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101 Jarnac
ʒaʀnak* * *Jarnac nprm coup de Jarnac decisive and unexpected blow; recevoir un or le coup de Jarnac to be caught off guard. -
102 protège-poignet
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103 skargaard
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104 alarmiste
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105 bignolon
n. m. 'Screw', prison guard. -
106 cuisine
n. f.1. Underhand scheming. Cuisine électorale: 'Behind-the-scenes' electioneering.2. Falsifying of accounts. Avant de tout passer au fisc, il y a pas mal de cuisine: The books get well laundered before the taxman sees them.3. (pl.): Tricks of the trade (those little 'ways and means' that many professions jealously guard).4. Pas de cuisine intérieure! (joc.): Stop that chattering! — I want some silence! -
107 demi-cercle
a To 'catch someone on the hop', off-guard, to catch someone unawares.b To 'get even with someone', to get one's own back.c To 'nab', to arrest. -
108 gaffe
I.n. m.1. 'Screw', prison warder.2. (Underworld slang): 'Crow', look-out, confederate on sentry duty.3. Faire gaffe: To be on one's guard, to be careful. Fais gaffe! Watch it! — Look out! Gaffe à tes os! If you don't want to get hurt, stand clear!II.n. f.1. 'Boo-boo', 'boob', blunder. Faire une gaffe: To drop a clanger. Il a fait la gaffe des gaffes! He didn't just put his foot in it, it was a case of both! Manier la gaffe: To be a regular goofer. ( Gaston la Gaffe, a famous bungling cartoon character of the 60s and 70s, epitomizes the uncontrollable goofer.)2. Avaler sa gaffe: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'shuffle off', to die. -
109 gaffer
I.v. intrans.1. To 'make a boob', to make a blunder.2. To 'crow', to keep a look-out. On a eu beau gaffer, on les a pas vus venir dans la brume: We kept our eyes peeled, but they still caught us unawares with all that mist.II.v. pronom. To be wary of, to be on one's guard. Je me suis bien gaffé de l'inviter à dîner, tu connaîs son appétit! I took no chances inviting him to dinner, he'd eat us out of house and home! -
110 garder
I.v. trans. Garder à quelqu'un un chien de sa chienne: To harbour a grudge against someone (also: avoir une dent contre quelqu'un).II.v. pronom. Se garder à carreau:a To 'keep a low profile', to avoid confrontation.b To stand on one's guard, to be wary. -
111 gy
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112 plat
n. m.1. Faire du plat:a (in amorous relationship): To 'smooch up to', to sweet-talk.b To 'butter-up', to 'soft-soap', to flatter. Les clients, il faut toujours qu'il leur fasse du plat: When he's there, the customers all get a fair bit of flannel.2. En faire tout un plat (of event, happening): To make a mountain out of a molehill. (There are two possible interpretations where this expression is concerned, according to whether too much is made of a good or bad thing.) Ne pas faire un plat de quelque chose: To play something down.3. Envoyer du plat à quelqu'un: To 'tip someone the wink', to signal discreetly to an accomplice to be on his guard.4. Etre à plat: To be 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted. V'là quinze jours que je me sens à plat'. I've been feeling under the weather these last two weeks. Toute cette histoire m'a vraiment mis à plat! This whole business has taken it out of me!5. Mettre à plat: To 'stash away', to save and hoard money.6. Prendre un plat (Diving): To come a belly-flopper.7. Repiquer au plat:a ( lit): To come back for 'seconds', to have another helping of food.b (fig.): To come back for more. Du jour qu'il a mis les pieds au P.m.U. il n'a cessé de repiquer au plat: Since the day he set foot in the bookie's, it's become a real habit with him.8. Il en fait un de ces plats! (of weather): Phew! What a scorcher!9. Plat de nouilles: 'Drip', 'wet nurk', spineless indivi dual. -
113 Tricolore
The French flag, composed of three equal vertical bands or blue, white and red. Originally, the red and the blue were the colours of the Paris national guard, and the white was the colour of French royalty. The design of the flag is generally attributed to General Lafayette in 1789.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Tricolore
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114 gardien de prison
= gaffejailer; warder UK; prison guard USDictionnaire juridique, politique, économique et financier > gardien de prison
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115 maton
= gaffejailer; warder UK; prison guard USDictionnaire juridique, politique, économique et financier > maton
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116 au dépourvu
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117 chef de train
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118 garde
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119 garder
baby-sit, guard, hold, hold down, keep, tend -
120 monter la garde
stand guard, keep watch
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