time!2. Dix de der! Exclamation at belote indicating that one has clinched the last trick with a bonus of ten points. -
69 gym'
n. f. (abbr. gymnastique):1. La gym': 'P.T.', gym, gymnastic exercises.2. Au pas de gym': 'On the double', 'double-quick', at a brisk pace. -
70 peinard
adj.1. Without a care in the world. Depuis qu'ils travaillent tous les deux, ils sont peinards: With two wages coming in, they don't have much to worry about. Faire quelque chose en père peinard: To do something without undue haste and concern. Je l'ai vu qui pédalait en père peinard: I saw him cycling along at a leisurely pace. -
71 pépère
I.n. m.1. 'Gramps', grandpa, grandfather.2. 'Old codger', easy-going old man. (This word is more often than not used in a friendly, vocative context. Alors, comment ça va, pépère? Well, dad, how's things?)II.adj.1. 'Easy-going', amenable. Il est tout ce qu'il y a de pépère, le directeur! That boss of ours is no stickler for rules!2. 'Whopping', large. Il s'est tapé un sandwich plus que pépère: He was chomping his way through a ginormous sandwich.III.adv. In a happy-go-lucky manner, gently. Les affaires vont pépère: Business is ticking over nicely. On a roulé pépère: We drove at a leisurely pace. -
72 petit
I.n. m.2. Mon petit (Term of endearment): My pet— Precious— Darling.3. Faire des petits (fig.): To multiply, to grow in numbers. Dès qu'il y a un mécontent, ça fait des petits: Before you know it, from one disgruntled character you've got a whole horde!4. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. Emmener le petit au cirque (joc.): To have 'a leg-over', to 'have it off', to have sex. Prendre (also: envoyer) du petit: To get sodomized. (Certain dictionaries lexicalize petit with reference to the previous example as being the anal sphincter where sodomous intercourse is concerned.)II.adv. At a slow pace. En ce moment côté affaires, ça va petit! Business is just about chugging along! -
73 pied
n. m.1. Faire du pied à quelqu'un: To 'play footsie', to make amorous foot-play advances.a (lit.): To 'skedaddle', to 'scram', to move away niftily.b (fig.): To get out of a scrape in the nick of time.3. S'être levé du pied gauche: To be in a foul mood (because one has got out of bed on the wrong side). Partir du pied gauche (of venture, undertaking): To make a bad start.4. Lever le pied:a To ease off the accelerator pedal, to reduce one's speed in a motor car.b To take things at a more leisurely pace (and let others do the rushing about).c (of shady entrepreneur): To do a 'moonlight flit', to disappear with the takings.5. S'en aller les pieds devant: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.6. Faire des pieds et des mains pour¼: To 'try every trick in the book', to worry more about the ends than the means where success is concerned. Il a fait des pieds et des mains pour un petit rôle de rien du tout: For a two-bit part in that play he literally flogged his granny!7. Ça lui fera les pieds! (That will) serve him jolly well right! C'est bien fait pour tes pieds! Well you asked for it, didn't you?!8. Etre bête comme ses pieds: To be 'as thick as two short planks', to be totally stupid. Quel pied! What a nurk! — What a fool!9. Prendre son pied (also: aller au pied): To have a 'come', to experience an orgasm. (The origin of the expression could be sought in the picturesque avoir les pieds en bouquets de violettes which is both descriptive and humorous.)10. Ça, c'est le pied! This is great! — This is fantastic! (In this instance pied has taken a far more metaphorical meaning.)11. En avoir son pied de quelque chose: To be fed up to the back teeth with something.12. Aller au pied (Underworld slang): To 'split the takings', to have a share-out.13. Il y a du pied dans la chaussette! There's no rush! — We've plenty of time! -
74 piquer
I.v. trans.1. To 'jab', to inject. (The verb is only really encountered with this meaning when it refers to the 'putting to sleep' of a pet dog or cat. Elle a dû faire piquer son chien: She had to have her dog put down.)2. To stab, to knife.3. To 'cop', to catch (a disease). Il a piqué une chtouille maison! He caught a right dose of clap!4. Piquer une sale note (sch.): To get a rotten mark. (In schools and colleges, the verb piquer with reference to an assessment can sometimes have a positive connotation as with piquer un quinze sur vingt: To get a first-class mark.)a To 'skedaddle', to 'make tracks', to run away.b (fig.): To be off and away when something unpleasant has occurred.6. En piquer un: To 'have a kip', to 'take some shuteye', to steal a few minutes for a snooze (also: piquer un roupillon).7. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. Elle m'a piqué tout mon fric. She filched all my dough.8. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest. A ce train-là, on va se faire piquer par les cognes! If we keep this up, the fuzz'll do us!9. Piquer le dix (Prison slang): To pace up and down a cell like a bear in a cage.II.v. intrans. Piquer à quelque chose:a To 'get the hang of something', to understand the workings of something.b To get 'hooked' on, to have a compulsive liking for something.III.v. trans. reflex.1. (Drugs): To 'mainline', to inject intravenously.2. Se piquer le nez: To 'get pickled', to get drunk. (The expression reflects the habitual nature of the act whereby the subject is well on the road to dipsomania.) -
75 train
n. m.1. 'Arse', 'bum', behind. Botter quelqu'un dans le train: To kick someone up the jacksey. Avoir le feu au train: To 'have ants in one's pants', to be itching to get moving, to be in a great hurry.2. Se magner le train: To 'get one's skates on', to hurry up.3. Filer le train à quelqu'un: To dog someone's footsteps, to follow someone closely. On lui a dit de filer le train au maljrat He was told to tail that suspect.4. Remettre quelqu'un au train (Underworld slang): To 'twist someone's arm', to compel someone to do something (literally to get someone to go along with one's wishes).5. Manquer le train (fig.): To 'miss the boat', to fail to get what one might be entitled to.6. N'être pas en train (also: ne pas se sentir en train): To 'feel out of sorts', to feel below par.7. Etre dans le train: To be 'on the ball', to be 'in the swing of things', to be right-up-to-date with trends, etc.8. Faux train (Cycling and horse-racing slang): Brisk but not exceedingly fast pace set by a group of riders to enable the champion to be in the running for the critical final furlong.9. Sauter du train en marche (joc.): To have coïtus interruptus. -
76 veau
n. m.1. (Racing slang): 'Nag', inferior racehorse.2. Car definitely lacking in accelerating power, the kind of vehicle that just trundles along at a leisurely pace.3. (also: tête de veau): 'Burk', 'nincompoop', fool.4. Pleurer comme un veau: To 'blubber', to 'cry one's eyes out', to weep. -
77 cadences infernales
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78 pas
COS passu, ancataEN pace, stride
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