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1 court
I.court1, e [kuʀ, kuʀt]1. adjectivea. shortb. ( = insuffisant) [avance, majorité] small• il lui a donné 10 jours, c'est court he's given him 10 days, which is a bit tight2. adverba. [se coiffer, s'habiller] elle s'habille très court she wears very short skirts• couper court à [+ débat, rumeur, critiques] to put a stop to• tourner court [projet, débat] to come to a sudden endII.court2 [kuʀ]masculine noun• court de tennis/badminton tennis/badminton court* * *
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courte kuʀ, kuʀt adjectif1) (de taille, en durée) shortde courte durée — [victoire, joie, espoir] short-lived; [prêt, emploi, maladie] short-term
s'arrêter, souffle court — to get out of breath and stop
2) ( insuffisant) [connaissances] limitedune heure/trois pages c'est (un peu) court — one hour/three pages, that's not really enough
3) ( faible) [défaite, victoire, majorité] narrowgagner d'une courte tête — [cheval] to win by a short head; [candidat] to win by a narrow margin
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couper court — ( en parlant) to cut the conversation short
couper court à quelque chose — ( abréger) to cut something short; ( faire cesser) to put paid to something
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nom masculin1) ( style vestimentaire)le court — short skirts (pl)
2) Sport•Phrasal Verbs:••être à court de — to be short of [argent]; to be short on [idées]
prendre quelqu'un de court — to catch somebody on the hop (colloq) GB ou unprepared
* * *kuʀ, kuʀt court, -e1. adj1) (en dimensions, nombre de pages) shortça fait un peu court [texte, devoir] — it's not very long, [robe] it's a bit short
2) (en temps) short2. advpour faire court — briefly, to cut a long story short
tourner court [histoire, expérience, conversation] — to come to a sudden end
couper court à [polémique, rumeur, discussion] — to cut short
3. nm1) (court de tennis) court, tennis courtprendre qn de court (= prendre au dépourvu) — to catch sb on the hop
Ça a été si vite, on a été pris de court. — It all happened so quickly we were caught on the hop.
* * *A adj1 ( pas long) [vêtement, cheveu, texte, période, mémoire, distance, balle] short; manches/culottes courtes short sleeves/trousers GB ou pants US; dans le délai le plus court in the shortest possible time; de courte durée [victoire, joie, espoir] short-lived; [prêt, emploi, maladie] short-term; s'arrêter, souffle court to get out of breath and stop; avoir le souffle court to get out of breath easily; avoir la vue courte lit, fig to be short-sighted; court sur pattes [animal] short-legged; [personne]○ shortish; prendre au plus court to take the shortest way; ⇒ paille;2 ( insuffisant) [connaissances] limited; une heure/deux euros/trois pages c'est (un peu) court one hour/two euros/three pages, that's not really enough;B adv s'habiller court to wear short skirts; jouer court to play short balls; couper qch court to cut sth short; les cheveux coupés court with short hair; couper court to cut the conversation short; couper court à qch ( abréger) to cut sth short; ( faire cesser) to put paid to sth; tourner court to come to a sudden end; s'arrêter court to stop short.C nmcourt métrage Cin short (film); courte échelle leg up; faire la courte échelle à qn to give sb a leg up.être à court de to be short of [argent, munitions]; to be short on [arguments, idées]; prendre qn de court to catch sb on the hop○ GB ou unprepared.A.[DANS L'ESPACE]1. [en longueur - cheveux, ongles] shorta. (familier) [chien] short-leggedb. [personne] shortil y a un chemin plus court there's a shorter ou quicker wayB.[DANS LE TEMPS]pendant un court instant for a brief ou fleeting momentcycle courtcourse of studies leading to qualifications exclusive of university entrance2. [proche]j'ai des projets à court terme I have some plans in ou for the short termC.[FAIBLE, INSUFFISANT]2. [restreint]avoir la respiration courte ou le souffle court to be short of breath ou winddeux bouteilles pour six, c'est un peu court two bottles for six people, that's a bit on the mean (UK) ou stingy sidel'avion décolle dans 30 minutes — c'est trop court pour l'avoir the plane takes off in 30 minutes — we won't make it in timea. [personne] limited (in one's understanding)b. [explication] limited————————adverbe1. [en dimension]2. [en durée]3. [brusquement]tourner court [discussion, projet] to come to an abrupt end————————nom masculin1. [terrain]2. COUTURE, VÊTEMENT [vêtement]le court short fashions ou hemlines ou styles3. (locution)prendre par le ou au plus court [chemin, procédure] to take a short cut————————à court locution adverbiale————————à court de locution prépositionnelleêtre à court d'idées/de vivres to have run out of ideas/foodnous étions presque à court d'eau we were low on ou running short of water————————de court locution adverbialea. [ne pas lui laisser de délai de réflexion] to give somebody (very) short noticeb. [le surprendre] to catch somebody unawares ou nappingtout court locution adverbialeappelez-moi Jeanne, tout court just call me Jeannecela indigne les chrétiens démocrates et même les chrétiens tout court this is shocking to Christian Democrats and even to Christians full stop (UK) ou period -
2 queue
queue [kø]1. feminine nouna. [d'animal, avion, comète, lettre, note] tail ; [de classement] bottom ; [de casserole, poêle] handle ; [de feuille, fruit, de fleur] stalk ; [de colonne, train] rearc. ( = pénis) (vulg!) cock (vulg!)• à la queue leu leu [arriver, marcher] in single file2. compounds* * *kø1) Zoologie tail3) ( manche) (de casserole, poêle) handle4) ( de billard) cue5) ( partie terminale) (d'animal, avion, de cerf-volant) tail; (de cortège, procession) tail(-end); ( de train) rear, back6) ( dans un classement)ils arrivent en queue (de peloton) des grandes entreprises — they come at the bottom of the league table of companies
7) ( file d'attente) queue GB, line USfaire la queue — to stand in a queue GB, to stand in line US
à la queue! — go to the back of the queue GB ou line US
••une histoire sans queue ni tête — (colloq) a cock and bull story
ce film n'a ni queue ni tête — (colloq) you can't make head or tail of this film
il n'y en avait pas la queue d'un(e) — (colloq) there were none to be seen
finir en queue de poisson — to fizzle out, to peter out
* * *kø nf1) [animal] tailLe chien a agité la queue. — The dog wagged its tail.
2) [fruit, feuille] stalk3) [poêle] handle4) [train, colonne] rear5) fig, [classement] bottom6) (= file d'attente) queue Grande-Bretagne line USAfaire la queue — to queue Grande-Bretagne to queue up Grande-Bretagne to line up USA
se mettre à la queue — to join the queue Grande-Bretagne to join the line USA
à la queue leu leu — in single file, (un par un) one after the other
7) ** (= pénis) prick ** * *queue nf1 Zool tail;3 ( manche) (de casserole, poêle) handle;4 ( de billard) cue;5 ( partie terminale) (d'animal, avion, de cerf-volant) tail; (de cortège, procession) tail(-end); ( de train) rear, back; les wagons de queue the rear carriages GB ou cars US; monter en queue de train to get on at the rear ou back of the train;6 ( dans un classement) queue de classe bottom of the class; ce pays est en queue des pays industrialisés this country is lagging behind other industrialized nations, this country is at the bottom of the league of industrialized nations ; ils arrivent en queue de peloton des grandes entreprises européennes they come at the bottom of the league table of European companies;7 ( file d'attente) queue GB, line US; faire la queue to stand in a queue GB, to stand in line US; se mettre à la queue to join the queue GB, to get in line US; à la queue! go to the back of the queue GB ou line US; il y avait 200 mètres de queue there was a 200-metreGB queue GB ou line US; j'ai fait deux heures de queue I queued GB or stood in line US for two hours;9 ●( pénis) cock●, prick●.une histoire sans queue ni tête a cock and bull story; ce film n'a ni queue ni tête you can't make head or tail of this film; la queue basse or entre les jambes○ with one's tail between one's legs; il n'y en avait pas la queue d'un(e)○ there were none to be seen, there wasn't a trace of one; faire une queue de poisson à qn Aut to cut in front of sb; finir or se terminer en queue de poisson to fizzle out, to peter out.[kø] nom fémininil est parti la queue basse (familier) ou entre les jambes (familier) he left with his tail between his legs3. [extrémité - d'une poêle] handle ; [ - d'un avion, d'une comète, d'un cerf-volant] tail ; [ - d'une étoile filante] trail ; [ - d'un cortège] back, tail (end) ; [ - d'un orage, d'un tourbillon] tail (end) ; [ - d'une procession, d'un train] rearpas la queue d'un (familier) ou d'une (familier) : on pourrait prendre un taxi — je n'en ai pas encore vu la queue d'un (familier & familier) we could get a taxi — I haven't seen hide nor hair of one yetn'avoir ni queue ni tête: ce que tu dis n'a ni queue ni tête you make no sense at all, you're talking nonsensela pièce n'avait ni queue ni tête you couldn't make head or ou nor tail of the play4. [dans un classement] bottomêtre à la queue de la classe/du championnat to be at the bottom of the class/league7. JEUX8. CONSTRUCTION [d'une marche] tail[d'une pierre] (inner) tail[d'une note de musique] stemà la queue leu leu locution adverbialein single ou Indian file -
3 exploser
exploser [εksploze]➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verba. [bombe, chaudière] to explodeb. [chômage, demande, production, prix] to rocket ; [marché] to boomc. ( = abîmer) (inf) to smash up• je vais lui exploser la tête ! I'm going to smash his face in! (inf!)* * *ɛksplozeverbe intransitif1) lit [bombe, mine, appareil] to explode; [véhicule, immeuble] to blow upfaire exploser — [personne, dispositif] to blow up [avion, voiture]; to explode [bombe, mine]; [gaz, court-circuit] to cause [something] to blow up [immeuble]
2) fig [joie] to burst forth3) ( augmenter) [prix] to soar, to rocket (colloq); [ventes] to boom, to rocket (colloq)* * *ɛksploze vi1) [bombe] to explode, to go off, [engin explosif] to go off, [bâtiment, véhicule] to blow upLa bombe a explosé en pleine rue. — The bomb exploded in the middle of the street., The bomb went off in the middle of the street.
faire exploser [bombe] — to explode, to detonate, [bâtiment, véhicule] to blow up
2) [joie, colère] to burst out, to explode, [personne] (de colère) to explode, to flare up3) [ventes, chiffres] to rocket, to explode* * *exploser verb table: aimer vi1 lit [bombe, mine, appareil] to explode; [véhicule, immeuble] to blow up; faire exploser [personne, dispositif] to blow up [avion, voiture]; to explode [bombe, mine]; [gaz, court-circuit] to cause [sth] to blow up [immeuble];2 fig [colère, jalousie] to explode; [joie] to burst forth; [acclamations] to ring out; laisser exploser sa colère to give vent to one's anger; elle laissa exploser sa joie she could no longer contain her joy; faire exploser qn○ to make sb blow up○; le pays va exploser the country is going to explode;3 ( augmenter) [prix] to soar, to rocket○; [ventes] to boom, to rocket○; [marché] to boom; [demande] to soar.[ɛksploze] verbe intransitiffaire exploser une bombe to set off ou to explode ou to detonate a bomb3. [se révéler soudain - mécontentement, joie] to explode ; [ - rage] to explode, to burst out ; [ - rires] to burst out ; [ - artiste] to burst onto the scene -
4 queue de poisson
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5 pile
I.n. f.1. Thrashing.a (lit.): 'Pasting', walloping. Il lui a filé une de ces piles à la fin du round: He knocked the living daylights out of him right on the bell.b (fig.): En '45 les Chleus ont pris la pile des piles! Just before the end of the war we knocked the stuffing out of Jerry!2. Unit of 100 francs in pre-1958 currency. Cinq piles, c'est vraiment pas cher pour toutes ces cibiches! I'd say you're getting these fags at a reasonable price! (Like the English 'pony', pile belongs to the grey language area shadowing the underworld. The word would have no meaning to the middle classes of the 40s and 50s.)II.adv.1. Precisely, exactly. Je dois commencer a huit heures pile: I've got to start at eight on the dot. Ça fait pile ce que je te dois! Here's what I owe you, now we're quits!2. Ça tombe pile: It couldn't have happened at a better time! Vous arrivez pile! Am I glad you're here!3. S'arrêter pile: To 'stop dead', to come to an abrupt halt. (There would appear to be a link between the adverbial pile and the wrist-smacking flip-over involved in the tossing of a coin.) -
6 poisson
n. m.1. Pimp, procurer. (As G.Sandry and M.Carrère point out in their DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ARGOT MODERNE, many slang words for pimp are names of fish species, to wit, barbeau, barbillon, brochet, hareng, merlan, maquereau, etc.)2. Faire des yeux de poisson frit: To raise one's gaze skywards and show the whites of one's eyes to express cynical contempt, boredom, etc. (also: faire des yeux de merlan frit).3. Engueuler ( quelqu'un) comme du poisson pourri: To 'bawl someone out', to 'give someone a dressingdown', to tell someone off.5. Noyer le poisson: To cloud and confuse the issue with an avalanche of irrelevant facts.6. Faire une queue de poisson (of vehicle): To cut in (in front of another, after having overtaken).7. Finir en queue de poisson (of play, musical piece, story): To come to an abrupt and unexpected end. -
7 queue
n. f.1. 'Prick', 'cock', penis.2. Queue de cervelas (Prison slang): Monotonous daily walk round the exercise-yard.3. A la queue-leu-leu: In close single-file. ( Marcher à la queue-leu-leu evokes the image of elephants filing past in a trunk-to-tail chain.)4. Faire des queues: To be unfaithful to one's spouse.5. Laisser une queue (in hotel, restaurant): To leave without paying the bill.6. Bouffer des queues de cerises: To be down on one's luck (literally to be so impoverished that any foodstuff will do).7. Faire une queue de poisson (of vehicle): To cut in (in front of another, after having overtaken).8. Finir en queue de poisson (of play, musical piece, story): To come to an abrupt and unexpected end.
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