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61 indicatif
n. m.1. Signature tune.2. Change d'indicatif! Stop harping on! — Don't go on and on about the same thing! -
62 invitation
n. f. Ça a été l'invitation à la valse! (iron.): There was certainly aggro in the air! (The ironic jocularity of the expression stems from the fact that a popular tune of that name has echoed through dance-halls for many decades.) -
63 jouer
v. intrans. & trans.1. Jouer des compas: To 'beetle off', to 'skedaddle', to move niftily away. (There is a plethora of expressions using the verb jouer with that same meaning: jouer des flûtes, des guibolles; also: jouer rip, jouer la fille de l'air, etc.)2. Jouer l'homme (Football): To go for the player (not the ball).3. Jouer sur le velours (fig.): To take no risks. (The expression originates in the language of gambling.)4. Jouer 'parlez-moi d'amour' (joc.): To give repeated peals on a doorbell as if scanning the first bars of that famous tune.5. A toi de jouer! (fig.): The ball's in your court! — It's up to you to make a move now! -
64 lampion
n. m.1. 'Gullet', throat. S'en mettre un coup dans le lampion: To take a swig, to down a drink.2. (pl.): 'Oglers', 'peepers', eyes.3. L'air des lampions. This stamping of feet by an audience or crowd to the strains of a popular tune is roughly equivalent to slow hand-clapping and the chanting of 'Why are we waiting?' -
65 lanlaire
n. m. Va te faire lanlaire! Go to hell! — Go to blazes! — Get lost! (The word lanlaire is in fact a phonetic transcription of the strains of a long-forgotten popular tune.) -
66 musique
n. f.1. 'Flannel', flattery. Je l'ai vu venir, lui et sa musique! I could spot him a mile off, him and his soft soap!2. De la musique: A bunch of lies. On lui pose une question et il vous sert de la musique: You ask him a direct question and he gives you a load of bull!3. 'Con', confidence trick. Monter une musique: To set up a rip-off.4. Blackmail. (It is worth mentioning that chantage is the non-colloquial word.)5. 'Fuss', row. Quand il a appris ça, il nous a fait une de ces musiques: When they broke the news to him, he flew off the handle. Il va y avoir de la musique au kiosque! (of marital row): It's going to be a right old ding-dong!6. Baisse un peu la musique! Pipe down, will you! — Don't talk so loudly!7. Connaître la musique! To 'know the ropes', to know one's way around. Pas de danger avec lui, il connaît la musique: I wouldn't worry about him, he knows what to do!8. C'est réglé comme du papier à musique (of project, plan): It's planned to the very last detail. (As detailed and accurate as a musical score.)a To change the subject. Change de musique veux-tu?! I wish you wouldn't harp on!b To change one's tune, to take another stance. Il a vite changé de musique quand il a vu les résultats: When he heard the news, his about-turn was a lesson in instant diplomacy.10. En avant la musique! On with the show! (This jocular, slightly ironical catch phrase is usually uttered when a reluctant go-ahead is given to a project.) -
67 saucisson
n. m.1. (Musicians' slang): Tune or song of little merit (literally one that seems to have come into existence like sausages off a conveyor-belt).2. 'Biddy', rather unattractive woman (one whose figure is as remarkable as that of a sausage. Etre ficelée comme un saucisson can either mean to be bulging in the wrong places, or to be trussed up like a saucisson sec).3. (pol.): 'Stinker', difficult case (one that will take a lot of unravelling). -
68 seringue
n. f.1. Firearm (anything ranging from a handgun to a sub-machine-gun).2. Chanter comme une seringue: To sing way out of tune.3. Avoir le coup de seringue: To feel 'knackered', 'buggered', to be exhausted (also: avoir le coup de pompe). -
69 soupe
n. f.1. 'Grub', food. Etre de soupe (mil.): To be on cookhouse fatigue. Aller à la soupe: To go for one's nosh.2. 'Slush', wet and very soft snow.3. Un gros plein de soupe (pej.): A big fat slob. (The derogatory nature of the appellation lies not so much in contempt for outsize people, as in the erroneous assumption that they are big-heads and that they 'throw their weight about'!)4. Etre trempé comme une soupe: To be 'wringing wet', to be soaked to the skin.5. Etre soupe au lait: To get into a huff at the drop of a cross word (literally to rise at the slightest provocation like milk on the boil).7. Servir la soupe (th.): To hold a very minor part in a production (to be something like a standard- bearer in a Shakespearean drama).8. Etre le dernier pour la soupe (joc. & iron.): To miss out where the better things of life are concerned. (This expression is very much in tune with the hackneyed story of the private complaining to his sergeant that he did not often get a leave-pass, adding: 'My name is Wimpole'— to this the sergeant replied 'lf your name had been Arse-hole, Bum-hole or Cunt- hole you'd have had a chance, but being Wimpole you come last!')9. Par ici la bonne soupe! (iron.): (If it's a fight you're after) come and get it! (This belligerent taunt is usually uttered by hotheads, boastful bullies and the like.)10. Marchand de soupe (pej.):a Restaurateur. (As the appellation suggests, hardly the keeper of a three-star establishment.)b Headmaster of a crammer. (Academic whose objective seems to be a healthy turn-over of pupils, i.e., large profits rather than the imparting of knowledge.)c Any businessman whose primary objective is a large turn-over and quick profits.11. Faire de la soupe (Musicians' slang): To prostitute one's talents by working for a sub-standard band or outfit churning out Muzak-like tunes for popular consumption.12. Donner la soupe à quelqu'un: To show a clean pair of heels to an adversary in the race for success.13. Avoir soupe de¼: To be fed-up with¼, to have had enough of someone or something. J'en ai soupe de sa fiole! I'm sick and tired of seeing his face around!14. La soupe sera bonne! (joc. & iron.): This incongruous remark is directed at anyone who is picking his nose or scratching his behind.15. (also pl.): Abominable substances ingurgitated by perverts and the scatologicallyminded. -
70 zizique
n. f. (joc.): Music (not the highbrow variety). Allez, donne-nous un peu de zizique sur le poste! Go on, turn your tranny on and see if you can find us a tune! -
71 RMC
in the age of state monoploies over broadcasting, French listeners could tune into a number of stations that were not under government control because they were broadcast from just outside France. For listeners in the south of France, RMC was the most popular such station. Today it remains one of the main private radio stations in France. -
72 RTL
In the age of state monoploies over broadcasting, French listeners could tune into a number of stations that were not under government control because they were broadcast from just outside France. For listeners north eastern France, RTL was one of two popular stations; though thanks to the power of its transmitter in Luxembourg, RTL could actually be picked almost throughout the country. Today it is the most popular radio station in France. -
73 accordé
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74 air(s)
air, look, tune -
75 changer de ton
change one’s tune -
76 faux
bogus, counterfeit, erroneous, fake, false, forgery, out of tune, phon(e)y, scythe, sham, untrue -
77 juste
correct, fair, in tune, just, righteous -
78 mettre au point
focus, lick into shape, tune
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