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41 tasser
tasser [tαse]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb( = comprimer) [+ sol, neige] to pack down ; [+ foin, paille] to pack2. reflexive verbb. ( = se serrer) to bunch up• tassez-vous, il y a encore de la place squeeze up, there's still roomc. ( = s'arranger) (inf) to settle down• ne vous en faites pas, ça va se tasser don't worry - things will settle down* * *tɑse
1.
verbe transitif to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac]; to pack down [paille]; to pack [habits, gens]; to cram [bagages]l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres — the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae
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se tasser verbe pronominal1) ( s'affaisser) ( avec l'âge) to shrink; ( volontairement) to make oneself look smaller2) ( se serrer) [personnes] to squash up3) (colloq) ( se calmer) [conflit] to die down* * *tɒse vt1) [terre, neige] to pack down2) (= entasser)3) INFORMATIQUE to pack* * *tasser verb table: aimerA vtr to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac] (dans in); to pack down [foin, paille]; to pack [habits] (dans in); to cram [bagages] (dans into; sous under); to pack [gens] (dans into); les passagers étaient tassés the passengers were packed in tightly; le sport/l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres sport/the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae.B se tasser vpr2 ( se serrer) [personnes] to squash up, to squeeze up; il va falloir se tasser dans la voiture we'll have to squash ou squeeze up in the car;3 ○( se calmer) [histoire, rumeur, conflit] to die down; au bout de trois mois les choses se sont tassées after three months things settled down.[tase] verbe transitif1. [neige, terre] to pack ou to tamp down (separable)3. [faire paraître plus petit] to shrink————————[tase] verbe intransitif————————se tasser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [s'effondrer - fondations, terrain] to subside2. [se voûter - personne] to shrinken se tassant on peut tenir à quatre à l'arrière (de la voiture) if we squeeze up, four of us can get in the back (of the car)4. (familier) [s'arranger - situation] to settle down -
42 alors
alors [alɔʀ]adverba. ( = à cette époque) at that time• le ministre d'alors, M. Dupont the minister at that time, Mr Dupontb. ( = en conséquence) then• vous ne voulez pas de mon aide ? alors je vous laisse you don't want my help? I'll leave you to it then• alors qu'est-ce qu'on va faire ? what are we going to do then?• alors tu viens (oui ou non) ? well, are you coming (or not)?• alors ça, ça m'étonne now that really does surprise me• il pleut -- et alors ? it's raining -- so? (inf)• elle est sortie alors que le médecin le lui avait interdit she went out though the doctor had told her not to* * *alɔʀ
1.
1) ( à ce moment-là) thenle pays, alors sorti de la crise, pourra — the country which by then will be out of recession, will be able to
2) ( dans ce cas-là) then3) ( de ce fait) soil était tard, alors j'ai pris un taxi — it was late so I took a taxi
4) ( pour résumer) then5) ( ou bien)6) (colloq) ( dans un récit) soalors il me dit... — so he said to me...
ça alors! — ( étonnement) good grief!
alors ça! — ( indignation) that's not on!
2.
alors que locution conjonctive1) ( pendant que) while2) ( tandis que) when
3.
alors même que locution conjonctive even though* * *alɔʀ adv1) (= à ce moment-là) then, at that timeIl habitait alors à Paris. — He was living in Paris at that time.
jusqu'alors — up till then, up until then
2) (= par conséquent) soIl a démissionné, alors le reste de l'équipe a été un peu démoralisé. — He resigned, so the rest of the team were a bit demoralized.
Alors je lui ai dit de partir. — So I told him to leave.
Tu as fini? Alors je m'en vais. — Have you finished? I'm going then.
alors que (= au moment où) — when, as, (= pendant que) while, when, (= tandis que) whereas, while
Il est arrivé alors que je partais. — He arrived as I was leaving.
Alors qu'il était à Paris, il a visité... — While he was in Paris, he visited..., When he was in Paris, he visited...
Alors que son frère travaillait dur, lui se reposait. — While his brother was working hard, he took things easy.
* * *A adv1 ( à ce moment-là) ( dans le passé ou dans le futur) then; nous pourrons alors réaliser nos projets then we will be able to carry out our plans; j'ai les mêmes amis qu'alors I've got the same friends as I had then; il est aussi timide qu'alors he's as shy as he was then; il avait alors 18 ans he was 18 at the time; alors seulement tu pourras faire only then will you be able to do; alors enfin il put sortir then at last he could go out; l'usine, alors en pleine activité the factory, which was then at full production; le président, alors gravement malade the president, who was seriously ill at the time; le pays, alors sorti de la crise, pourra the country which by then will be out of recession, will be able to; la mode/les habitudes d'alors the fashion/the custom in those days; c'étaient les mœurs d'alors that was the custom in those days; le propriétaire/patron/premier ministre d'alors the then owner/boss/prime minister; le premier ministre britannique d'alors the British Prime Minister at the time; les enfants d'alors craignaient le maître in those days children were scared of their teachers; mes amis d'alors étaient surtout des peintres my friends at the time were mainly painters; mes toiles/romans d'alors my paintings/novels of the time; jusqu'alors until then; il n'avait cessé jusqu'alors de refuser until then he had kept on refusing; une organisation terroriste jusqu'alors inconnue a terrorist organization which nobody had heard of before then; c'est alors qu'il prit la parole it was then that he started to speak; c'est alors qu'il prendra une décision then he'll come to a decision; c'est seulement alors que nous saurons s'il est sauvé only then will we know whether he's been saved or not;2 ( dans ce cas-là) then; s'il venait à mourir, alors elle hériterait if he should die, then she would inherit; alors je m'en vais I'm going then; (mais) alors cela change tout! but that changes everything!; et (puis) alors? so what?; alors quoi? on est encore en retard? what's this? late again are we?; alors quoi? qu'est-ce que j'entends? on n'est pas content? what's this I hear? complaining are we?; alors? que faisons-nous? so? what shall we do?; alors? qu'en penses-tu? so? what do you think?;3 ( de ce fait) so; il y avait grève du métro, alors j'ai pris un taxi there was a tube GB ou subway US strike, so I took a taxi;4 ( pour résumer) then; on se voit demain alors? we'll see each other tomorrow then?; tu n'as rien trouvé d'autre alors? you couldn't find anything else then?;5 ( ou bien) ou alors or else; il a oublié le rendez-vous ou alors il a eu un accident he's forgotten the appointment, or else he's had an accident; je serai dans la cuisine ou alors dans le jardin I'll be in the kitchen or in the garden;6 ○( dans un récit) so; alors il me dit…, alors je lui dis… so he said to me…, so I said to him…; alors le type s'en va so the guy goes off;7 ( pour renforcer une exclamation) non mais alors! honestly!; ça alors! ( étonnement) good grief!; alors ça! ( indignation) that's not on!; chic or chouette alors! (hey) that's great!; mince or zut alors! ( étonnement) wow○!; ( colère) blast○! GB, darn○! US.B alors que loc conj1 ( pendant que) while; j'ai appris la nouvelle alors que j'étais à Rome I heard the news while I was in Rome; il fait chaud ici alors que dehors il gèle it's hot in here while outside it's freezing;2 ( tandis que) when; vous jouez alors qu'il faudrait travailler you're playing when you should be working; tu lui souris alors que tu le détestes you smile at him while (in fact) you hate him.C alors même que loc conj even though.[alɔr] adverbe1. [à ce moment-là] thenle Premier ministre d'alors refusa de signer les accords the then Prime Minister refused to sign the agreement2. [en conséquence] soil s'est mis à pleuvoir, alors nous sommes rentrés it started to rain, so we came back inje préfère renoncer tout de suite, alors! in that case I'd just as soon give up straight away!mais alors, ça change tout! but that changes everything!4. [emploi expressif]il va se mettre en colère, et alors? so what if he gets angry?et alors, qu'est-ce qui s'est passé? so what happened then?alors, tu viens oui ou non? so are you coming or not?, are you coming or not, then?dites-le-lui, ou alors je ne viens pas tell him, otherwise ou or else I'm not comingalors là, il exagère! he's going a bit far there!alors là, je ne sais plus quoi dire! well then, I don't know what to say!ça alors, je ne l'aurais jamais cru! my goodness, I would never have believed it!non mais alors, pour qui vous vous prenez? well really, who do you think you are?————————alors que locution conjonctivel'orage éclata alors que nous étions encore loin de la maison the storm broke while ou when we were still a long way from the house2. [bien que, même si] even thoughelle est sortie alors que c'était interdit she went out, even though she wasn't supposed toalors même qu'il ne nous resterait que ce moyen, je refuserais de l'utiliser (soutenu) even if this were the only means left to us I wouldn't use it3. [tandis que] while -
43 report
report [ʀəpɔʀ]masculine nouna. [de match, procès] postponement ; [de décision, de date] putting offb. [de chiffres, indications] copying out• les reports de voix entre les deux partis se sont bien effectués au deuxième tour the votes were satisfactorily transferred to the party with more votes after the first round of the election* * *ʀəpɔʀnom masculin1) ( de procès) adjournment (à until); (de rendez-vous, départ) postponement (à to, until); ( de jugement) deferment (à to, until)2) (de dessin, d'image) transfer ( sur onto)3) ( aux élections) transfer4) ( de somme) carrying forward; ( somme reportée) amount carried forward* * *ʀəpɔʀ nm1) (= ajournement) postponement2) MILITAIREdeferment* * *report nm1 ( de procès) adjournment (à until); (de rendez-vous, départ, mariage, réunion, d'inscription, élection) postponement (à to, until); ( de jugement) deferment (à to, until); le report de la date d'examen a contrarié beaucoup de gens the fact that the date of the exam was put back upset a lot of people;2 (de dessin, d'image) transfer (sur onto);3 ( aux élections) transfer; le report des voix au bénéfice de or en faveur de the transfer of votes to;4 ( de somme) carrying forward; ( somme reportée) amount carried forward; faire le report d'une somme to carry a sum forward.report d'incorporation Mil deferment of military service.[rəpɔr] nom masculin2. [en comptabilité] carrying forward ou overfaire le report d'une somme to carry forward ou over an amountb. [en haut de colonne] brought forwardc. [en bas de colonne] carried forward3. [au turf] rebetting4. [transfert]7. IMPRIMERIE -
44 arme
n. f.3. Passer l'arme à gauche: To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die. Cette garce de vie ne lui a pasfait de cadeaux et on a tous été soulagés d'apprendre qu'il avait passe l'arme à gauche: Life hadn't been kind to him and it was with some relief that we heard the news that he had passed away.4. Il est parti avec armes et bagages! He cleared off taking everything with him bar the kitchen sink! -
45 chique
n. f.2. Avoir la chique: To have searing toothache (emphasized by a bulging cheek).3. Avaler sa chique: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.4. Pousser sa chique: To 'crap', to 'shit', to defecate.6. Couper la chique à quelqu'un: To leave someone speechless.7. Faire quelque chose à la chique: To do something for show, to act in a preposterously ostentatious manner. -
46 claboter
v. intrans. To 'pop one's clogs', to 'shuffle off', to die. -
47 corder
v. intrans,1. To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die.2. (corr. s'accorder): To 'hit it off with someone', to get on splendidly with someone. On corde bien ensemble, nous deux: We get on like a house on fire, us two. -
48 couic
n. m.1. Faire couic: To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die. Il n'afait qu'un couic: He popped off and never even cheeped! -
49 croix
n. f.1. 'Burk', 'mutt-head', fool.2. lllitcrate person (i.e. one who signs his name with a cross).3. (Prostitutes' slang): Awkward customer.4. (Gangland slang): Outsider, one who is not part of the milieu.5. 'Tricky customer', awkward person. C'est une vraie croix! He's a right pain in the neck!6. C'est la croix et la bannière: It's a terrible drag —It's darned awkward.7. Mettre une croix dessus: To 'say goodbye to something', to give something up for lost.8. Décrocher la croix de bois: To get 'bumped off', killed in the war.9. Croix de bois, croix de fer ( si je mens je vais en enfer): Cross my heart and hope to die! (if what I say is a lie).10. La croix des vaches: Punishment inflicted by old-time pimps on recalcitrant prostitutes: deep facial cuts in the shape of a cross, made to fester and leave indelible scars.11. Le trafic des croix: Illegal trade of the Swiss twenty- franc gold coin known popularly as une croix. -
50 cronir
I.v. trans. To 'bump off', to kill (also: buter).II.v. intrans. To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die. 'y a belle lurette qu'ils sont cronis: They snuffed it yonks ago. -
51 crounir
I.v. trans. To 'bump off', to kill.II.v. intrans. To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die. -
52 démolir
v. trans.1. To 'bash up', to beat up, to thrash.2. Se faire démolir: To get killed, to die (usually in the context of war. Il s'est fait démolir en Bochie: He got bumped off in Krautland). -
53 dévisser
I.v. trans.2. To 'come across', to find. Où qu' l'as dévissé ça? And where did you dig that up from?II.v. trans. reflex.1. To 'bugger off', to go away.2. Avoir un blaze qui se dévisse (joc.): To have a double-barrelled name. -
54 fin
I.n. m. C'est lefin du fin! It's the cat's whiskers! — It's the bee's knees! — It's first-rate!II.n. f.1. La fin des haricots: 'The last straw', the limit. Ça, c'est vraiment la fin des haricots! Well, that does it, count me out!2. Avoir des fins de mois difficiles: To 'find it difficult to make ends meet', to be short of money.3. Faire ses fins de mois: To engage in part-time prostitution to make ends meet.4. Liquider lesfins de série: To 'weed out the weak', to get rid of the weaklings. (Originally this expression referred only to the selling off at reduced prices of items that were not 'going well'.)5. Faire une fin (of footloose and fancy-free person): To turn over a new leaf and get married.a To end one's footloose and fancy-free days in style by a wealthy and opportune marriage.b To 'go out in a blaz'e of glory', to die in style.7. Sentir lafin de saison: To 'be getting past it', to have aged noticcably.III.adj. Avoir l'air fin: To 'look a proper Charlie', to look stupid. Ce que t'as l'air fin, mon pauvre vieux! (iron.): If you could only see yourself! (you'd realize how silly you are).IV.adv. Completely, absolutely. Etre fin prêt: To be ready to go. Etre fin ratiboisé: To be 'skint', to be stoney-broke. Etre fin saoul: To be 'pissed', 'sozzled', to be dead drunk. -
55 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. -
56 lâZcher
v. trans.1. Lâcher quelqu'un: To 'lcave someone in the lurch', to 'walk out on someone', to let someone down.2. En lâcher un: To 'do a pongy', to 'fart', to break wind.3. Les lâcher: To 'cough up', to 'fork out', to pay. Les lâcher avec un élastique: To be 'stingy', to be mean (also: être dur à les làcher).4. Lâcher l'écluse: To 'pee', to 'wee', to urinate.5. Lâcher les dés:a To 'throw in the sponge', to give in.b To be conciliatory (also: passer les dés).6. Lâcher le paquet: To 'squeal', to 'spill the beans', to confess.7. Lâcher la rampe: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'shuffle off', to die. -
57 malle
n. f.1. 'Trap', 'gob', mouth. Ferme ta malle! Shut your cake-hole! — Shut up! S'en fourrer plein la malle: To 'stuff one's face', to eat immoderately.2. (mil.): 'Cooler', 'slammer', prison.3. Se faire la malle: To 'beetle off', to 'hook it', to decamp.4. Boucler sa malle: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.5. La malle à quatre noeuds (joc. & iron.): 'Pauper's wallet' (literally, the Dick Whittington neckerchief bundle with all his worldly possessions). -
58 partir
v. intrans. (iron.): To 'shuffle off', to 'snuff it', to die. (A certain morbid jocularity is attached to this verb in the paraphrase of the hackneyed 'partir, c'est mourir un peu' which became 'mourir, c'est partir beaucoup!') -
59 passer
I.v. trans.a To 'rough up', to beat someone up (also: passer quelqu'un à tabac).b To give someone a 'roasting', a 'wigging', to give someone a severe telling-off. Qu'est-ce qu'elle lui passe quand il rentre à deux heures du mat'! When he gets home at 2 a.m. she's waiting for him rollingpin at the ready! (also: passer un savon à quelqu'un).2. Passer quelque chose à l'as: To 'spirit something away', to make something disappear for one's own benefit. (The intransitive expression passer à l'as, directly related to the conjurer's legerdemain, illustrates the 'now-you-see-it, now-you-don't' aspect of the disappearing trick.)3. Le faire passer. To engineer an abortion (usually through 'backstreet' methods).4. Cela me passe! (corr. cela me dépasse!): That's got me stumped! — That beats me! Comment qu'ils se débrouillent avec si peu de fric, cela me passe! I just can't understand how they manage on so little money!5. Ça lui passera! (of pet liking, obsession): He'll grow out of it! — He'll get over it!II.v. intrans.2. Passer au travers ( de quelque chose): To escape something unpleasant. Comme de bien entendu, il est passé au travers de tous ces emmerdements! As luck would have it, the jammy bugger got away scot-free!3. Y passer. To go through an unpleasant experience.a (of woman): To be forced into sexual intercourse.b To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die. Tout le monde y passe, vous savez! We all have to go sometime, you know!4. Sentir passer quelque chose: To smart, to suffer where physical punishment is concerned.5. Passer sous une voiture: To get run over.6. Passer sous le nez (of opportunity): To slip by. Ça lui est passé sous le nez! He let a good thing go by!7. Il faut passer par là ou par la fenêtre! (iron.): It's a case of Hobson's choice! — Really you have no alternative! -
60 pied
n. m.1. Faire du pied à quelqu'un: To 'play footsie', to make amorous foot-play advances.a (lit.): To 'skedaddle', to 'scram', to move away niftily.b (fig.): To get out of a scrape in the nick of time.3. S'être levé du pied gauche: To be in a foul mood (because one has got out of bed on the wrong side). Partir du pied gauche (of venture, undertaking): To make a bad start.4. Lever le pied:a To ease off the accelerator pedal, to reduce one's speed in a motor car.b To take things at a more leisurely pace (and let others do the rushing about).c (of shady entrepreneur): To do a 'moonlight flit', to disappear with the takings.5. S'en aller les pieds devant: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.6. Faire des pieds et des mains pour¼: To 'try every trick in the book', to worry more about the ends than the means where success is concerned. Il a fait des pieds et des mains pour un petit rôle de rien du tout: For a two-bit part in that play he literally flogged his granny!7. Ça lui fera les pieds! (That will) serve him jolly well right! C'est bien fait pour tes pieds! Well you asked for it, didn't you?!8. Etre bête comme ses pieds: To be 'as thick as two short planks', to be totally stupid. Quel pied! What a nurk! — What a fool!9. Prendre son pied (also: aller au pied): To have a 'come', to experience an orgasm. (The origin of the expression could be sought in the picturesque avoir les pieds en bouquets de violettes which is both descriptive and humorous.)10. Ça, c'est le pied! This is great! — This is fantastic! (In this instance pied has taken a far more metaphorical meaning.)11. En avoir son pied de quelque chose: To be fed up to the back teeth with something.12. Aller au pied (Underworld slang): To 'split the takings', to have a share-out.13. Il y a du pied dans la chaussette! There's no rush! — We've plenty of time!
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