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pink [pɪŋk]1 noun∎ to be in the pink (of health) se porter à merveille;∎ familiar you're looking in the pink! tu as l'air en pleine forme!∎ garden pink mignardise f(a) (in colour) rose;∎ to paint a room pink peindre une pièce en rose;∎ the sky turned pink le ciel vira au rose ou rosit;∎ she went or turned pink with delight elle rosit de bonheur;∎ to go or to turn pink with anger/embarrassment rougir de colère/confusion;∎ humorous to see pink elephants voir des éléphants roses∎ he pinked my shoulder with his sword il m'a éraflé ou égratigné l'épaule d'un coup d'épée(c) (punch holes in) perforerBritish (car engine) cliqueter►► pink champagne champagne m rosé;pink gin = cocktail à base de gin et d'angustura;pink lady = cocktail à base de gin et de grenadine;pink noise bruit m rose;British pink pound = le pouvoir d'achat des homosexuels;∎ to get a pink slip se faire virer -
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American pink dollar = pouvoir d'achat des homosexuels;British pink pound = pouvoir d'achat des homosexuels;∎ to get a pink slip se faire virerAt the outset, analysts argued gay clients might feel reassured that they would not be discriminated against when taking out a loan. However, G&L's problems were not in attracting investors but in finding people who wanted to take out loans, for houses and other purchases, which would bring in the cashflow that banks rely on. Without that, and up against competition from other physical banks, which increasingly recognised that the pink dollar was worth the same as any other, it could not survive.
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pink slip — 1. n. a piece of paper giving notice of dismissal from employment; any dismissal from employment. □ I got a pink slip today. I guess I had it coming. □ I hope I don’t get a pink slip. I need this job. 2. tv. to dismiss someone from employment.… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get the pink slip (to) — Be dismissed … American business jargon
pink slip — n AmE informal 1.) an official document that proves that you own a particular car 2.) a written warning you get when your job is going to end because there is not enough work … Dictionary of contemporary English
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slip n — Freudian slip, give the slip, pink slip, to get the … English expressions
Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert — Chanson par Pink Floyd extrait de l’album de l album The Final Cut Pays Angleterre Sortie 21 mars 1983 Durée 1:19 Genre … Wikipédia en Français
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