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21 fouineur
I.n.m.1. 'Nosey-Parker', indiscreet and prying character.2. Persistent and tenacious police officer.3. Bargain-hunter.II.adj. 'Nosey', prying, inquisitive. -
22 frotte
n. f.1. Avoir la frotte: To have a persistent itch.2. La frotte et l'astique (mil.): 'Bull', 'spit and polish', the meticulous cleaning of one's army kit. -
23 gale
n. f.1. 'Evil minx', nasty-minded and persistent pest. Elle est mechante comme la gale! She's as mean as they come!2. Ne pas avoir la gale aux dents: To be a glutton, to have a voracious appetite. -
24 gratte
n. f.1. Itch, persistent itching. Sa gratte me tape sur les nerjs! His constant itch-scratching drives me up the wall!2. Guitar.3. De la gratte (sch.): 'Seconds', second helping of food. Allons, sois pas vache, donne-nous de la gratte! Come on, don't be mean, give us another helping!5. Faire de lagratte: To graft hard for some extra cash. -
25 horripilant
adj. 'lnfuriating', 'maddening', exasperating. C'est horripilant cette manie qu'il a de se bouffer les ongles! His persistent nail-biting drives me bonkers! -
26 misere
n. f.1. Pleurer misère: To plead poverty (in a whining fashion).2. Quelle misére! What a life! (we lead).3. Ça vous tombe dessus comme la misère sur le pauvre monde: This catch phrase, very much in the vein of 'it never rains but it pours', expresses persistent 'bolt-out-of-theblue' bad luck. A more colloquial alternative is: Ça vous tombe dessus comme la vérole sur le bas-clergé breton.4. Faire des miseres à quelqu'un: To 'give someone a bad time', to taunt and torment.5. Une misère: A mere trifle. Il a eu sa baraque pour une misère: That house of his he got practically given.6. Misère! Oh dear! (This interjection, particularly popular in Provence, can be tainted with irony or jocularity according to context and intonation, and is often used m expressions such as: Misère de nous autres! We're the poor buggers!) -
27 point-de-côté
n. m.1. 'Pain-in-the-neck', 'awkward cove', difficult person.2. Persistent creditor. -
28 renaudeur
n. m. 'Moaner', persistent complainer. -
29 rossignol
n. m.1. Irritating squeak, persistent noise within a motor-driven contraption.2. Skeleton key (for illegal purposes).3. (Antique-dealers' slang): 'White elephant', unsaleable item. -
30 rouscailleur
n. m. 'Grouch', persistent and vociferous grumbler. -
31 tanneur
n. m. 'Badgerer', persistent bore (character who always seems to harp on the same string).
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