February 2012
6 posts
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corrompre
to corrupt; to bribe
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patauger
to splash about (for fun); to wade about (with effort); (figurative) to flounder
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débrouiller
to disentangle; to get by, to manage (cope)
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la déception
disappointment
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pétarader
to backfire
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une grasse matinée
a sleep-in, a lie-in (literally: a fat morning)
January 2012
17 posts
8 tags
vous vous prenez pour qui?
who do you think you are?
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submitted by oralsex-and-smokersbreath
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détruire
to destroy; to ruin; to shred (documents)
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la rotule
kneecap, patella
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la honte
shame
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rendre quelqu'un fou
to drive somebody to distraction
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angoissant
worrying
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la blanchisserie
laundry
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ployer
to bend
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ailleurs
elsewhere
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le but
goal
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rappeler
to call again, call back; to remind
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je suis dans les nuages
to have your head in the clouds, to be daydreaming or mentally somewhere else
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submitted by oralsex-and-smokersbreath
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ronronner
to purr
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Alerte à Malibu
Baywatch
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les vacances
holidays, vacation
which is what I’m on, hence the scarce entries lately. I’ll be back in London tomorrow night so things should be back to normal soon.
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bonne année
happy new year
Anonymous asked: For my french class. Please correct. Dans le conte Le Petit Prince, d'Antoine de Saint Exupery, le personnage le petit prince apprend de la vie. Il voyage de planète en planète et rencontre personnes différentes qui lui enseignent le vrai sens de la perception.
December 2011
19 posts
10 tags
retourner
to return
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manigancer
to plot, devise
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joyeux noël
merry christmas
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leste
(person, movement) sprightly, nimble; (remark, behaviour) offhand; (humour) risqué
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effleurer
to brush (against); (subject) to touch upon
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gratter
to scrape, to scrape off; to scratch, to scratch off; (intransitive) to be scratchy; to itch
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le gratte-ciel
skyscraper
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le malaise
feeling of faintness; feeling of discomfort; (figurative) uneasiness, malaise
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cynique
cynical
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la bourrade
shove; thump
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le bordel
brothel; (slang) bloody mess
hikarisapphire asked: I know this is kind of weird and all, but I think that your word a day tumblr and my word a day tumblr (italianwordaday) should totally be tumblr buddies/affiliates/whathaveyou. It's up to you though.
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le calembour
pun
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puer
to stink
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sans sourciller
without batting an eyelid
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revêche
surly
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la civière
stretcher
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rôder
to prowl
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le heurt
collision
les heurts - (figurative) clashes
November 2011
11 posts
7 tags
goguenard
mocking
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un bruit
a noise, sound; (figurative) a rumour
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graisser
to lubricate, grease
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enchevêtrer
to tangle (up)
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chahuter
(transitive) to rag, to bait; (intransitive) to make an uproar
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orageux
stormy
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le coin
corner
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l'ouverture
opening, aperture