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41 tête
n. f.1. Avoir la tête de l'emploi (iron.): To 'look the part'. Les croque-morts n'ontpas toujours la tête de l'emploi, c'est souvent des rigolos! Undertakers aren't always the mournful buggers we expect them to be!3. Faire la mauvaise tête: To be 'pig-headed', to be obstreperous and reluctant to comply.4. Avoir ses têtes: To 'have one's (little) favourites', to let oneself be ruled by likes and dislikes where relationships at work are concerned.5. Avoir une tête à coucher dehors avec un billet de logetnent: To have an 'ugly mug', to have an unattractive face (in fact, to have the kind of features that would even get you turned a way from a welfare hostel).6. Faire un prix à la tête du client: To quote a price according to the likely means of a customer. Au garage, lesprix sont un peu à la tête du client! If you drive a Rolls, they'll charge the earth for repairs!7. Tête de pipe: Portrait-photograph. J'ai vu sa tête de pipe dans le canard! I've seen his mug somewhere in a paper!10. Affaire tête de lard (pol.): Dead-end enquiry, one where witnesses and accused alike make the police's job more arduous by refusing to co-operate.11. Se payer la tête de quelqu'un: To 'take the piss out of someone', to 'take the mickey', to poke fun at someone.12. Etre tombé sur la tête: To be 'bonkers', 'potty', to be mad. T'es tombé sur la tête, quoi?! You crazy in the head?!a To 'take a header', to dive into the water.b (fig.): To 'go under', to become bankrupt.14. Petite tête! (jocular form of address): Salut, petite tête! Mornin' mate! Alors, comment ça va, petite tête?! Well, how's tricks?!15. Cause à mon cul, ma tête est malade! (sarcastic retort): 'Get knotted'—I don't want to hear what you've got to say!16. La tête et lesjambes: The combination of brains and brawn. (The expression courir avec la tête et les jambes originates from the racing cyclist's slang and refers to competitors who use critical judgement when exerting physical effort. In the 1960s, a television quiz-cum-competition with that name teamed up scholars and sportsmen to compete for prizes.)17. Tenir la tête (Gambling slang): To act as judge and arbiter at the tables. (August Le Breton in his L 'ARGOT CHEZ LES VRAIS DE VRAI explains that this 'refereeing' activity is often given to a 'cleaned-out' player by a gambling baron; the position carries a small commission on stakes.) -
42 manipuler
manipuler [manipyle]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. [+ objet, produit] to handle* * *manipyle1) ( avec les mains) to handle [objet, véhicule]; to manipulate [bouton]2) ( utiliser) to handle [chiffres]; to use [mots]3) ( falsifier) to massage [données, chiffres]4) ( influencer) to manipulate [opinion, personne]5) Théâtre to operate [marionnettes]* * *manipyle vt1) [objet délicat, substance, appareil] to handleCe vase doit être manipulé avec soin. — This vase must be handled with care.
2) fig, [individus, électorat, opinion] to manipulateTous les partis essaient de manipuler l'opinion publique. — All the parties are trying to manipulate public opinion.
* * *manipuler verb table: aimer vtr1 ( avec les mains) to handle [objet, substance, véhicule]; to manipulate [bouton]; manipuler qch avec délicatesse to handle sth carefully; arrête de manipuler ce vase stop playing with that vase;3 ( falsifier) to massage [données, chiffres]; manipuler les registres Compta to cook○ GB ou tamper with US the books;4 ( influencer) to manipulate [opinion, presse, personne];5 Théât to operate [marionnettes].[manipyle] verbe transitif1. [manier - objet, somme] to handle2. (péjoratif) [influencer - opinion] to sway, to manipulate ; [ - scrutin] to rig ; [ - statistiques] to massage ; [ - comptes] to fiddle -
43 souscrire
souscrire [suskʀiʀ]➭ TABLE 391. transitive verb* * *suskʀiʀ
1.
verbe transitif to take out [assurance, abonnement, plan d'épargne]; to sign [contrat, traite]; to subscribe [somme]
2.
souscrire à verbe transitif indirect1) ( en payant)souscrire à — to subscribe to [publication, emprunt, œuvre charitable]
2) ( adhérer)souscrire à — to subscribe to [propos, décision]
* * *suskʀiʀ vi* * *souscrire verb table: écrireA vtr to take out [assurance, abonnement, plan d'épargne]; to sign [contrat, traite]; to subscribe [somme]; souscrire un risque Assur to underwrite a risk.B souscrire à vtr ind2 ( adhérer) souscrire à to subscribe to [propos, décision, convention]; j'y souscris entièrement I subscribe to it totally.[suskrir] verbe transitif1. DROIT [signer - acte] to sign, to put one's signature to, to subscribe (soutenu) ; [ - billet, chèque] to draw, to sign2. [abonnement, police d'assurance] to take out (inseparable)————————souscrire à verbe plus préposition2. [suj: lecteur] to take out a subscription to -
44 chouette
I.1. adjectiveb. ( = gentil) nice2. exclamationII.chouette2 [∫wεt]feminine noun( = animal) owl* * *ʃwɛt
1.
(colloq) adjectif great (colloq), neat (colloq) US
2.
nom féminin Zoologie owlvieille chouette — fig pej old harridan
* * *ʃwɛt1. nf2. adj(film, site, nana) greatJ'ai vu un film très chouette. — I saw a really great film.
Paul, c'est quelqu'un de très chouette. — Paul is a really great guy.
3. excl* * *A ○adj great○, neat○ US; c'est chouette comme sport it's a great sport; être chouette avec qn to be really nice to sb; c'est chouette de sa part that's really nice of him/her.C excl great○! brilliant○! GB, neat○ US!chouette hulotte tawny owl.I[ʃwɛt] (familier) adjectifelle est chouette, ta sœur your sister's really nice2. [gentil] kind[coopératif] helpfulsois chouette, prête-moi ta voiture oh go on, lend me your car————————[ʃwɛt] (familier) interjectionII[ʃwɛt] nom féminin2. (familier & péjoratif) [femme] -
45 deux
num. adj.1. Ne faire ni une ni deux: To 'make no bones about something', to be straightforward and frank.2. Ça fait deux'. It's a totally different kettle of fish—These are two entirely different matters.3. On sera deux! (iron.): Two of us can play that game! — You're going to have some opposition!4. Piquer des deux: To 'get one's skates on', to hurry up.5. En moins de deux: In two ticks— Promptly—Very quickly.6. Il était moins de deux: It was touch-and-go—It was a near thing.7. de mes deux (adj.exp.): Bloody awful. J'en ai mam de cette bagnole de mes deux: I'm sick to the back teeth with that perishing car! ( de mes deux implies couilles, hence the strongly pejorative connotation of the expression).8. Atteler à deux:a (of pimp): To have two prostitutes working.b To 'have a sandwich', to have a sexual threesome (two girls and one man). -
46 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! -
47 enquiquiner
enquiquiner (inf) [ɑ̃kikine]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb► s'enquiquiner ( = se morfondre) to be bored* * *
1.
(colloq) ɑ̃kikine verbe transitifenquiquiner quelqu'un — ( agacer) to get on somebody's nerves, to irritate somebody; ( importuner) to pester somebody
2.
s'enquiquiner verbe pronominal* * *ɑ̃kikine vt ** * *enquiquiner○ verb table: aimerA vtr enquiquiner qn ( agacer) to get on sb's nerves, to irritate sb; ( importuner) to pester sb; ça m'enquiquine d'y aller it's a real pain○ having to go there; tu serais bien enquiquiné si tu perdais ta clé you would be in a real mess if you lost your key.B s'enquiquiner vpr1 ( s'ennuyer) to be bored, to be bored stiff○;2 ( se donner du mal) s'enquiquiner à faire to go to the trouble ou bother of doing; je me suis enquiquiné à réparer ce vélo I went to (a heck○ of) a lot of trouble to mend this bike; tu ne vas pas t'enquiquiner à tout refaire? you're not going to waste your time doing everything again?[ɑ̃kikine] verbe transitif1. [ennuyer] to bore (stiff)2. [irriter] to bug3. [importuner]————————s'enquiquiner verbe pronominal intransitif(familier) [s'ennuyer] to be bored (stiff)————————s'enquiquiner à verbe pronominal plus prépositionje ne vais pas m'enquiquiner à tout recopier I can't be fagged (UK) ou bothered to copy it out again -
48 matériel
c black matériel, -elle [mateʀjεl]1. adjectivea. [dégâts, monde, preuve, bien-être, confort] material ; [plaisirs, biens, préoccupations] worldlyb. ( = financier) [gêne, problèmes] financial ; ( = pratique) [organisation, obstacles] practical2. masculine noun• matériel scolaire ( = livres, cahiers) school materials ; ( = pupitres, projecteurs) school equipmentc black3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Le mot anglais se termine par - ial.* * *
1.
- ielle mateʀjɛl adjectif1) gén [conditions, biens, dégâts] material; [plaisirs] worldly; [problème, moyens] practical; [obstacle] tangible, concrete2) ( matérialiste) materialistic3) Philosophie material
2.
nom masculin1) ( équipement) equipment2) ( documentation) material•Phrasal Verbs:* * *mateʀjɛl matériel, -le1. adj(preuve, confort) material, (organisation, aide, obstacle) practical2. nmequipment no pl, [camping] gear no plIl a pris tout son matériel de pêche avec lui. — He took all his fishing gear with him.
matériel d'exploitation COMMERCE — plant
* * *A adj1 gén [conditions, confort, biens, aide, dégât, preuve] material; [plaisirs] worldly; [sécurité] financial; [problème, moyens] practical; [obstacle] tangible, concrete; sur le plan matériel in practical terms; je suis dans l'impossibilité matérielle de vous aider I really cannot help you; il n'a pas le temps matériel de s'occuper de cela he simply hasn't got the time to deal with that;2 ( matérialiste) materialistic; considérations bassement matérielles low, materialistic motives;3 Philos [cause, univers, être, vérité, substance] material.B nm1 ( équipement) equipment; acheter du matériel to buy equipment; matériel médical/militaire medical/military equipment; matériel agricole farm machinery; matériel de jardinage/bricolage gardening/DIY tools (pl);2 ( documentation) material; matériel de propagande propaganda material.matériel génétique genetic material; matériel de guerre military hardware; matériel humain workforce; matériel informatique hardware; matériel pédagogique teaching materials (pl); matériel de peinture Art artist's materials (pl); Constr paint supplies (pl); matériel roulant rolling stock; matériel scolaire ( de l'école) school equipment; ( des élèves) stationery and writing materials (pl).( féminin matérielle) [materjɛl] adjectif1. [réel - preuve] materialje n'ai pas le temps matériel de faire l'aller et retour I simply don't have the time to go there and back2. [pécuniaire, pratique - difficulté, aide etc] materialsur le plan matériel, il n'a pas à se plaindre from a material point of view, he has no grounds for complaint3. [physique] material4. [matérialiste - esprit, civilisation] material————————nom masculin1. [équipement, machines] equipmentmatériel agricole/industriel agricultural/industrial equipmentmatériel de camping camping equipment ou gearmatériel de pêche fishing tackle ou geara. [papeterie] school materialsb. [de laboratoire] school equipment2. MILITAIRE3. ÉCONOMIEle matériel humain the workforce, human material————————matérielle nom féminin -
49 répréhensible
répréhensible [ʀepʀeɑ̃sibl]adjective[acte, personne] reprehensible• je ne vois pas ce qu'il y a de répréhensible à ça ! I don't see what's wrong with that!* * *ʀepʀeɑ̃sibladjectif reprehensible* * *ʀepʀeɑ̃sibl adj* * *répréhensible adj [geste, acte] reprehensible; moralement répréhensible morally reprehensible; il n'y a rien de répréhensible à dire ce que tu penses there's nothing wrong with speaking your mind; dans l'accident le conducteur était répréhensible the driver was to blame for the accident.[repreɑ̃sibl] adjectifun acte répréhensible a reprehensible ou an objectionable deed -
50 frère
n. m.1. Pal, 'mate', friend. T'es un frère! You're a real brick!2. 'Feller', 'geezer', chap. Qu'est-ce qu'il me veut, ce frère? What's up with that bloke? (What does he want with me?)3. Ne pas être le frère a dégueulasse: To be O.K., to be really quite alright. (The expression does not necessarily refer to a person. Ce pinard, il n'est pas le frère a dégueulasse: This little wine is no plonk!)4. Petit frère: 'Prick', 'cock', penis. Dérouiller son petit frère: To 'pull one's wire', to 'wank', to masturbate. -
51 pénible
adj. (of person): 'Wearing', difficult to put up with. Qu'il est pénible, ton fils! I don't know how you can put up with that son of yours! -
52 tournant
n. m.1. Avoir (also: rattraper) quelqu'un au tournant: To get one's own back on someone (literally to catch up with someone where and when it matters). Le salaud, il m'a eu au tournant! The swine, he didn't let me get away with that!2. Faire un sale tournant à quelqu'un: To 'do the dirty on someone', to play a dirty trick on someone.3. Etre dans un sale tournant: To be mixed up in some nasty business.a (lit.): To get a 'knuckle-sandwich', to get punched in the jaw.b (fig.): To 'come a cropper', to 'come unstuck' in a dramatic sort of way. -
53 cumulable
kymylabladjectif [fonctions, mandats] which can be held concurrently (après n); [traitement, allocations] which can be drawn concurrently (après n)* * *kymylabl adj(fonctions) which may be held concurrently* * *cumulable adj [fonctions, mandats] which can be held concurrently ( épith, après n); [traitement, allocations] which can be drawn concurrently ( épith, après n); cette fonction est cumulable avec celle de délégué this post can be held concurrently with that of delegate.[kymylabl] adjectif -
54 esquinter
➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb• se faire esquinter par une voiture [automobiliste] to have one's car bashed (inf) into by another ; [cycliste, piéton] to get badly bashed up (inf) by a car2. reflexive verb► s'esquinter ( = se blesser) to hurt o.s.* * *
1.
(colloq) ɛskɛ̃te verbe transitif1) ( amocher) to damage [voiture]; to hurt [personne]2) ( critiquer) to slate [auteur]3) ( fatiguer) to wear [somebody] out
2.
s'esquinter verbe pronominal1) ( se blesser) to hurt oneself2) ( se fatiguer) to wear oneself out ( à faire doing)* * *ɛskɛ̃te vt ** * *esquinter○ verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( endommager) to damage; c'est tout esquinté it's badly damaged;2 ( blesser) to hurt; ( fatiguer) to wear [sb] out; se faire esquinter ( dans bagarre) to get beaten up; ( dans accident) to get hurt;B s'esquinter○ vpr ( se blesser) to hurt oneself; ( se fatiguer) to wear oneself out (à faire doing); s'esquinter le dos/les yeux to strain one's back/one's eyes; s'esquinter la santé to ruin one's health.[ɛskɛ̃te] verbe transitif1. [endommager - chose] to ruin ; [ - voiture] to smash up, to total (US & Canada) ; [ - santé] to ruin————————s'esquinter verbe pronominal1. [s'épuiser] to kill oneself2. [s'abîmer] -
55 gare
I.gare1 [gaʀ]feminine noun• roman/littérature de gare (pejorative) pulp novel/literatureII.• et fais ce que je dis, sinon gare ! and do what I say, or else! (inf)* * *gaʀ
1.
nom féminin (railway) stationêtre en gare — [train] to be in the station
entrer en gare — [train] to arrive
2.
1) ( pour prévenir)2) ( pour menacer)gare à toi! — careful!, watch it! (colloq)
•Phrasal Verbs:••* * *ɡaʀ1. nfrailway station, station, train station USA2. exclgare à...! — mind...!, watch out for...!
gare à ne pas... — mind you don't...
* * *A nf (railway) station; gare d'Oxford Oxford station; gare de banlieue suburban station; être en gare [train] to be in the station; entrer en gare [train] to arrive.B excl1 ( pour prévenir) gare (à toi)! watch out!; gare à ton portefeuille/aux kilos! watch your wallet/your weight!; gare aux voleurs! watch out for thieves!; gare à l'avenir! watch what happens in the future!; gare à ta réputation! mind your reputation!; gare de ne pas te faire voler! mind you don't get robbed!; gare à qui ferait une erreur! mind you don't make a mistake!; mais gare! elle n'est pas bête be careful! she's no fool;2 ( pour menacer) gare à toi! careful!, watch it○!; gare aux tricheurs! anyone who cheats will be in trouble!gare de marchandises goods station GB, freight station US; gare maritime harbourGB station; gare routière ( cars) coach station GB, bus station US; ( camions) truck depot; gare de triage marshallingGB yard; gare de voyageurs passenger station.sans crier gare without any warning.[gar] nom féminin[hall] (station) concourse[bâtiments] station building ou buildingsle train de 14 h 30 à destination de Paris va entrer en gare voie 10 the train now arriving at platform 10 is the two-thirty to Parisgare frontière/maritime border/harbour stationgare de passagers/marchandises passenger/goods stationromans de gare cheap ou trashy novels2. [garage à bateaux] (river) basin[d'un canal] passing place3. TRANSPORTSa. [de poids lourds] haulage depotb. [de cars] bus station, coach station (UK)————————[gar] interjectiongare à vous si vous rentrez après minuit if you come home after midnight, there'll be trouble!, you'd better be in by midnight, or else!gare dessous! look out ou watch out down below! -
56 lard
lard [laʀ]masculine noun( = gras) pork fat ; ( = viande) bacon• lard fumé ≈ smoked bacon• un gros lard (inf!) a fat lump (inf!)* * *laʀnom masculin ≈ fat streaky bacon••je ne sais pas si c'est du lard ou du cochon — (colloq) I don't know what to think
* * *laʀ nm1) (= graisse) fat2) (= bacon) (streaky) bacon* * *faire du lard○ to pile on○ weight GB, to put on weight; je ne savais pas si c'était du lard ou du cochon I didn't know what to think.[lar] nom masculin1. CUISINElard gras, gros lard fat baconlard maigre, petit lard, lard de poitrine streaky bacon2. (locution)avec eux, on se demande ou on ne sait pas si c'est du lard ou du cochon (familier) with that lot, you never know where you are -
57 casse-gueule
n. m.1. Dangerous enterprise, perilous exercise. Aller sur le toit avec un zef pareil, quel casse-gueule! You're risking your neck on the roof with that kind of wind!3. 'Rot-gut', cheap alcohol (usually of the moonshine variety). -
58 débrouiller
I.v. trans. Débrouiller quelqu'un: To help someone sort things out (for himself), to help someone solve his own problems.II.v. pronom. To 'shift for oneself', to fend for oneself, to get by. Il peut se débrouiller tout seul: He can look after himself. Débrouillez-vous tout seul! Deal with that yourself, it's your pigeon! Il s'est débrouillé, il nous a dégotté ça en douce: Somehow or other he managed to wangle it for us. -
59 écorcher
v. trans.1. Ecorcher un nom: To 'make a hash' of someone's name, to mispronounce it.2. Se faire écorcher: To 'get fleeced', to be overcharged. Pour ce qui est de la douloureuse, on s'est fait drôlement écorcher! With that bill, we really got taken for a ride! -
60 ogino
adj. Bébé ogino: Unplanned baby, infant born to a mother who miscalculated her menstrual cycle according to the Ogino contraception method. (The méthode Ogino, eponymous with that medical practitioner, did more to boost France's birth-rate than any governmental incentive, hence the ironical bébé ogino tag.)
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