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81 mauvaise tête
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82 l'âge ingrat
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83 bannière
n. f.1. Etre en bannière: To be in one's shirt-tails.2. C'est la croix et la bannière! It's a drag! — It's ever so awkward! C'est la croix et la bannière pour le faire se lever le matin! Getting him up for work is one hell of a task! -
84 bileux
adj. Awkward and cantankerous. -
85 chausser
v. trans. Etre difficile à chausser (fig.): To be the awkward type, to be hard to please. -
86 chinois
I.n. m.1. Du chinois: 'Gobbledygook', 'double-Dutch', incomprehensible language. Tout ça, c'est du chinois pour moi! I can't understand a blind word he's saying!2. Outsider, stranger.3. Suspicious character. Qui c'est ce chinois là- bas? Who's that geezer over there? Chinois de paravent: 'Dodgy type', 'shifty' character.4. 'Prick', 'cock', penis. Se polir le chinois: To 'have a wank', to masturbate.5. (pl.): 'Tootsies', toes.II.adj.1. 'Cagey', awkward. En affaires, il n'y a pas plus chinois: In business dealings he's as slippery as an eel.2. Difficult and complicated. Fichtre, c'est chinois ce mode d'emploi! I can't make sense of these instructions! -
87 coaltar
n. m.1. Etre dans le coaltar (fig.): To be in a 'sticky mess', to find oneself in an awkward situation.2. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
88 colletar
n. m.1. Etre dans le colletar (fig.): To be in a 'sticky mess', to find oneself in an awkward situation.2. 'Plonk', cheap red wine. -
89 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! -
90 coucheur
n. m. Mauvais coucheur: 'Awkward customer', person who is difficult for the sake of it. -
91 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). -
92 défiler
v. pronom.1. To 'slope off', to 'slip away', to disappear discreetly.2. To 'back out of something unpleasant', to dodge an awkward task.3. To 'lie low', to hide. -
93 dégingandé
adj. 'Gawky', 'awkward', clumsy. -
94 difficile
adj. Faire le difficile:a To be 'picky and choosy', to be 'finicky', to be difficult to please.b To 'play the awkward bugger', to be obstreperous. -
95 embellemerdé
adj. (joc.): Saddled with an awkward mother-in-law. -
96 godiche
I.n. f. Malaria, paludal fever.II.adj.1. 'Gawky', awkward, clumsy.2. 'Simple', silly and naïve. Je ne suis pas si godiche que j'en ai l'air: I'm not as green as I'm cabbage-looking, you know! -
97 hérisson
n. m. (pol.): 'Awkward customer', difficult suspect (literally, one who, like the hedgehog, is prickly to handle). -
98 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! -
99 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! -
100 lichedu
n. m. 'Pain-in-the-neck', bloody nuisance, awkward person.
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