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41 clou
n. m.1. Etre maigre comme un clou: To be as thin as a rake.2. Traverser dans les clous: To use a pedestrian crossing. (Although 'zebra crossings' are common in France now, a double row of large metal studs used to indicate such protected walkways).3. Clou de cercueil (joc.): Small cigarillo.4. Clous de girofle: Set of decayed teeth.5. Bouffer des clous: To have nothing to eat, to go hungry.6. Ne pas valoir un clou: To be worth 'fuck-all', to be worthless.7. Des clous! Not on your nelly! — Not bloody likely! — Certainly not!8. Mettre au clou: To 'hock', to pawn.9. Coller quelqu'un au clou: To sling someone into jail.10. Un vieux clou: An 'old jalopy', a decrepit motor-car. -
42 feuille
n. f.1. 'Flapper', ear. Etre dur de lafeuille: To be hard of hearing.2. Feuille de chou: 'Local rag', unimportant newspaper (one with a tiny circulation. The origin of the appellation lies in the green shade of the newsprint used in the 30s by some small provincial news-sheets).3. Recevoir sa feuille de route: To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die (literally to get one's marching orders to a better world).4. Feuille de vigne: 'G-string', minimal briefs worn by striptease artist.5. Voir les feuilles à l'envers (of woman): To have intercourse. (The expression is usually used in the past tense to indicate that a woman has lost her virginity.) -
43 serre
n.m. (also: ser):1. (Gambling slang): Secret signal between card-sharps at a table. (In this context, the expression faire/ envoyer le serre means to give the go- ahead for a concerted move aimed at distracting an honest player.)2. Faire (also: envoyer) le serre: To 'tip the wink' to someone, to warn someone. (Auguste Le Breton in his L'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI identifies serbillon and by implication ser(re) as the chalked rune-like warning left by tramps to indicate to fellow down-and-outs the good and not-so-good 'ports of call'.) -
44 touche
n. f.1. (pej.): Looks. Vise un peu cette touche! Have a butchers at that ugly mush!2. 'Drag', share of a communal cigarette. (The word can be heard in circles where finances and circumstances make smoking a luxury, i.e. amongst schoolchildren, servicemen and prisoners.)3. Avoir une touche avec quelqu'un: To have 'clicked' with someone (amorous context). Il a une méchante touche avec ta sœur! I think your sister fancies him something rotten! Essayer de faire une touche avec quelqu'un: To make a pass at someone. (The word is a direct borrowing from the jargon of the angler where the bobbing and momentary submersion of the float indicate more than passing interest on the part of a fish.)4. Rester sur la touche (fig.): To be left out of things.5. Botter quelqu'un en touche: To get rid of someone (literally to kick someone into touch. Both this expression and the preceding one stem from the language of rugby).6. Se faire une touche: To 'wank', to masturbate. -
45 RIB
a document provided for customers by all banks, and indicating details of a bank account, in a standard format. Creditors frequently request a RIB before making a transfer in favour of a beneficiary. Most RIBs these days also indicate IBAN (International Bank Account Number) details as well. -
46 Claire
oyster; also a designation given to certain oysters to indicate they have been put in claires, or oyster beds in salt marshes, where they are fattened up for several months before going to market. -
47 Marée la
literally the tide; usually used to indicate seafood that is fresh.
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