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French to English Slang Translation Glossary

French term English translation
la moitié de la patte one half of the CS/Credit Suisse portfolio
'space' weird
aux heures chaudes when the heat is on or when the dancefloor heats up
avancer to front
à l'urne to the poll
à la mords-moi-le-noeud bloody stupid/idiotic/nonsensical/rubbish, etc.
beuh grass / weed
Entered by: Tony M
chargeabilité workload capacity
dans le mouv' in the groove
déjanté eccentric, crackers
Entered by: Mark Nathan
dépoter live life in the fast lane
Entered by: Roberta Beyer
Drole de vibrion libre 'real pain in the ass'
Entered by: Vladimir Dubisskiy
en a plein le bas du dos fed up
et sa grand-mère and his (pet) hamster/goldfish | and his pocket pet
face de citron gook / lemonhead
faire crac-crac have a quickie
faire craquer les baroudeuses to strike the adventurous spirits
faire gloups to gulp
faire péter les watts pump up the volume
Entered by: Roberta Beyer
flagornage boot-licking, sucking up to
flagorneur smarmy, creep, smooth-talker
flasher (site de rencontres) to wink (online dating site)
gast blimey
Entered by: Jenny Duthie
grano the health food craze
il est trop cher he is a bit dear
Il faut que je goûte à ta sauce <may offend!!> I\'d like to get a taste of your juice
Il va pas me la bouffer! Don\'t say the b****/f**** machine is going to swallow it!
Je pense que nous devons avoir de droles de tetes. I guess we must look pretty funny
je te dis merde break a leg
la couleur \'à chier\' bloody awful colour
Entered by: EirTranslations
la gaufrette waffle-pattern sole
La loup dans la bergerie The fox is in the the henhouse
la tess council estate
la thune cash
le candide questions from the floor
le cliche des pitounes de bieres beautiful girls
le mec il se la joue cote ouest the dude is, like, totally West Coast
Entered by: MoiraB
le pou réel in tune with / the reality / sound out / the real pulse
les totons T & A
machintième umpteenth
Entered by: Roberta Beyer
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