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81 crème
I.n. m. Un crème (abbr. un café crème): A cup of white coffee.II.n. f. La crème1. (of person): The very best. C'est la crème des mecs! He's the nicest guy you could possibly imagine. C'est la crème des cons: He's an 'A- grade' pillock.2. 'The toffs', 'the upper crust', the upper classes. Il aime voyager avec la mme: He likes travelling in good company.3. 'The pick of', the very best. On lui donne toujours la crème: He always gets first pick.4. Easy job, easy task. C'est pas de la crème'. It's not all milk and honey—It's not a bed of roses. Si tu t'imagines que c'est de la crème, ce boulot! You're welcome to that job, it's no cushy number! -
82 curieux
n. m. Examining magistrate. (The juge d'instruction is a very special magistrate whose task it is to look into possible court cases and to decide whether to pursue the matter. Having taken that decision, he will, with the help of the police and the defence, 'instruct' a case he will not be judging.) -
83 défiler
v. pronom.1. To 'slope off', to 'slip away', to disappear discreetly.2. To 'back out of something unpleasant', to dodge an awkward task.3. To 'lie low', to hide. -
84 dérober
I.v. intrans.1. To slip away. Dérober en douce: To slope off unnoticed.2. To 'dodge the issue', to skilfully avoid giving a straight answer.3. To 'go back on one's word', to renege on a promise.II.v. pronom.1. To 'funk out of something', to avoid an unpleasant task.2. To 'go on the loose', to 'leave the straight and narrow', to start leading a fast and easy life. -
85 dorure
n. f. Une dorure: A 'walk-over', an easy task. -
86 embourber
v. trans.1. To 'shunt', to crash into. Il a embourbé un platane avec sa bagnole: He pranged his car against a tree.3. S'embourber quelque chose: To get lumbered with an unpleasant task. Je me suis embourbé toute la vaisselle: It's muggins who got all the washing-up. -
87 emmener
v. pronom. S'emmener promener (joc.): To 'slope off', to leave someone else to cope with a difficult or unpleasant task. -
88 enfiler
I.v. trans.1. To 'screw', to fuck, to have coition with. Va te faire enfiler! Get stuffed!2. To 'con', to swindle, to dupe. Il s'est fait enfiler de première: He got done good and proper!3. Enfiler des perles (joc.): To 'do bugger-all', to loafabout.II.v. pronom.1. To get through quite a lot of food or drink. Il s'est enfilé une tripotée d'apéros: He was knocking back Martinis as if they were going out of fashion!2. To be lumbercd with an unpleasant task. Il a dû s'enfiler la vaisselle, la lessive et le ménage: He got stuck with all the household chores. -
89 essuyer
v. trans.1. Essuyer le coup: To show one's feelings of disappointment at a setback.2. Essuyer les plâtres: To suffer teething problems in a new venture. (Originally the meaning of the expression was literal and referred to the problems experienced by someone moving into newly-built premises.)3. Essuyer lesplanches (th.): To have the difficult task of 'warming up an audience' at a variety show. -
90 être
v. intrans.1. Etre de: To be lumbered with an undesirable task. Etre de garde: To be on watch-duty. C'est mon tour d'être de vaisselle! As luck would have it, it's my turn to do the washing-up again!2. L'être: To be a cuckold, to have an unfaithful wife.3. En être: To be 'one of them', to be a 'pouf', to be a homosexual.4. Etre un peu là:a To have a he-man physique, to be of a powerful build.b To have 'something up-top', to be really brainy.c To be 'loaded', to have plenty of money.5. Je suis comme je suis! That's the way I am and you're not going to change me!6. J'y suis! I've twigged! — I understand now what you mean! -
91 ficelé
adj.1. Etre drôlement ficelé (of person): To be frumpishly, dowdily dressed.2. Ça m'a l'air mal ficelé! (of task, project): It certainly looks like a botched job! -
92 filon
n. m.1. 'Spot of luck', 'lucky break', fortunate occurrence.2. 'Plum', 'cushy number', easy task. Il a décroché un sacré filon: He's certainly landed the plummest job around. Tenir lefilon: To be onto a good thing. -
93 garnots
n. m. pl. Les garnots: The police department whose task it is to collate and check all information appertaining to hotels (also: la police des garnis). -
94 jour
n. m.1. Le jour J: 'Make-or-break day', the day of reckoning, the day of decision.a To be as long as a wet weekend.b (of person): To be as tall as a lamp-post.3. C'est clair comme le jour. It's as clear as daylight—There's not the shadow of a doubt (also: c'est clair comme de l'eau de roche).4. Ce n'est pas tous les jours dimanche! Life isn't a bowl of cherries!5. Au jour d'aujourd'hui: Mediocre journalese expression roughly equivalent to: 'at this moment in time'.6. Demain il fera jour! (about task one is reluctant to continue with): Tomorrow is another day!7. Etre dans ses mauvais jours: To be having one of one's 'off-days'.8. Ça craint le jour! (of goods that seem to have fallen off the back of the proverbial lorry): It's hot stuff, you know! (It could do with not being seen.) -
95 lècher
v. trans.1. To 'suck up to someone', to behave in a sycophantic manner.2. To carry out a delicate task with the utmost care and attention. -
96 lievre
n. m.1. 'Bright spark', character who is quick on the uptake.2. (Racing slang): 'Pacemaker', horse whose task it is to lead the field from the start of the race.3. Courir comme un lièvre: To 'run like the clappers', to hare along.4. Lever un lièvre:a To come up with an interesting idea.b To uncover a hitherto well- kept and embarrassing secret. -
97 meublé
n. m.1. Un meublé: 'Digs', furnished accommodation.2. La police des meublés: Division of the police force whose task it was to collect the day-to-day information from hotels via the now-defunct card registration system. -
98 miel
n. m.1. Un miet (of 'job', enterprise verging on the illegal): A doddle, an easy task. C'est du miel! It's as easy as pie! (also: c'est un pur miel!).2. Miel! Oh sugar! — Drat! — Damn and blast! (Miel! is a euphemistic alternative to the expletive merde!) -
99 montagne
n. f.1. 'Hulk', hunk of a man.a To make a mountain out of a molehill.b To 'make heavy weather' of something, to exaggerate the importance of an inflicted task.3. Montagnes russes:a Big Dipper (in amusement park).b (joc.): 'Switchback' road, hilly route. -
100 morceau
n. m.1. Gober le morceau (fig.): To 'swallow the bait', to 'fall for something hook, line and sinker', to be duped (also: avaler le morceau).2. Un beau morceau (chauvinist utterance): A 'bit of alright', a 'nice bit of skirt', an attractive woman.3. C'est un sacré morceau: It's a tough nut to crack—It's a difficult task.4. Emporter le morceau: To clinch the deal.5. Cracher le morceau: To own up, to confess.6. Casser le morceau à quelqu'un: To break unpleasant news in an ungentle manner. Et sec, il lui a cassé le morceau! He let him have it straight from the shoulder, no messing!
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