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121 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. -
122 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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123 protège-tibia
Élément de l' équipement de base du joueur qui doit protéger le tibia de manière appropriée et doit être couvert par les chaussettes.Syn. protège-tibias mplPliable protective shield made of a suitable firm material which football players must wear under their socks in order to protect their shins.Syn. shin padDictionnaire Français-Anglais (UEFA Football) > protège-tibia
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124 protège-tibias
Élément de l' équipement de base du joueur qui doit protéger le tibia de manière appropriée et doit être couvert par les chaussettes.Syn. protège-tibias mplPliable protective shield made of a suitable firm material which football players must wear under their socks in order to protect their shins.Syn. shin padDictionnaire Français-Anglais (UEFA Football) > protège-tibias
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125 gardien de prison
= gaffejailer; warder UK; prison guard USDictionnaire juridique, politique, économique et financier > gardien de prison
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126 maton
= gaffejailer; warder UK; prison guard USDictionnaire juridique, politique, économique et financier > maton
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127 au dépourvu
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128 chef de train
conductor, guard
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