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1 tremblote
tremblote○ nf avoir la tremblote ( à cause du froid) to have the shivers; ( à cause de l'âge) to have the shakes○; (par peur, nervosité) to have the jitters○.[trɑ̃blɔt] nom fémininb. [de peur] to have the jittersc. [de froid] to have the shivers -
2 bloblote
n. f. Avoir la bloblote:a To 'have the shakes', to be frightened out of one's wits.b To have a high temperature, to have a fever. -
3 chocotter
v. intrans. To 'have the willies', to 'have the shakes', to be frightened. -
4 sucrer
I.v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal. (The emphasis is not so much on theft per se as on the taking away of something the owner feels entitled to. Il m'a sucré ma place sur la plage! He pinched that nice spot I'd got myself on the beach!)2. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest. (With this meaning the verb is usually found in the passive. Il s'est fait sucrer par la Maison Pouleman à cent mètres de laprison: He only managed to get a hundred yards from the prison before being nicked by the fuzz.)3. To 'duffup', to 'rough up', to beat. (The implication where this meaning is concerned is that the beating is inflicted by a member of the police force.)4. Sucrer un texte (th.): To use the (editorial) blue pencil, to 'cut up' a text, to perpetrate some edits. (The implication in this instance is that the cuts are unjustified and 'rob' the text.)5. Sucrer les fraises: To 'have the shakes', to suffer from violent trembling (through age, illness or fear).II.v. trans. reflex.1. To take the lion's share of something. (Because it usually relates to ill-gotten gains, the act can be seen as a double misappropriation.)2. Se sucrer la gaufre: To powder one's face. (The image here is of powder applied to a face like icing sugar to a waffle.) -
5 fraise
n. f.1. 'Mush', 'mug', face. Le dirlo fait une sale fraise aujourd'hui: The boss looks real grumpy today.a To arrive somewhere unexpectedly.b To 'put one's oar in', to meddle and interfere. Dans les discussions, il faut toujours qu'il ramène sa fraise! Whatever the discussion, he's always got the answer!3. Envoyer quelqu'un sur les fraises: To 'send someone off with a flea in their ear', to tell someone to go away in no uncertain manner.4. Sucrer les fraises: To have the shakes, to be afflicted with pronounced trembling.5. Aller aux fraises (of motor vehicle): To 'crash into the scenery', to go off the road. -
6 chocotte
n. f.1. 'Fang', tooth. Il a pris un parpaing en pleine poire, et crachait ses chocottes: The punch landed on his jaw and left him with a mouthful of ivories.2. Avoir les chocottes: To 'have the shakes', to be frightened out of one's wits, to be shaking in one's shoes. Filer les chocottes à quelqu'un: To 'give someone the willies', to frighten someone. -
7 grelotte
n. f. Avoir la grelotte: To 'have the shakes', to be frightened. -
8 tremblote
n. f. Avoir la tremblote: To 'have the shakes', to be 'in a blue funk', to be frightened. Ça vous fiche la tremblote, d'être dans un bled comme ça à dix heures du soir! I wouldn't fancy meeting a stranger at ten o'clock at night in those parts! -
9 patte
n. f.1. 'Pin', 'gamb', leg. Aller à pattes: To 'hoof it', to have to walk. Aux pattes! (Let's) scram! Ne pas être solide sur ses pattes: To be unsteady on one's pins. Tirer la patte: To limp.2. En avoir plein les pattes: To be 'all-in', to feel worn-out.3. Ça ne casse pas quatre pattes à un canard! (joc. & iron.): It's no great shakes! — I don't rate it very highly!4. Lever la patte (of man):a To have a 'slash', to urinate (literally to cock a leg).b To get a 'leg-over', to 'screw', to have coition.5. Marcher sur trois pattes (of conventional motor car): To fire on only three cylinders. (An offspring of the above literal meaning, the figurative describes a venture or undertaking that is not running smoothly.)6. Traîner la patte: To 'come the old soldier' (literally to exaggerate a limp in order to get compassion).a To 'put a spoke in someone's wheel', to hamper someone's progress.b To 'stab someone in the back', to speak ill of someone.8. Etre fait aux pattes (also: se faire faire aux pattes): To get 'nabbed', to be 'collared', to get arrested.9. 'Mitt', 'paw', hand. Arriver les pattes vides: To come empty-handed. Bas les pattes! (Woman's retort): Stop pawing! — Keep your hands to yourself!10. Faire patte de velours (fig.): To 'draw in one's claws', to be extra gentle with someone.11. Faire ( des) pattes d'araignée à quelqu'un: To 'goose', to caress lightly with nails and fingertips.12. Faire des pattes de mouche: To write in a spidery script.13. Graisser la patte à quelqu'un: To 'grease someone's palm', to bribe someone.14. Faire quelque chose aux pattes: To 'lift', to 'pinch' something.15. Avoir le coup de patte: To 'have the knack', to be skilful at something.16. Pattes de lapin (Hairstyle): Short sideboards.17. Feet (without colloquial overtones). Retomber sur ses pattes:a To 'fall on one's feet', to come off better than one might have expected.b To 'get offscot-free', to escape ill-fate or retribution, sometimes through good fortune, but more often than not through connivance.18. Se fourrer dans les pattes de quelqu'un: To disturb someone (literally to get in someone's way).19. Mettre une affaire sur pattes: To start up a business, to get an enterprise under way.20 Avoir des pattes d'oie: To have 'crow's feet', 'laugh-lines', to have wrinkles around the eyes. -
10 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. -
11 casser
casser [kαse]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 11. <a. ( = briser) [+ objet, appareil, rythme, grève] to break ; [+ noix] to crack• casser qch en deux/en morceaux to break sth in two/into piecesb. (figurative) [+ volonté, moral] to break• je veux casser l'image de jeune fille sage qu'on a de moi I want to change the "good girl" image people have of mec. ( = destituer) [+ militaire] to reduce to the ranks ; [+ fonctionnaire] to demoted. ( = annuler) [+ jugement] to quash ; [+ arrêt] to revoke• il nous les casse ! (inf!) he's a pain in the neck! (inf)• tu en auras pour 100 € à tout casser ( = tout au plus) that'll cost you 100 euros at the most2. <a. ( = se briser) [objet] to breakb. ( = rompre) [couple] to split up3. <a. ( = se briser) [objet] to breakb. ( = se blesser) [personne] se casser la jambe to break one's leg• se casser la figure or la gueule (inf: inf!) ( = tomber) to fall flat on one's face ; ( = faire faillite) to go bankrupt• se casser le nez ( = trouver porte close) to find no one inc. ( = se fatiguer) (inf) il ne s'est pas cassé pour écrire cet article he didn't exactly overexert himself writing this article• il ne s'est pas cassé la tête or le cul ! (inf: vulg!) he didn't exactly overexert himself!• cela fait deux jours que je me casse la tête sur ce problème I've been racking my brains over this problem for two daysd. ( = partir) (inf!) to split (inf!)* * *kase
1.
1) ( briser) to break [objet, os]; to crack [noix]casser la figure (colloq) or la gueule (sl) à quelqu'un — to beat somebody up (colloq)
2) (colloq) ( dégrader) to demote [militaire, employé]3) ( annuler) to quash [jugement]; to annul [arrêt]4) (colloq) ( humilier) to cut [somebody] down to size [personne]
2.
verbe intransitif1) ( se briser) to break2) ( se séparer) (colloq) [couple] to split up
3.
se casser verbe pronominal1) (colloq) ( partir) to go away‘bon, je me casse!’ — ‘right, I'm off (colloq)!’
2) ( se briser) to break3) ( se blesser)se casser une or la jambe — to break one's leg
se casser la figure — (colloq) ( tomber par terre) [piéton] to fall over GB ou down; [cavalier, motard] to take a fall; ( avoir un accident) to crash; ( échouer) [entreprise, projet] to fail; ( se battre) [personnes] to have a scrap (colloq)
il ne s'est pas cassé la tête — (colloq) he didn't exactly strain himself
se casser la tête (colloq) (sur un problème) — to rack one's brain (over a problem)
se casser la tête (colloq) à faire quelque chose — to go out of one's way to do something
••casser les pieds (colloq) à quelqu'un — to annoy somebody
casser la croûte (colloq) or la graine — (colloq) to eat
ça casse pas des briques — (colloq) it's nothing to write home about (colloq)
ça te prendra trois heures, à tout casser — (colloq) it'll take you three hours at the very most ou at the outside
qui casse (les verres) paie — if you cause damage, you pay for it
* * *kɒse vt1) [un objet] to breakJ'ai cassé un verre. — I've broken a glass.
2) [routine] to break, [mythes] to shatter3) ADMINISTRATION, [gradé] to demote4) DROIT, [un jugement] to quash5) figà tout casser * (= tout au plus) — at the outside, at the very most
* * *casser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( briser) to break [objet, os, membre]; to crack [noix, noisette]; les vandales ont tout cassé dans la maison the vandals wrecked the house; casser un bras/une côte/une dent à qn to break sb's arm/rib/tooth; quel maladroit! il casse tout! he's so clumsy, he breaks everything!; casser un carreau to smash ou break a windowpane; casser le moral de qn to break sb's spirit; casser le mouvement syndical to break the unions; ça m'a cassé la voix de hurler comme ça shouting like that has made me hoarse; casser les prix Comm to slash prices; casser le rythme d'une course to slow down the pace of a race; casser la figure○ or la gueule◑ à qn to beat sb up○; casser○ du flic○/du manifestant to beat up policemen/ demonstrators; ⇒ sucre, omelette;2 ○( dégrader) to demote [militaire, employé];4 ○( humilier) to cut [sb] down to size [personne]; le patron l'a cassé devant tous les employés the boss put him down in front of all the employees.B vi1 ( se briser) [matière, objet] to break; [ficelle, corde, bande enregistrée] to break, to snap; la branche a cassé sous le poids des fruits the branch broke ou snapped under the weight of the fruit; ça casse très facilement it breaks very easily;2 ○( se séparer) [couple] to split up; il a cassé avec sa petite amie he's split ou broken up with his girlfriend.C se casser vpr2 ( se briser) to break; la clé s'est cassée net the key snapped in two;3 ( se blesser) se casser une jambe/un bras, se casser la jambe/le bras to break one's leg/one's arm; se casser la figure○ or gueule◑ ( tomber par terre) [piéton] to fall over GB ou down; [cavalier, motard] to take a fall; ( avoir un accident) [automobiliste, motard, avion] to crash; ( échouer) [entreprise, projet] to fail, to come a cropper○ GB; ( se battre) [personnes] to have a scrap○; il ne s'est pas cassé○, il ne s'est pas cassé la tête ○ or le tronc○ or la nénette○ or le cul◑ he didn't exactly strain himself; se casser la tête○ (sur un problème) to rack one's brain (over a problem); se casser la tête○ or le cul◑ à faire qch to go out of one's way to do sth.casser les pieds○ or les couilles● à qn to annoy sb, to bug○ sb; il nous les casse● he's bugging○ us; casser la croûte or la graine○ to eat, to nosh○ GB, to chock○ US; ça casse rien○, ça casse pas des briques○ or trois pattes à un canard○ it's nothing to write home about○; il faut que ça passe ou que ça casse it's make or break; une fête/un banquet à tout casser○ a fantastic party/dinner; ça te prendra trois heures, à tout casser○ it'll take you three hours at the very most ou at the outside; il y avait 200 personnes, à tout casser○ there were 200 people at the very most ou at the outside; qui casse (les verres) paie if you cause damage, you pay for it.[kase] verbe transitif1. [mettre en pièces - table] to break (up) ; [ - porte] to break down (separable) ; [ - poignée] to break off (separable) ; [ - noix] to crack (open)casser quelque chose en mille morceaux to smash something to bits ou smithereenscasser quelque chose en deux to break ou to snap something in twob. [faire échouer un plan] to ruin it all2. [interrompre - fonctionnement, déroulement, grève] to break3. [démolir] to demolish4. [en parlant de parties du corps] to breaka. (familier) [avec de la musique] to deafen somebodyb. [en le harcelant] to give somebody a lot of hasslela religion, la famille, ils veulent tout casser religion, family values, they want to smash everything9. COMMERCE10. (très familier) [cambrioler] to do a job on————————[kase] verbe intransitif[verre, chaise] to break[fil] to snap[poignée] to break offa. [en deux] the stem snappedb. [s'est détachée] the stem snapped off————————se casser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [être mis en pièces - assiette] to break ; [ - poignée] to break offa. [en deux] to snap into twob. [se détacher] to break clean off2. (très familier) [partir] to push ou to buzz offcasse-toi! get lost!, push off!3. [cesser de fonctionner - appareil, véhicule] to break down5. [vêtement] to break (off)————————se casser verbe pronominal transitifb. [livre, carafe] to crash to the groundc. [projet] to bite the dust, to take a divene te casse pas la tête, fais une omelette don't put yourself out, just make an omelettea. (familier) [ne trouver personne] to find no-one inça vaut mieux que de se casser une jambe (familier) it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick————————à tout casser (familier) locution adjectivale————————à tout casser (familier) locution adverbiale[tout au plus] at the (very) most -
12 sec
I.n. f. inv. En cinq sec (abbr. en cinq secondes): 'ln two ticks', 'in two shakes of a lamb's tail', as quick as a flash.II.adj. inv.1. Etre à sec:a To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. Je me suis fait mettre à sec au pok'! I got cleaned out in a friendly little game of poker!b To have run out of words or ideas (literally to have dried up).3. Rester sec (sch.): To be 'stumped for an answer' (literally to be left high and dry in front of an exam paper).III.adv.1. 'Neat', exactly. Ça lui a coûté toute sa paye sec: It just about cost him all his pay-packet. Ecoper huit ans sec (Prison slang): To get an eight-year stretch (actual incarceration, not a suspended sentence).2. Boire sec:a To down (a drink) rapidly.b To drink heavily. Au régiment il buvait sec, ce mec-là! When he was in the Forces, he used to knock 'em back something terrible!
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