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81 rebours
rebours [ʀ(ə)buʀ]► à reboursadverbial phrase* * *
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à rebours aʀ(ə)buʀ locution adverbiale [compter, marcher] backward(s)
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à rebours de locution prépositivealler à rebours de — to go against [mode, tendance]
* * *ʀ(ə)buʀà rebours adv
* * *A loc adv1 ( à l'envers) [compter, marcher] backward(s); prendre l'ennemi à rebours to attack the enemy from the rear; caresser un chat à rebours to stroke a cat the wrong way; brosser une étoffe à rebours to brush a cloth against the nap; prendre qn à rebours to rub sb up the wrong way;B à rebours de loc prép à rebours de la tendance actuelle, cette entreprise se porte très bien contrary to the current trend, this business is doing very well; aller à rebours de to go against [mode, tendance]; ⇒ compte.[rəbur]à rebours locution adverbiale1. [à l'envers - compter, lire] backwards[dans le mauvais sens] the wrong waytu prends tout à rebours! you're always getting the wrong idea!, you're always getting the wrong end of the stick! (UK)2. TEXTILES against the nap ou the pile————————à rebours de locution prépositionnellealler à rebours de tout le monde to go ou to run counter to the general trend -
82 sort
sort [sɔʀ]masculine nouna. ( = condition) lot• être content or satisfait de son sort to be happy with one's lotb. ( = destinée, hasard) fate• sa proposition a eu or subi le même sort que les précédentes his proposal met with the same fate as the previous ones• faire un sort à (inf) ( = se débarrasser de) to get rid of ; [+ plat, bouteille] to polish off (inf)c. [de sorcier] spell• jeter un sort à or sur qn to put a spell on sb* * *sɔʀnom masculin1) ( condition) lot2) ( destin) fate [U]faire un sort à (colloq) un plat — fig to polish off (colloq) a dish
••jeter un sort à quelqu'un — to put a curse ou jinx on somebody
* * *sɔʀ1. vbSee:2. nm1) (= destinée) fate2) (= hasard)3) (= condition, situation) lot4) (magique) spell* * *sort nm1 ( condition) lot; se plaindre de son sort to complain of one's lot; être satisfait de son sort to be satisfied with one's lot; améliorer son sort to improve one's lot;2 ( destin) fate ¢; remettre son sort entre les mains de qn to put one's fate in sb's hands; le sort en a décidé autrement fate decided otherwise; c'est un coup du sort it's just one of those things; il sera bientôt fixé sur son sort he'll soon know his fate; le sort est contre moi I'm ill-fated; il a eu un sort tragique he came to a tragic end; tirer au sort to draw lots; tirer qch au sort to draw lots for sth; le sort des armes the fortunes (pl) of war; faire un sort à○ un plat/une bouteille fig to polish off○ a dish/a bottle.[sɔr] nom masculindes mesures ont été prises pour améliorer le sort des immigrés steps were taken to improve the lot ou status of immigrantsa. (familier) [plat] to make short work of, to polish offb. [bouteille] to polish off, to drink uptoutes les demandes d'emploi subissent le même sort all letters of application meet with the same fate ou receive the same treatment3. [puissance surnaturelle]le sort Fate, Fortune, Destiny -
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84 tracé
trace [tʀas]feminine nouna. ( = marque) mark ; [de sang] traceb. ( = empreinte) tracks• traces de doigt (sur disque, meuble) finger marks• disparaître sans laisser de traces [personne] to disappear without trace ; [tache] to disappear completely without leaving a mark• être sur les traces de [+ fugitif] to be on the trail of• marcher sur or suivre les traces de qn (figurative) to follow in sb's footsteps• suivre à la trace [+ gibier, fugitif] to trackc. ( = indice) trace• on ne trouve pas trace de cet événement dans les journaux there's no trace of this event to be found in the papers• on voyait encore les traces de son passage there was still evidence that he had recently passed byd. ( = chemin frayé) track• faire la trace (Mountaineering, skiing) to be the first to ski (or walk etc) on new snow* * *tʀas1) ( piste) trailsuivre quelqu'un à la trace — lit to track somebody; fig to follow somebody's trail
2) ( empreinte)traces de pas — footprints, footmarks
3) ( marque) ( de brûlure) mark; ( cicatrice) scar; ( de peinture) mark; (de sang, d'humidité) tracetraces de coups — ( bleus) bruises
4) ( indice) ( d'activité) sign; (de passage, présence) trace5) ( quantité infime)* * *tʀas nf1) (= empreintes) tracks pl2) (= marque) mark3) (= indice) traceLe voleur n'a pas laissé de traces. — The thief left no traces.
* * *trace nf1 ( piste) trail; perdre la trace d'un animal to lose an animal's tracks; retrouver la trace d'un voleur/des tableaux volés to pick up the trail of a thief/of the stolen paintings; suivre qn à la trace lit to track sb; fig to follow sb's trail; faire la trace ( au ski) to blaze the ou a trail; skier dans la trace de qn to ski in sb's tracks;2 ( empreinte) traces tracks; traces d'ours/de ski bear's/ski tracks; traces de pneus tyre GB ou tire US tracks; traces de pas footprints, footmarks; repartir sur ses traces lit, fig to retrace one's steps; marcher sur or suivre les traces de qn fig to follow in sb's footsteps; un itinéraire touristique sur les traces de Van Gogh fig a tourist route following in the steps of Van Gogh;3 ( marque) ( de brûlure) mark; ( cicatrice) scar; ( de peinture) mark; (de sang, d'humidité) trace; traces de freinage skidmarks; traces de doigts fingermarks; traces de coups ( bleus) bruises; l'enfant a des traces suspectes the child has some suspicious marks ou bruises; traces de fatigue sur le visage signs of tiredness on the face; les traces indélébiles d'une enfance malheureuse fig the indelible scars of an unhappy childhood; l'aventure avait laissé des traces profondes en lui the experience had marked him deeply;4 ( indice) ( d'activité) sign; (de passage, présence) trace; des traces d'effraction signs of a break-in; il n'y avait aucune trace du conducteur there was no trace ou sign of the driver; disparaître sans laisser de traces to disappear without a trace; les archéologues ont trouvé de nombreuses traces de cette civilisation archaeologists have found many traces of this civilization;5 ( quantité infime) des traces de mercure traces of mercury; ‘lipides: traces’ ‘lipids: trace’; sa déclaration ne comportait pas la moindre trace d'humour/d'ironie his/her pronouncement bore not the slightest trace of humourGB/of irony.[trase] nom masculin[contour - d'un littoral] outline -
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86 trouvaille
trouvaille [tʀuvαj]feminine noun* * *tʀuvɑj1) ( découverte) find; ( invention) invention2) ( idée originale) bright idea, brainwave* * *tʀuvɒj nf1) (= objet) find2) (= idée) brainwave* * *trouvaille nf1 ( découverte) find; ( invention) invention; faire une trouvaille ( trouver un objet) to make a find; ( apprendre qch) to discover sth new; fais-moi voir tes trouvailles show me what you've found; tu parles d'une trouvaille! iron so what's new!;2 ( idée originale) innovation; un spectacle plein de trouvailles a show full of innovations.[truvaj] nom féminin[objet, lieu] find[idée, méthode] brainwave[expression] coinage -
87 victime
victime [viktim]feminine noun• il est mort, victime d'une crise cardiaque he died of a heart attack• être victime de [+ escroc, accident, calomnie] to be the victim of* * *viktim1) (d'accident, de désastre, phénomène) victim, casualtyle joueur, victime d'une blessure au genou... — the player, suffering from a knee injury...
victime d'une panne, il a abandonné la course — hit by mechanical problems, he abandoned the race
2) Droit victim3) ( créature offerte en sacrifice) sacrificial victim* * *viktim nf1) [crime, injustice, malheur] victim2) [accident] victim, casualty* * *victime nf1 (d'accident, de désastre, phénomène) victim, casualty (de of); le cyclone a fait de nombreuses victimes the cyclone claimed many victims ou casualties; les victimes des accidents de la route road accident victims, road casualties; leur entreprise fut l'une des victimes de la crise du pétrole fig their firm was one of the casualties of the oil crisis; être victime de calomnies/d'une idéologie/des circonstances fig to be a victim of slander/of an ideology/of circumstances; être victime d'un infarctus to be the victim of a heart attack; être victime d'un complot fig to be the victim of a conspiracy; les victimes du cancer cancer victims; arrête de jouer les victimes iron stop playing the victim iron; le joueur, victime d'une blessure au genou… the player, suffering from a knee injury…; victime d'une panne, il a abandonné la course hit by mechanical problems, he abandoned the race; il a été victime de son succès/bon cœur/orgueil his success/kind-heartedness/pride has been his undoing;2 Jur victim;3 ( créature offerte en sacrifice) sacrificial victim.[viktim] nom fémininaccident de la route, trois victimes car crash, three casualties4. [d'un préjudice] victimêtre la victime d'un escroc to fall prey to ou to be the victim of a con man -
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89 battant
I.n. m.1. 'Ticker', heart (also: palpitant).2. Tongue. Avoir un sacré battant: To have the gift of the gab.3. 'Heavy', muscleman (individual whose awe- inspiring muscular physique gets him all the tough jobs. In the boxing fraternity un battant is a powerful puncher with plenty of stamina).4. Avoir du battant: To be full of fight, to be not lacking in stamina.5. Se remplir le battant: To 'stuff one's face', to have a good tuck-in. ( Battant here refers to the stomach but does not have this meaning on its own.)II.adj. inv. Battant neuf. Brand spanking new.III.adv. 'On the dot', right on time. Il s'est radiné à huit heures battant: He got there right on the stroke of eight. -
90 beurre
n. m.1. 'Brass', 'loot', money. Faire son beurre: To 'make one's pile', to amass a fortune. Il ne manque pas de beurre! He's loaded.2. Un beurre: A kind bloke, an easy-going and uncomplicated man.3. C'est un beurre que¼ What a stroke of luck that¼4. Ça fait mon beurre! That suits me down to the ground! — That's fine by me! -
91 bol
n. m.1. 'Bean', 'bonce', head. N'avoir rien sur le bol: To be as bald as a coot. Ne te casse pas le bol! Don't fret! — Don't worry!2. 'Mush', 'dial', face. (With this meaning, the word is always encountered in a pejorative connotation. Faire un drôle de bol: To pull a sour face.)3. Luck. Un coup de bol: A stroke of luck. Manque de bol, on s'est fait pincer! Of all the rotten luck, we got nabbed!4. En avoir ras le bol (also: ralbol): To be fed up to the back teeth, to be sick and tired of something.5. Prendre un bol d'air: To get a bit of fresh air. -
92 buriné
past part. Etre buriné par l'effort: The standard meaning is to have weathered features through excessive work but the jocularity of the expression stems from its antiphrastic use when referring to someone who doesn't do a stroke of work. -
93 chopin
n. m.1. 'Windfall', financial stroke of luck. Sans ce beau chopin ott aurait fait faillite: Without that money out of the blue, we would have gone bust.2. Attractive bird, pretty lass, beautiful girl.3. Avoir un chopin pour: To 'have a soft spot' for someone of the opposite sex. Il a un sacré chopin pour ma frangine: He's fallen for my sister, hook, line and sinker!4. Faire un beau chopin (of woman): To find a sugar-daddy, to find a wealthy lover. -
94 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. -
95 embellie
n. f. 'Lucky break', stroke of luck. -
96 ficher
I.v. trans. & intrans.(This verb is the euphemistic equivalent of foutre, and a surprising alternative infinitive ( ormfiche is quite often to be found.)1. To be up to (with pejorative connotation), to do (very little). Et qu'est-ce qu'il fiche ici quand il se donne la peine de venir?! And can you tell me what he does here, if and when he bothers to clock in? Ne rien ficher (also: nepas en ficher un coup): To 'do bugger-all', to 'sit on one's backside', not to do a stroke of work.2. To 'bung', to 'stick', to put. Où est-ce que vous avez fiché ma valise? Where did you dump my suitcase?3. Ficher quelqu'un dedans: To 'land someone in it', to get someone into trouble.4. Ficher quelqu'un à la porte: To chuck someone out.5. Ficher le camp: To 'bugger off', to 'piss off', to go away.7. Je t'en fiche (also: je vous en fiche) mon billet! You can bet your bottom dollar on this! — You can take it from me that¼8. Envoyer faire fiche quelqu'un: To send someone away with a flea in his ear. Va te faire fiche! Go to hell!9. Faire quelque chose à la va- tefaire-fiche: To do something 'any old how', to do something in a slapdash manner (also: à la va-comme-je-te-pousse).10. Je t'en fiche! You must be joking! — Nothing of the sort! — Not remotely' likely.11. Ça la fiche mal! That doesn't look good! — That certainly makes a bad impression! Ça la fiche mal, un patron qui fait de la taule! A director in the clink certainly doesn't enhance the company image.II.v. pronom.1. Se ficher de:a 'Not to give a fuck', not to care a damn about something. Il se fiche éperdument de ce que vous pouvez bien lui dire: He couldn't care two hoots what you say.b To 'poke fun at', to 'pull someone's leg', to make fun of someone or something. Je sais qu'il se fiche de moi derrière mon dos! I know he's always taking the mickey out of me!2. Se ficher dedans:a To 'make a boo-boo', to make a blunder.b To 'land oneself in it', to get oneself into trouble.a To get killed. Il s'est fichu en l'air sur l'autoroute: He got shunted to kingdom come on the motorway.b To 'bump oneself off', to commit suicide.4. Se ficher sur la gueule: To 'have a ding-dong set-to', to 'have a punch-up', to have a fight.a To fall flat on one's face, to go sprawling.b To 'come a cropper', to fall foul of one's luck. -
97 flube
n. m.1. 'lnfo', piece of information.2. Stroke of luck. Il a eu un de ces flubes! You won't believe the luck he's had!3. Avoir lesflubes: To 'have the shits', to be 'in a blue funk', to be petrified. Il lui a foutu les flubes: He scared the pants off him. -
98 foutre
I.n. m. 'Spunk', sperm, semen.II.v. trans.1. To 'bung', to 'chuck somewhere', to put. On l'a foutu en taule: He was clapped into jail. Il a foutu ça dans un coin: He chucked it in a corner. On l'a foutue à la porte: She got the sack. Foutre quelque chose en l'air: To throw something away.2. To do (usually with derogatory connotations). Qu'est- ce que tu fous ici? What the hell are you doing here? Il n'a jamais rien foutu de sa vie: He's ncver done a stroke of work.3. Foutre un coup de poing sur la gueule de quelqu'un: To punch someone in the face.4. Foutre le camp: To 'bugger off', to leave (usually in haste).5. Foutre la paix à quelqu'un: To leave someone in peace. Fous-moi la paix! Leave me alone!III.v. trans. reflex.1. Se foutre par terre: To fall flat on one's face, to fall to the ground (also: se foutre la gueule par terre).2. Se foutre dedans: To 'make a cock-up', to make a mistake. Il s'est drôlement foutu dedans avec la dernière commande: He made a real balls of that last order.3. Se foutre m l'air: To 'top oneself', to 'do oneself in', to commit suicide.IV.v. pronom. Se foutre de quelqu'un: To 'take the mickey out of', to poke fun at someone.V.interj. Cripes! — Bloody hell! (A less potent alternative is fichtre!) -
99 main
n. f.1. Avoir la main heureuse: To 'have a knack with things', to be lucky by nature.2. Avoir la main baladeuse: To 'have wandering hands', to have a tendency to 'paw'.3. Avoir un poil dans la main: To be an 'idle git', to be a lazy so-and-so.4. Etre en main (of prostitute): To be with a client.5. Se faire la main: To 'try one's hand at something', to practise.6. Ça fait ma main! It suits me to a T! — That's fine by me!a To make a swoop for, to 'pinch', to steal.b To give a woman a sly stroke on the behind.8. Se prendre en main (joc.): To 'pull one's wire', to masturbate.9. Se prendre par la main: To pluck up courage, to act in a confident manner.10. Ne pas y aller de main morte: To 'make no bones about something', to be ruthlessly frank and aggressive.11. Passer la main dans le dos à quelqu'un: To 'butter up', to flatter someone. Il aime bien se passer la main dans le dos: He likes to pat himself on the back.12. Avoir un enfant de la main gauche: To have an illegitimate child.13. Ne pas se moucher de la main gauche (iron.): To 'fancy oneself', to have no mean opinion of oneself.14. C'est du cousu main: It's done to a turn—It's perfectly done.15. Passer la main:a To 'give in', to let someone else handle things.b To 'let things ride', to be amenable.16. La main de ma sœur dans la culotte d'un zouave: This jocular catch phrase has no specific meaning, but implies that whatever has been said or done is highly ridiculous. -
100 mimi
n. m.1. 'Puss', pussy, cat.2. 'Pussy', 'fanny', vagina.3. (Term of endearment): 'Pet', darling. Mon mimi: My lovey-dovey.4. Faire mimi (Child language): To cuddle, to stroke. (The word, as its first meaning suggests, is a corruption of minet, itself a colloquial alternative for chat.)
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