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1 paresser
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2 fainéanter
feneɑ̃teverbe intransitif to laze about* * *fɛneɑ̃te vi* * *fainéanter verb table: aimer vi to laze about.[feneɑ̃te] verbe intransitifto idle about ou aroundil passe des heures à fainéanter he spends hours twiddling his thumbs ou doing nothing -
3 éventail
éventail [evɑ̃taj]masculine nouna. ( = instrument) fanb. [de produits, prix, mesures] range* * *evɑ̃tajnom masculin1) ( objet) fan2) ( série) range••avoir les doigts de pied en éventail — (colloq) to laze about
* * *evɑ̃taj nm1) (= objet) fanen éventail (disposé, arrangé) — fanned out, (forme) fan-shaped
2) (= choix) range* * *éventail nm2 ( série) range; tout un éventail de possibilités a whole range of possibilities; éventail des prix/salaires price/salary range.avoir les doigts de pied en éventail○ to laze about.[evɑ̃taj] nom masculin1. [accessoire] fan2. [gamme] rangel'éventail de son répertoire the range ou scope of his repertoryéventail des salaires salary range ou spreaden éventail locution adjectivale[queue] spread-out -
4 lézarder
➭ TABLE 11. intransitive verb2. reflexive verb► se lézarder ( = craquer) to crack* * *lezaʀde
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verbe transitif to crack
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(colloq) verbe intransitif
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se lézarder verbe pronominal lit, fig to crack* * *lezaʀde vi* * *lézarder verb table: aimerA vtr to crack.B ○vi lézarder au soleil to bask in the sun.[lezarde] verbe intransitif(familier) [au soleil] to bask in the sun————————[lezarde] verbe transitif[fissurer] to crack————————se lézarder verbe pronominal intransitif -
5 goberger
goberger○: se goberger verb table: manger vpr ( se choyer) to pamper oneself; ( bien manger) to indulge oneself.[gɔbɛrʒe]se goberger verbe pronominal intransitif2. [se prélasser] to laze (about) -
6 dalle
I.n. f.1. 'Gullet', throat. Se rincer la dalle: To 'wet one's whistle', to have a drink. Avoir la dalle en pente: To be 'something of a boozer', to be a tippler.2. 'Gob', mouth (in the context of food only, as in crever la dalle: to go hungry).II.Que dalle (adv.exp.): 'Fuck-all', 'sweet Fanny Adams', nothing at all. N'y entraver que dalle: To understand bugger-all. Foutre que dalle: To 'do fuck-all', to laze about. Une grosse bagnole comme ça ne vaut que dalle! Big cars like that are just not worth the money! -
7 flemmarder
v. intrans. (also: flémarder): To 'mooch', to laze about. Le dimanche, il fait bon flemmarder: Sunday's just the day for taking it easy. -
8 flemme
n. f. Laziness. Avoir la flemme de faire quelque chose: To have no enthusiasm for doing something. Tirer sa flemme: To 'take life easy', to laze about and do very little. -
9 glander
v. intrans. To 'mooch', to laze about, to be idle. (The expression qu'est- ce que tu glandes? What are you doing? implies that the person concerned is doing very little.) -
10 godailler
v. intrans.1. To 'live it up', to lead a merry-old-life.2. To 'laze about', to take life easy.3. To 'have the big stick', to have an erection. (With this meaning, an alternative verb is goder.) -
11 lézarder
v. intrans. To laze about, to be totally idle. -
12 farniente
farniente [faʀnjεnte]masculine noun* * *faʀnjɛntenom masculinle farniente — lazing about, lazing around
* * *faʀnjɛnte nm* * *[farnjɛnte, farnjɑ̃t] nom masculin -
13 peau
n. f.2. Avoir quelqu'un dans la peau: To be 'hooked on someone' (very much in the vein of the American song 'I've got you under my skin').3. Porter à la peau de quelqu'un: To turn someone on, to titillate, to arouse someone's sexual desires. Elle nous porte tous à la peau au bureau! At the office she's made lechers of us all!4. Se sentir bien dans sa peau: To feel on top of the world and in the happiest frame of mind. Se sentir mal dans sa peau: To feel ill at ease.5. Traîner sa peau: To 'mooch about', to laze around.6. Faire peau neuve: To turn over a new leaf, to amend one's ways.7. Mettez-vous dans ma peau! Put yourself in my shoes!8. Avoir la peau trop courte: To be a 'lazybones', to be an idle so-and-so (also: les avoir palmées).9. Faire quelque chose pour la peau: To get bugger-all for one's efforts, to work for no recompense at all.10. Y laisser sa peau: To die, to fall victim to. (This expression can also have a figurative, less traumatic secondary meaning. Encore une hausse et nous y laisserons tous notre peau! Another price rise and we've had it!)11. Faire la peau à quelqu'un: To 'do someone in', to kill someone (usually through stabbing).12. J'aurai sa peau! I'll have his guts for garters! (The strong literal meaning 'I'll kill him!' is very seldom encountered.)13. Une peau de vache: A 'bastard', a mean and hateful character. Faire la peau de vache: To behave like a heel. (Peau de vache! and other expressions starting with peau de are all associated with verbal insults: Peau de fesses! You pillock! New ones come and go with the fluctuations of language.)14. Peau de balle (et balai de crin!): Bugger-all! — Damn all! On a touché peau de balle! We didn't get a penny for our efforts! (The latch-on et balai de crin bit of the expression turns it into a jocular catch phrase; the French have a penchant for such nonsense rhyme-like phrases.)15. En peau de lapin (of person): 'Two-bit', of no significance. Un politicien en peau de lapin: An 'all-talkand-no-action' politician.16. En peau de saucisson (of goods): 'Tatty' and worthless. Une valoche en peau de saucisson: A crappy little suitcase (literally, in this instance, made of the cheapest imitation leather).17. Une peau de banane (fig.): Booby-trap. Il est tombé sur une de ces peaux de banane! He fell right in it!
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