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121 patraque
I.n. f. 'Timex', timepiece, watch. Quelle heure est-il à ta patraque? What time do you make it?II.adj.1. (of person): 'Out-of-sorts', 'poorly', unwell. Se sentir patraque: To feel under the weather. Avoir un palpitant patraque: To have a 'dicky ticker', to have cardiac problems.2. (of machinery, equipment, etc.): 'Wonky', worn-out. -
122 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. -
123 ramolli
I.n. m.1. Doddering old fogey.2. Halfwit, near-imbecile. (The full expression un ramolli du bulbe, referring either to a doddering geriatric or a near- idiotic person, reveals that it is the brain that has gone soft.)II.adj.1. 'Shagged', worn-out, exhausted.2. Doddering.3. Half-witted. -
124 russe
adj. Chaussettes russes: Makeshift socks. (This appellation, current in the world of down-and-outers, describes the bandage-like rags worn by those who have to resort to any means to ward offsub-zero temperatures.) -
125 tromblon
n. m. (joc.):1. Old gun, 'geriatric' firearm. (Originally tromblon referred to the blunderbuss, probably the most inaccurate firearm ever devised.)2. 'Conk', 'hooter', nose.3. 'Bean', 'bonce', head.4. 'Topper', top-hat, the kind of head-gear worn by the Mad Hatter in 'Alice in Wonderland'.5. Filer un coup de tromblon: To have 'a bang', to 'screw', to have coition with. -
126 vanner
I.v. trans. To 'knacker', to 'jigger', to exhaust. Ah, les gosses m'ont vanné aujourd'hui! I'm proper worn out with the kids today!II.v. intrans.1. To fire snide and cutting remarks.2. To 'wisecrack', to shower liberally quips and merry ripostes.3. To 'talk big', to brag. -
127 Képi
cylindrical cap worn as formal headwear by soldiers and gendarmes in France. As a form of headwear rarely found outside France or areas of French influence, the képi has become one of the iconic symbols of France. For instance almost all the famous photos and cartoons of General de Gaulle show him wearing his general's képi.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Képi
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128 badge FAIR-PLAY
badge FAIR-PLAY m FIFABadge distribué à tous les arbitres et à tous les arbitres assistants de la FIFA figurant sur la liste internationale, qui doit se porter sur la manche gauche du maillot lors de tous les matches des compétitions de la FIFA.fair play badge FIFAEmblem that is distributed to all FIFA referees and assistant referees and which must be worn on the left sleeve of the shirt for all FIFA competition matches.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais (UEFA Football) > badge FAIR-PLAY
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worn out — adjective 1. ) too old or damaged to use any longer: dirty worn out shoes 2. ) extremely tired: EXHAUSTED: He looked worn out, as if he d missed a night s sleep … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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worn-out — worn / worn out [adj] used, tired beat, burned out*, bushed*, busted*, clichéd, consumed, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, drawn, effete, exhausted, fatigued, frayed, gone, hackneyed, had it*, haggard, jaded, kaput*, knocked out*, old … New thesaurus
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worn-out — worn′ out′ adj. 1) worn or used beyond repair 2) depleted of energy, strength, or enthusiasm; exhausted; fatigued • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
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