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1 acrobate
n. m.1. Cat-burglar.2. (fig.): Character who always lands on his feet. Lui faire faillite?! N'y comptez pas, c'est un drôle d'acrobate! He'll never be in Queer Street, he treads the tightrope of high finance like a real trouper! -
2 dégraisser
I.v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal.2. Dégraisser son morlingue: To 'spend, spend, spend', to use one's money in a reckless manner.3. Dégraisser son panais: To 'have a change of oil', to fuck, to have sex.II.v. trans. reflex.1. To 'have it off', to fuck, to have sex.2. To 'end up in queer street', to go bankrupt. -
3 faucheman
adj. inv. 'Skint', 'broke', penniless. Etre faucheman: To be in Queer Street. -
4 plaga
à plaga (adv. exp.) Etre à plaga:a To feel 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted. Toutes ses noubas l'ont mis à plaga: No wonder he's jiggered with all this boozing and gallivanting.b To be 'skint', 'broke', to find oneself penniless. Avec tous ces aminches, il s'est vite retrouvé à plaga: With all those friends and hangers-on, he soon found himself in Queer Street. -
5 remplumer
v. pronom.1. To 'pad out again', to put on weight (after having lost it through illness, etc.).2. To 'pick up again', to get back into good health.3. To 'get out of Queer Street', to get back on one's feet financially. -
6 rétamé
adj.1. 'Blotto', 'blind-to-the-world', dead-drunk.2. 'ln Queer Street', 'cleaned-out', bankrupt. -
7 retaper
I.v. trans.1. To do a 'botched' repair, to mend something in a haphazard manner. Chaque fois qu'il fait du vent, on doit retaper le poulailler: Every time it blows a gale we have to plug holes in the henhouse.2. To 'buck up', to cheer up. Ça m'a drôlement retapé de te voir aujourd'hui! Seeing you today did me a power of good!3. Se faire retaper (sch.): To 'get ploughed', to get failed at an exam.II.v. pronom.1. To 'pick up again', to get back to good health.2. To 'come out of Queer Street', to become solvent again.3. To get kitted out with brand-new clothes.
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