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41 jojo
I.n. m.1. 'Pain in the arse', 'awkward bugger', tricky character.3. Faire le jojo: To 'act the clever dick', to 'play the smart-aleck', to behave like a regular know-all.4. Faire son jojo: To act the 'HolyJoe', to put on a puritan front.II.adj. inv. Fine, beautiful, good, etc. (This adjective is more often than not tainted with a degree of irony, and seldom found without a preceding negative or moderator.) Sa nana n'est vraiment pas jojo: That bird of his looks a right little scrubber. Comme patacaisse, c'était jojo: That was a right royal cock-up! -
42 difficulté
difficulté [difikylte]feminine noun• être or se trouver en difficulté [personne] to find o.s. in difficulties ; [entreprise] to be having problems* * *difikylteen difficulté — in difficulties ou trouble
2) ( obstacle) difficultydifficultés à or pour faire — difficulty (in) doing
3) ( objection)* * *difikylte nfavoir de la difficulté à faire — to have difficulty doing, to have difficulty in doing
en difficulté (bateau, alpiniste) — in trouble, in difficulties, (entreprise) in difficulties, (élève) struggling
* * *difficulté nf1 ( peine) difficulty; toute la difficulté est là therein lies the difficulty; aimer/fuir la difficulté to enjoy/to avoid difficulties; reconnaître la difficulté d'une tâche/d'une situation to admit that a task/a situation is difficult; avoir/éprouver de la difficulté à faire to have/to experience difficulty (in) doing; avec difficulté with difficulty; en difficulté [avion, bateau, personne, famille, secteur] in difficulties ou trouble; mettre qn/se mettre en difficulté to put sb/to put oneself in a difficult position;2 ( obstacle) difficulty, problem; la principale/seconde difficulté a été de faire the main/second difficulty was to do; avoir des difficultés scolaires or à l'école to have problems at school; connaître/avoir des difficultés financières/techniques to experience/to have financial/technical difficulties; ne présenter aucune difficulté to present no difficulty; sans difficulté(s) without any difficulty; non sans difficultés not without difficulty; avoir des difficultés en français/algèbre to have difficulty with ou in French/algebra; avoir des difficultés à or pour faire to have difficulty (in) doing; avoir des difficultés de stationnement/logement/trésorerie to have problems parking/with housing/with one's finances;3 ( objection) objection; faire des difficultés to raise objections (pour faire about doing); elle n'a fait aucune difficulté she didn't raise a single objection.[difikylte] nom féminin1. [caractère ardu] difficulty[gêne] difficultyavoir de la difficulté à marcher to have difficulty walking, to walk with difficultyfaire des difficultés to create problems, to make a fussavoir des difficultés avec quelqu'un to have difficulties ou problems with somebody[ennui - financier]3. [point difficile] difficulty4. [impénétrabilité - d'une œuvre, d'un auteur] difficult ou abstruse nature————————en difficulté locution adjectivale & locution adverbiale[nageur] in difficulties[navire, avion] in distressa. [scolairement] a child with learning difficultiesb. [psychologiquement] a child with behavioural problemsa. [sur le plan affectif] a couple who are having problemsb. [financièrement] a couple with money problemsmettre quelqu'un en difficulté to put somebody in a difficult ou an awkward situation————————sans difficulté locution adverbiale -
43 encombrant
encombrant, e [ɑ̃kɔ̃bʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective[paquet] cumbersome ; [présence] burdensome* * *encombrante ɑ̃kɔ̃bʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif1) [meuble] bulky; [paquet, valise] cumbersome2) [personne, affaire] troublesome* * *ɑ̃kɔ̃bʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj encombrant, -e1) (objet, paquet) bulky* * *encombrant, encombrante adj1 [meuble] bulky; [paquet, marchandise, valise] cumbersome;2 [personne, affaire, événement] troublesome.( féminin encombrante) [ɑ̃kɔ̃brɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectifj'ai dû m'en débarrasser c'était trop encombrant I had to get rid of it, it was taking up too much space ou it was getting in the wayle jeune couple trouvait la petite sœur encombrante the young couple felt the little sister was in the way————————encombrants nom masculin pluriel -
44 emmerdant
emmerdant, e (inf!) [ɑ̃mεʀdɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjectivea. ( = irritant, gênant) bloody annoying (inf!)b. ( = ennuyeux) bloody boring (inf!)* * *emmerdant◑, emmerdante adj2 ( importun) [personne, situation] bloody◑ GB ou damned○ annoying; l'emmerdant c'est que je suis fauché○ the annoying thing is that I'm broke○.1. [importun]2. [gênant] bloody (très familier & UK) ou damn awkward -
45 pet
n. m.1. Fart. Lâcher un pet: To 'let one rip', to break wind.2. Danger, risk, peril. En '42 il y avait du pet à sortir sans ausweis: If Jerry caught you without I.D. on the streets, during the war, you were in trouble.3. 'Row', disturbance. Faire du pet: To kick up a fuss. Flurer le pet à quelqu'un: To pick a quarrel with someone.4. Faire le pet: To be on the look-out (where danger is concerned), to be on watch.5. (interj.): Pet! Look out!-Careful, someone's coming!6. Porter le pet:a To complain.b To lay a charge against someone.a To 'feel out of sorts', to be unwell.b To be awkward and uncooperative.8. Ça ne vaut pas un pet de lapin! It's not worth a brass farthing! — It's worthless! -
46 sirop
n. m.1. (abbr. sirop de canard, or de grenouille, also sirop de parapluie): 'Adam's ale', 'corporation pop', water.2. Water surface (lake, river, sea). Aller au sirop: To 'fall into the soup'.3. 'Watering-hole', low-class pub. Comme plus d'un boxeur, près de la retraite, il ne pensait qu'à avoir son propre sirop! Like many a punch-drunk boxer, he fancied owning a little pub of his own!4. 'Booze', liquor, alcoholic beverage. Avoir (also: tenir) un coup de sirop: To have had 'one over the eight', to be 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk. Quand sa bonne femme l'a plaqué, il s'est mis au sirop: When his missus left him he took to drink.5. 'Sticky mess', 'fix', awkward situation. On s'est retrouvés dans un de ces sirops après la grève! The strike left us in one hell of a mess!6. Tomber dans le sirop: To 'keel over', to 'pass out', to faint. -
47 ennuyer
ennuyer [ɑ̃nyije]➭ TABLE 81. transitive verba. ( = lasser) to boreb. ( = préoccuper) to worry ; ( = importuner) to bother• ça m'ennuie de te le dire, mais... I'm sorry to have to tell you but...• ça m'ennuie, ce que tu me demandes de faire what you're asking me to do is rather awkwardc. ( = irriter) ennuyer qn to annoy sb2. reflexive verba. ( = se morfondre) to be bored (de, à with)* * *ɑ̃nɥije
1.
1) ( lasser) to borevoyager m'ennuie — I find travelling [BrE] boring
2) ( déranger) to bother3) ( irriter) to annoy4) ( harceler) to hassle (colloq)
2.
s'ennuyer verbe pronominal1) ( être las) to be bored2) ( se lasser) to get boredje me suis franchement ennuyée — I got really bored; rat, sou
3) ( languir)* * *ɑ̃nɥije vt1) (= contrarier) to bothersi cela ne vous ennuie pas — if you don't mind, if it's no trouble
J'espère que cela ne vous ennuie pas trop. — I hope it's not too much trouble.
2) (= lasser) to bore* * *ennuyer verb table: essuyerA vtr1 ( lasser) to bore; mon travail/mari m'ennuie my job/husband bores me; ça m'ennuie à mourir it bores me to death; voyager m'ennuie I find travellingGB boring;2 ( déranger) to bother; est-ce que ça vous ennuierait si j'ouvrais la fenêtre? would it bother you if I opened a window?; excusez-moi de vous ennuyer I'm sorry to disturb you; ce qui m'ennuie avec lui c'est que what bothers me about him is that; est-ce que ça vous ennuierait de m'accompagner? would you mind coming with me?; si ça ne vous ennuie pas trop if you don't mind;3 ( irriter) to annoy; ça m'ennuie que tu cries sans arrêt it annoys me the way you shout all the time;4 ( harceler) to hassle○; arrête de m'ennuyer stop hassling me.B s'ennuyer vpr1 ( être las) to be bored; elle s'ennuie chez elle she is bored at home; s'ennuyer mortellement to be bored stiff; avoir l'air de s'ennuyer to look bored;2 ( se lasser) to get bored; je me suis franchement ennuyée I got really bored; s'ennuyer à faire to get bored doing; ⇒ rat, sou;[ɑ̃nɥije] verbe transitifavoir l'air ennuyé to look bothered ou worriedça m'ennuie de te le dire mais... I'm sorry to have to say this to you but...je ne voudrais pas vous ennuyer mais... I don't like to bother ou trouble you but...3. [agacer] to annoy4. [lasser] to bore————————s'ennuyer verbe pronominal intransitif————————s'ennuyer de verbe pronominal plus prépositions'ennuyer de quelqu'un/quelque chose to miss somebody/something -
48 touchant
touchant, e [tu∫ɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * ** * *tuʃɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj touchant, -e* * *touchant, touchante adj [cérémonie] moving; [image, histoire, sentiment, cadeau] touching; elle est très touchante dans ce rôle she's very moving in the part; c'était très touchant it was very touching; être touchant de simplicité [geste, cérémonie] to be touchingly simple; être touchant d'innocence/de gentillesse to be endearingly innocent/kind.Iêtre touchant de maladresse/sincérité to be touchingly awkward/earnestII[tuʃɑ̃] préposition -
49 commode
I.n. f.1. Honky-tonk piano.2. Faire la commode: To be in the removal business, to be a furniture remover by trade.3. Mon cul sur la commode: Nonsensical expression suggesting the utter ridiculousness of a situation.II.adj. Ne pas être commode: To be an 'awkward so-and-so', to be more than a trifle pig-headed. Ma femme n'est pas commode à vivre! Living with my wife is no bed of roses! -
50 tirage
n. m. Du tirage: 'Friction', state of awkward tension between people. Depuis qu 'il bosse ici, il y a du tirage avec les employés: Since he joined the staff, the workforce have been extremely unco-operative. -
51 caprice
caprice [kapʀis]masculine nouna. ( = lubie) whimb. [d'enfant] tantrum* * *kapʀisnom masculin1) ( fantaisie) ( de personne) whim; (de temps, marché, nature, voiture) vagaries (pl)2) ( accès de colère) tantrum* * *kapʀis1. nm1) (désir soudain) whim, caprice2) [enfant gâté] tantrum2. caprices nmpl[mode, climat] vagaries* * *caprice nm1 ( fantaisie) ( de personne) whim; (de temps, marché, nature, voiture) vagaries (pl); sur un caprice on a whim; céder aux caprices de qn to indulge sb's whims; satisfaire un caprice to indulge one's whim;2 ( accès de colère) tantrum; faire un caprice to throw a tantrum;3 ( amourette) passing fancy;4 Mus capriccio.[kapris] nom masculinrien n'est réfléchi, il n'agit que par caprice he doesn't think things through, he just acts on impulse2. [colère] tantrumelle n'a pas mal, c'est un caprice she's not in pain, she's just being awkward ou difficult3. [irrégularité]4. [engouement] (sudden) infatuation -
52 coucheur
n. m. Mauvais coucheur: 'Awkward customer', person who is difficult for the sake of it. -
53 couteau
n. m.1. (pl.): 'Gnashers', 'choppers', teeth. Trépigner des couteaux: To be famished.2. Un silence à couper au couteau: A most embarrassed silence (the kind of awkward hush that follows an indiscreet remark). -
54 hérisson
n. m. (pol.): 'Awkward customer', difficult suspect (literally, one who, like the hedgehog, is prickly to handle). -
55 lapin
n. m.1. Un sacré lapin:a 'One hell of a guy', an ace character.b A 'tricky bugger', an awkward fellow.2. Un drôle de lapin: A 'queer cove', an oddball (is usually said of someone who is difficult to weigh up).3. Un chaud lapin: A'randy bugger', a 'horny so-and-so', an over-sexed man.4. Mon petit lapin (Term of endearment): My little pet.5. Mon vieux lapin! 'Me old mate'!6. Le coup du lapin: a (lit.): A 'chocolate chop',a wallop behind the ears (with G.B.H. intentions).b (fig.): A treacherous blow.7. Poser un lapin: To fail to turn up for an appointment (intentionally or otherwise). Becqueter du lapin: To get stood up.8. Ça sent le lapin! It smells a bit fuggy here! (also: Ça sent le fauve).9. Ça ne vaut pas un pet de lapin: It's worth bugger-all! — It's worthless! -
56 lichedu
n. m. 'Pain-in-the-neck', bloody nuisance, awkward person. -
57 peigne-cul
n. m. 'Pain-in-the-neck', nuisance, awkward character. -
58 point-de-côté
n. m.1. 'Pain-in-the-neck', 'awkward cove', difficult person.2. Persistent creditor. -
59 vachard
adj.1. (of person): 'ldle as the day is long' (probably as energetic as a cow).2. (of person): 'Nasty', awkward.3. (of problem): 'Tricky', near-insoluble. Ils sont vachards, ces mots croisés! This crossword puzzle leaves me stumped!
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