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1 fête
fête [fεt]1. feminine nounb. ( = jour du prénom) saint's dayc. ( = congé) holidayd. ( = foire, kermesse) faire. ( = réception) party• faire une fête (pour son anniversaire etc) to have a (birthday etc) partyf. ( = allégresse collective) la fête celebration• c'est la fête ! everyone's celebrating!• air/atmosphère de fête festive air/atmosphere2. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The Fête de la Musique is a music festival which has taken place every year since 1981. On 21 June throughout France everybody is invited to play music in public places such as parks, streets and squares.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Holidays to which employees are entitled in addition to their paid leave in France are as follows:Religious holidays: Christmas Day, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Assumption (15 August) and All Saints' Day (1 November).Other holidays: New Year's Day, 1 May (« la fête du travail »), 8 May (commemorating the end of the Second World War), 14 July (Bastille Day) and 11 November (Armistice Day).* * *fɛt1) ( jour chômé) public holiday GB, holiday US2) ( jour du saint patron)ça va être ma fête! — (colloq) iron I'm going to cop it! (colloq)
3) ( solennité religieuse) festival4) ( célébration) (day of) celebration5) ( réjouissances privées) partyfaire la fête — to live it up (colloq)
je serai de la fête! — fig I'll be there!
être à la fête — fig to have a field day
ne pas être à la fête — fig to be having a bad time
6) ( foire) fair; ( kermesse) fête, fair; ( manifestation culturelle) festival; ( réjouissances officielles) celebrations (pl)•Phrasal Verbs:••faire sa fête (colloq) à quelqu'un — to give somebody a working over (colloq)
ce n'est pas tous les jours la fête — Proverbe life is not a bed of roses
* * *fɛt1. nf1) (avec des amis, en famille) party, (pour fêter un événement) celebration, partyNous organisons une petite fête pour son anniversaire. — We're having a little party for his birthday.
faire la fête — to live it up, to celebrate
2) (jour de la fête du saint dont on porte le nom) name dayC'est sa fête aujourd'hui. — It's his name day today.
ça va être sa fête! fig * — he's going to get it!, *
3) (jour de la fête du saint) saint's day4) (publique) holiday5) [vendanges, lumières] festivalDimanche prochain, c'est la fête des vendanges. — Next Sunday is the grape harvest festival.
2. fêtes nfpl(Noël et Nouvel An) festive season* * *fête nf1 ( jour chômé) public holiday GB, holiday US; le vendredi saint, c'est fête? is Good Friday a public holiday GB ou a holiday US?; sauf dimanches et fêtes except Sundays and public holidays GB ou holidays US; où passes-tu les fêtes de Pâques/fin d'année? where are you going for Easter/Christmas?;2 ( jour du saint patron) c'est ma fête it's my (saint's) name-day; bonne fête! happy name-day!; ça va être ma fête○! iron I'm going to cop it○!; aujourd'hui, c'est la fête des pompiers today is the festival of the patron saint of firemen;3 ( solennité religieuse) festival; fête païenne/chrétienne pagan/Christian festival; la fête des morts All Souls' Day;4 ( célébration) (day of) celebration; les fêtes du bicentenaire the bicentenary celebrations;5 ( réjouissances privées) party; donner or faire une fête to give ou have a party; faire la fête to live it up○; être de la fête lit to be one of the party; compte sur moi, je serai de la fête! fig I'll be there!; fête de famille family gathering; ambiance/air de fête festive atmosphere/look; l'ambiance est à la fête the mood is festive; toute la ville était en fête the whole town was in holiday mood; avoir le cœur en fête to feel incredibly happy, to be bubbling over with joy; c'est une fête pour les yeux it's a feast for the eyes; être à la fête fig to have a field day; ne pas être à la fête to be having a bad time;6 ( réjouissances publiques) ( foire) fair; ( kermesse) fête, fair; ( manifestation culturelle) festival; ( réjouissances officielles) celebrations (pl); fête de la musique/bière music/beer festival; il y a la fête au village there's a fair in the village; que la fête commence! let the festivities begin!; fête paroissiale parish fête; les fêtes de Carnaval the carnival festivities; la fête de la moisson the harvest festival.fête de bienfaisance charity bazaar; fête fixe fixed feast; fête foraine funfair; fête légale public holiday GB, legal holiday US; fête des Mères Mothers' Day, Mothering Sunday GB; fête mobile movable feast; fête des Pères Fathers' Day; fête des Rois (Mages) Twelfth Night, Epiphany; fête du travail Labour Day, 1 May; Fête Nationale national holiday; ( en France) Bastille Day.le chien me fait fête quand je rentre the dog makes a great fuss of me when I get in; faire sa fête à qn○ to give sb a working over○; ce n'est pas tous les jours la fête Prov you have to take the rough with the smooth, life is not a bed of roses.ⓘ Fête nationale France's fête nationale is celebrated annually on the 14th July with nationwide firework displays, street parties, dancing and other local festivities. The date was chosen because of its symbolic significance, commemorating the fall of the Bastille in 1789 which signalled the end of the ancien régime.[fɛt] nom féminina. [généralement] the national holidayb. [en France] Bastille Dayc. [aux États-Unis] Independence Dayla fête des Rois Twelfth Night, Epiphany3. [réunion - d'amis] partyon donne ou organise une petite fête pour son anniversaire we're giving a party for his birthday, we're giving him a birthday partyle film est une vraie fête pour l'esprit/les sens the film is really uplifting/a real treat for the sensesune fête de famille a family celebration ou gatheringvous serez de la fête ? will you be joining us/them?4. [foire] fairfaire la fête to have a party ou (some) fun ou a good timela fête de l'Humanité ou de l'Huma (familier) annual festival organized by the Communist daily newspaper 'l'Humanité'la fête de la Musiqueannual music festival organized on the 21st of June in the streets of large towns5. (locution)————————fêtes nom féminin pluriel[généralement] holidays[de Noël et du jour de l'an] the Christmas and New Year celebrationsles fêtes juives/catholiques the Jewish/Catholic holidays————————de fête locution adjectivale[air, habits] festive————————en fête locution adjectivalela ville/les rues en fête the festive town/streetsThe French traditionally wish bonne fête to the person who has the same name as the saint commemorated on a particular day. -
2 poulet
poulet [pulε]masculine nouna. ( = animal, viande) chickenb. ( = policier) (inf!) cop (inf!)* * *pulɛnom masculin1) Zoologie, Culinaire chicken2) (colloq) ( terme d'affection)mon poulet — my pet (colloq), honey US
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *pulɛ nm1) ZOOLOGIE chicken2) CUISINE chickenJ'adore le poulet. — I love chicken.
3) * (= policier) cop *Il s'est fait attraper par les poulets. — He got caught by the cops.
* * *poulet nm2 ◑( policier) cop○;4 †( lettre) billet-doux†.poulet d'élevage ≈ battery chicken; poulet fermier ≈ free-range chicken; poulet de grain corn-fed chicken.et mon cul, c'est du poulet◑? you're pulling my leg○![pulɛ] nom masculin3. (familier) [terme d'affection]mon poulet my pet, (my) love4. (familier) [lettre galante] love letter -
3 prendre
v. trans.1. To 'cop it', to 'catch it', to get told off in no uncertain manner. Qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre! You're (in) for it! — You'll get the roasting of your life!2. Ça ne prend pas avec moi! I'm not falling for that one! — That trick won't work with me!3. Qu'est-ce qui te prend? What's eating you?— What's the matter?4. J'en prends et j'en laisse! I take it all with a pinch of salt! Il faut en prendre et en laisser! You can't believe all you hear! -
4 piger
v. trans.1. To 'twig', to 'grasp', to understand. Pour sûr, à la longue il a pigé tout ton machin: It was a dead-cert he'd cotton on to what you were doing.2. To 'take a butchers', to 'take a shufty', to look at. Pige-moi un peu la gueule qu'elle fait! Look at the face she's pulling!3. (of disease): To 'cop', to 'go down with', to catch. Il a pigé une bléno maison: He caught a right dose of clap.4. To 'cop', to get sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Avec leurs pédigrées ils vont piger le maxi: With their form, they're in line for a full plate of porridge!5. Se faire piger: To get 'nabbed', 'collared', to be arrested. -
5 pourri
pourri, e [puʀi]1. adjective• être pourri [pomme] to have gone badb. [temps, été, personne, société] rotten2. masculine noun( = partie gâtée) bad part* * *
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pourrie puʀi adjectif1) ( avarié) [aliment] rotten2) ( décomposé) [végétal] decayed, rotting; [bois] rotten; [mur, roche] rotten, crumbling3) (colloq) ( mauvais) [temps] rotten (colloq), dismal4) (colloq) ( de mauvaise qualité) rotten (colloq), lousy (colloq)5) ( déplaisant) [lieu] awful6) (colloq) ( corrompu) [personne, mentalité] crooked (colloq), corrupt; [société] corrupt, rotten (colloq)7) (colloq) ( gâté) [enfant] spoiled rotten (colloq) (jamais épith), spoiled
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nom masculin rotten part* * *puʀi pourri, -e1. adj1) (= qui se décompose) rotten3) (roche, pierre) crumbling4) * (= mauvais) (temps) filthy, foul, (climat) rotten2. nm1) * (= personne) scumbag *2) (= odeur)* * *A pp ⇒ pourrir.B pp adj3 ○( mauvais) [temps, climat, été] rotten○, dismal;4 ○( de mauvaise qualité) [appareil, objet, véhicule, système] rotten○, lousy○;5 ( déplaisant) [lieu, quartier, coin] awful;6 ○( corrompu) [personne, mentalité] crooked○, corrupt; [société] corrupt, rotten○; [magistrat, policier] crooked○, bent○;7 ○( gâté) [enfant] spoiled rotten○ ( jamais épith), spoiled; être pourri de fric○ to be filthy○ rich.D ◑nm,f swine◑.être pourri jusqu'à l'os to be rotten to the core.[planche, arbre, plante] rottenelle est complètement pourrie ta voiture! your car is a wreck ou is nothing but a pile of rust!3. [trop gâté - enfant] spoilt4. (familier)être pourri d'orgueil/d'ambition to be eaten up with pride/ambition————————, pourrie [puri] nom masculin, nom féminin(familier) [terme d'injure] swine————————nom masculin[partie pourrie] rotten ou bad part -
6 donner
I.v. trans.1. To inform on, to denounce someone.2. (Cards): To deal. C'est à vous de donner. It's your turn to deal. (In this case the verb is only transitive by implication.)3. C'est donné! (iron.): It's cheap at the price! — I wouldn't call that expensive!4. On t'en donnera! (iron.): You'll be lucky! — You're setting your sights a bit high!II.v. intrans.1. Donner dans:a (also: donner dans le panneau): To 'fall for something hook, line and sinker', to be totally fooled by a ploy.b To become, to undergo a change of character. Depuis la mort de sa femme, il donne dans le grincheux: He's become a real misery guts since his missus passed away.2. Donner à pleins tubes: To give one's all, to make an all-out effort.III.v. trans. reflex.1. S'en donner (of pleasurable activity): To 'get some in', to get one's fill. On va s'en donner du bon temps! We're going to let our hair down!2. Se donner peur: To panic without reason.IV.v. pronom. Se la donner. To have one's suspicions, to be 'cagey', to be wary about something. On se la donnait qu'il était flic: It was thought he might be a cop working undercover. -
7 gazer
v. intrans.1. To 'do a pongy', to 'fart', to break wind (also: louffer).2. To 'pong', to stink.3. To 'go full-pelt', to go full-speed. On a drôlement gazé sur l'autoroute: We belted down the motorway.4. To 'go without a hitch', to go smoothly. Ça gaze? How's tricks? Ça gaze à bloc! Things are going great guns!5. Ça va gazer pour toi! You're going to cop it! —You're definitely in trouble! -
8 vache
vache [va∫]1. feminine nouna. ( = animal) cow ; ( = cuir) cowhidec. (locutions) c'est une période de vaches maigres pour l'économie française these are lean times for the French economy2. adjective3. compounds* * *vaʃ
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(colloq) adjectif mean, nastycoup vache — mean ou dirty trick
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1) ( animal) cow2) ( cuir) cowhide3) (colloq) ( personne méchante) ( homme) bastard (sl); ( femme) bitch (sl)faire un coup en vache à quelqu'un — to pull a mean ou dirty trick on somebody
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(colloq) vache de locution adjective hell (colloq) ofon m'a offert un vache de bouquin — I was given a hell (colloq) of a good book
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(colloq) la vache exclamation ( admiration) wow!; ( commisération)oh la vache! il a dû se faire mal! — God! that must have hurt!; (agacement, douleur) hell!
Phrasal Verbs:••parler français comme une vache espagnole — (colloq) to speak very bad French
* * *vaʃ1. nf1) (= animal) cow2) (= cuir) cowhidepériode de vaches maigres — lean times pl lean period
2. adj* nasty, meanC'est vraiment vache, ce qu'il a dit. — What he said was really mean.
Il est vache. — He's a mean sod. *
* * *A ○adj [commentaire, personne] mean, nasty; il est vache avec elle he's really mean to her; cette prof, elle est vache! she's really mean, that teacher!; il n'a pas été vache, il aurait pu nous coller une amende he was nice about it, he could have given us a fine; faire un coup vache à qn to pull a mean ou dirty trick on sb.C nf1 ( animal) cow;2 ( cuir) cowhide;3 ○( personne méchante) ( homme) bastard◑, son of a bitch◑; ( femme) bitch◑; ah les vaches, ils sont partis sans moi! the bastards◑, they've gone without me!; faire un coup en vache à qn to pull a mean ou dirty trick on sb; donner des coups de pieds en vache à qn lit to kick sb when no-one is looking; fig to stab sb in the back;D ○ la vache excl ( admiration) wow!; ( commisération) oh la vache! il a dû se faire mal! God! that must have hurt!; (agacement, douleur) hell!vache à eau water bottle; vaches grasses prosperous times; années de vaches grasses prosperous years; vache à lait Agric dairy cow; fig cash cow○, money-spinner○; vache laitière Agric dairy cow; vaches maigres lean times; années de vaches maigres lean years; vache sacrée Relig sacred cow.parler français comme une vache espagnole○ to speak very bad French; avoir l'air d'une vache qui regarde passer un train○ to look vacant ou gormless GB; ⇒ enragé, pisser.[vaʃ] adjectif————————[vaʃ] nom fémininvache laitière ou à lait milker, dairy cowdans la famille, c'est moi qui suis la vache à lait (familier) I have to fork out for everybody in this family2. [cuir] cowhide3. [récipient]4. (familier) [homme] swine[femme] cowah les vaches, ils ne m'ont pas invité! the swines didn't invite me!a. (familier) [étonnement] wow!, gosh!b. [indignation, douleur] oh hell!————————en vache locution adverbiale -
9 barder
v. intrans. Ça va barder! Things are going to get hot! — There's trouble brewing! (This expression was made popular in the early 50s as the title of a film starring Eddie Constantine.) Ça va barder pour toi! You're going to cop it! -
10 bourrique
I.n. f.1. 'Jackass', 'mutt', stubborn and ignorant person.2. 'Copper', 'cop', policeman. Les bourriques: The fuzz.3. Bourrique, va! (gentle rebuff): You silly-billy!II.adj.1. 'Pig-headed', stubborn.2. 'Thick', dumb.3. Mean, nasty. -
11 choper
v. trans.1. To 'nick', to 'pinch', to steal.2. To grab hold of someone. Il m'a chopé au passage: He well and truly buttonholed me!3. Se faire choper: To get 'nicked', 'collared', to be arrested.4. To get something unpleasant (school detention, parking fine, disease, etc.). A frayer avec des gonzesses comme ça, tu vas choper une chaude-lance: With girls like that, you're likely to cop a dose! -
12 colle
n. f.1. 'Stodge', stodgy food.2. 'Stumper', 'poser', brain-teaser. Philippe, il faut toujours qu'il pose des colles! He always likes to quiz you with the unanswerable, does Philip!4. (sch.): Detention. Prendre une colle: To cop detention.5. Quelle colle!a (of person): What a bore!b (of situation, event): What a drag!6. Ménage à la colle: 'Open marriage', commonlaw marriage.7. Faites chauffer la colle! (Stock humorous phrase said when someone breaks crockery): Go on, break up the happy home!8. Chier dans la colle: To 'lay it on a bit thick', to exaggerate.9. C'est de la colle! It's bunkum! — Poppycock!10. Combat à la colle (Boxing): 'Duff contest', phoney fight. -
13 fête
n. f.1. Ne pas être a la fête: To be 'getting a rough ride', to have a tough time.2. Ce n'est pas tous les jours fête! Christmas comes but once a year! (so enjoy yourself!).3. Faire sa fête à quelqu'un: To 'duff up', to 'bash someone up', to give someone a rousting. Ça va être ta fête! You're going to cop it! -
14 matricule
n. m. En prendre pour son matricule: To 'cop it', to be on the receiving end of something unpleasant. Ça va barder pour ton matricule! You're in for it! -
15 nez
n. m.1. Avoir du nez (also: avoir bon nez): To be well-inspired where making a decision is concerned. On peut dire que tu as eu du nez de ne pas y aller: You certainly made the right choice in keeping away!2. Avoir le nez creux: To have an uncanny knack at guessing right first time. (When uttered, this expression is often accompanied by the 'bodyspeak' gesture of tapping the side of one's nose with the index finger.)3. Avoir quelqu'un dans le nez: To be unable to 'stomach' someone, to have a strong antipathy towards someone. Depuis sa vacherie je l'ai dans le nez: I can't stand the sight of him since he did the dirty on me!4. Avoir un verre dans le nez: To have had 'one over the eight', to be 'tipsy', to be slightly drunk.5. Se piquer le nez: To get 'pickled', to get drunk as a matter of habit.6. A vue de nez: At a rough guess. A vue de nez, je dirais qu'elle a la cinquantaine: My guesstimate is she's well into her fifties!7. Tirer les vers du nez à quelqu'un: To 'pump' someone, to extract information from a reluctant party.8. Se casser le nez:a To find no-one at home.b To 'come a cropper', to fail.9. Se bouffer le nez: To 'squabble', to quarrel.10. Ça va nous tomber sur le nezl We're sure to 'cop it'—We're certainly in for some trouble!11. Ça lui pend au nez! He's got it coming to him! (The expression is quite often used in the past tense as if to prove the foresight of the speaker in a 'He had it coming to him!' stance.)12. Les doigts dans le nez: With the greatest of ease. Il a gagné la course les doigts dans le nez: He romped home to victory. -
16 pendre
v. intrans. Ça te pend au nez! (joc. & iron.): Like two and two make four, you're sure to cop it! (When the context is deemed to be particularly humorous, this expression often has the appendage: comme un sifflet de deux ronds.) -
17 pincer
v. trans.1. To 'collar', to 'buttonhole', to take someone aside (forcibly or otherwise).2. To 'nab', to arrest. On s'est fait pincer avec la came: We got caught red-handed with all the gear.3. (of disease): To 'cop', to catch.4. To 'twig', to 'catch on', to understand. Tu pinces?! Do you get it?!5. En pincer pour. To 'have a crush on', to be infatuated with. Elle en pince pour ma pomme! I definitely think she's doolally on me! -
18 poulet
n. m.1. 'Cop', 'copper', policeman.2. 'Cringer', unpleasant letter. (Originally, a poulet was a love-letter, and the colloquiality stems from the antiphrasis.)3. Mon poulet: 'My ducky', 'my lovey-dovey', my darling.4. C'est du poulet! It's as easy as pie! — It's dead simple. -
19 quimper
v. trans. & intrans.1. To 'chat up', to woo. Si tu veux quimper des frangines, fringue-toi mieux! If you want to pull the birds, get yourself properly togged-up!2. (Prison slang): To 'cop' a sentence. Avec son pedigree, il va quimper chéro! With his form, he's in for one hell of a stretch!3. Quimper pour. To fall for, to be the victim of someone or something. Il quimpe pour n'importe quel baratin! He'll fall for any patter!4. Laisser quimper: To drop, to give up (as a bad job). Laisse quimper, mon vieux! Pack it in, mate!
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