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1 voler
I.v. trans. Ne l'avoir pas volé: To have 'asked for it', to deserve the punishment meted out. Ecoute, mon vieux, tu ne l'as pas volé, ta femme a bien fait de filer! You deserve all you got; your wife was right to leave!II.v. intrans.a To 'go for someone with fists flying', to attack someone physically with ferocity.b (fig.): To 'pitch into someone', to launch a ferocious verbal assault on someone.2. Voler bas (of person): To be 'more than a trifle dim', to be pretty thick and stupid.3. Les mouches volent bas! There's trouble brewing! (The imagery derives from the fact that many insects take to flying at a low altitude when a storm is imminent.) -
2 bras
bras [bʀα]1. masculine nouna. ( = membre) arm• bras dessus, bras dessous arm in arm• tendre or allonger le bras vers qch to reach out for sth• faire un bras d'honneur à qn ≈ to put two fingers up at sb (inf) (Brit), ≈ to give sb the finger (inf) (US)2. compounds* * *bʀanom masculin invariable1) Anatomie armpar le bras — [tenir, prendre] by the arm
bras dessus bras dessous — lit, fig arm in arm
porter quelque chose à bout de bras — lit to carry something with one's arms straight out; fig to keep something afloat
baisser les bras — fig to give up
croiser les bras — lit to fold one's arms; fig to twiddle one's thumbs
2) ( main-d'œuvre) manpower, labour [BrE]3) Géographie ( de fleuve) branch5) ( de mollusque) tentacle•Phrasal Verbs:••* * *bʀɒ1. nm1) (= membre) arm2) [fleuve] branch2. bras nmpl(= travailleurs) manpower sg handsmanquer de bras — to be short-handed, to be short of manpower
On manque de bras. — There's a shortage of manpower.
* * *bras ⇒ Le corps humain nm inv1 Anat arm; lever/tendre le bras to raise/stretch one's arm; avoir les bras musclés/maigres to have muscular/thin arms; prendre qn dans ses bras to take sb in one's arms; se jeter/tomber dans les bras de qn to throw oneself/fall into sb's arms; se blottir dans les bras de qn to snuggle up in sb's arms; avoir les bras en croix to have one's arms outstretched; par le bras [tenir, prendre] by the arm; sous le bras under one's arm; au bras de qn on sb's arm; bras dessus bras dessous lit, fig arm in arm; donner le bras à qn to give sb one's arm; accueillir qn à bras ouverts to welcome sb with open arms; elle avait des paquets plein les bras her arms were full of parcels GB ou packages US; se retrouver avec or avoir qch/qn sur les bras fig to be lumbered with sth/sb; porter qch à bout de bras lit to carry sth with one's arms straight out; fig to keep sth afloat; baisser les bras lit to lower one's arms; fig to give up; en bras de chemise in one's shirtsleeves; les bras croisés with one's arms folded; rester les bras croisés to stand idly; croiser les bras lit to fold one's arms; fig to twiddle one's thumbs; viens dans mes bras! come and have a big hug!; ⇒ tour A 1;bras cassé○ ( en parlant d'une personne) waste of space; bras droit fig right hand man; il est devenu le bras droit du ministre he has become the minister's right hand man; bras de fer ( épreuve physique) arm wrestling; ( lutte d'influence) trial of strength; faire un bras de fer or une partie de bras de fer avec qn to arm wrestle with sb; bras de levier Phys leverage; bras de mer sound; bras oscillant swing arm; le bras séculier the secular arm.les bras m'en tombent I'm absolutely speechless; avoir le bras long to have a lot of influence; faire un bras d'honneur à qn ≈ to give sb the V sign GB ou the finger.[bra] nom masculin1. [membre] armson panier/épouse au bras his basket/wife on his armdonner ou offrir son bras à quelqu'un to offer somebody one's armserrer quelqu'un dans ses bras to hold somebody in one's arms, to hug somebodytendre ou allonger le bras to stretch one's arm outles bras en croix (with) arms outstretched ou outspreada. [généralement] to lay into somebodyb. [physiquement] to beat somebody to a pulplever les bras [d'impuissance] to throw up one's arms (helplessly)3. [partie - d'une ancre, d'un électrophone, d'un moulin] arm ; [ - d'une charrette] arm, shaft ; [ - d'une grue] arm, jib ; [ - d'un fauteuil] arm, armrest ; [ - d'une brouette] handle ; [ - d'une manivelle] web, arm ; [ - d'un brancard] pole ; [ - d'une croix] armbras de levier lever arm ou crank4. [pouvoir]5. GÉOGRAPHIE [d'un delta] armbras de mer sound, arm of the sea————————[bra] nom masculin pluriel[main-d'œuvre] workerson a besoin de bras we're short-handed ou short-staffedà bras ouverts locution adverbiale[accueillir] with open arms————————au bras de locution prépositionnellebras dessus, bras dessous locution adverbiale————————sur les bras locution adverbialeavoir quelqu'un/quelque chose sur les bras to be stuck with somebody/something -
3 taper
I.v. trans.1. To 'tap', to 'touch' someone for a sub, to cadge money off someone.2. Taper une lettre: To 'tap out', to type a letter.3. Taper des talbins: To print counterfeit money.4. Taper une belote: To have a game of belote. (The expression is true to reality; this game of cards full of French histrionics gives a deck of cards a tough time.)II.v. intrans.1. Taper sur: To 'pitch into', to 'lam into', to go for someone with fists flying.2. Taper sur les nerfs (also: sur le système) à quelqu'un: To 'get on someone's wick', to be a real nuisance to someone.a To make an impression on someone.b To 'click' with someone of the opposite sex.4. Taper aux fafs (pol.): To ask for I.D. papers, to request identification documents.5. Ça tape! It's fair blazing down! We've got some super sunshine!6. Taper le 180 km./h. (of car): To top 100 m.p.h. easily.7. Taper de: To 'pong', to stink, to smell foul. Il tape des panards que c'en est affreux! His feet smell something rotten!III.v. pronom.a To have to do something unpleasant. C'est encore moi qui dois me taper la vaisselle! I can see it'll be muggins who does the washing-up again!b To treat oneself to something nice. On s'est tapé un gueuleton tout ce qu'il y a de meumeu! We had ourselves a super nosh! Je me taperais bien cette nana! I wouldn't mind laying that chick!a Not to 'give a fuck', not to 'care a rap' about something. Ses histoires de nanas, je m'en tape royalement! I don't give a fig about his goings-on with women!b To have to do without something.3. Se taper le cul par terre: To 'laugh oneself silly', to be overcome by mirth.4. Se taper la colonne: To 'pull one's wire', to 'wank', to masturbate. -
4 cherrer
v. intrans.1. To 'lay it on thick', to 'pitch it a bit strong', to exaggerate (also: cherrer dans les bégonias). Alors là, tu cherres un chouïa! Now that I don't believe! Cherrez pas! Pull the other one! — Stop kidding!2. Cherrer dans le tas: To go into a scrap with fists flying. -
5 rébecca
n. m. Faire du rébecca:a To 'kick up a fuss', to protest vehemently.b To go with fists flying into an argument. ( Une séance de rébecca: a bout of the fisticuffs.)
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