intouchables script weird words/phrases Flashcards by Lucinda Eldridge

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e1) une formation en alternance

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work-study program (kind of)

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e1) démarches administratives

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administrative procedures

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e1) totalement inculte

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totally uneducated

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e1) sur-le-champ

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on the spot

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e1) le baratin

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spiel

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e1) foutre le camp

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get lost

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e1) malin

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cunning/crafty/intelling depending on context

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e1) se pointer comme une fleur

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to show up unannounced

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e2) je me suis trompé

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i was wrong

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e2) Je parie que vous tiendrez pas deux semaines

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I bet you won’t last 2 weeks

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e2) évanouir

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faint/pass out

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e3) convoquer

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summon

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e3) inconscient

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reckless

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e3) costaud

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strong

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e3) je m’en contrefous

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i couldn’t care less

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e4) causer

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chat

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e4) gagner le pari

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to win the bet

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E4) elle (ne) s’en sortirait pas

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she would not get better

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e4) j’y tiens énormément

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I’m very attached to it

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e5) yeux polis

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polished eyes

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e5) Qu’est-ce que c’est chiant

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what is this that’s really annoying

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e5) Où l’ange inviolé se mêle au sphinx antique…

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Where the inviolate angel mingles with the ancient sphinx…

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e5) Ça sert à quoi de passer par tout ce merdier-là

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What’s the point of going through all this shit

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e5) je fais passer beaucoup plus de choses par l’écrit

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i get across a lot more things in writing

e5) Elle s’en fout de la poésie

she doesn't care about poetry

e5) un thon

a tuna, but figuratively a troll

e5) comblé

fulfilled

e6) La pipelette

what a gossip

e6) l’oseille

money (fam.)

e6) à la mords-moi-le-nœud

lousy, useless

e6) cogner

to bash, hit, bang

e6) un filet de bave

a string of saliva

e6) séduire

seduce

e6) à force de boire

from drinking

e6) salaud

bastard (d,p)

e7) une clope

a cigarette (d, e)

e7) Mais t’as chaud ou quoi

are you crazy or what?

e7) J’vais péter un plomb

lose it (lit. fart a bullet) (d)

e7) lui coller une bonne

to hit her

e7) galocher

french kiss/snog

e7) prendre tout le monde de haut

to look down on

e7) donner le top

to give the go-ahead

e8) Les indemnités de chômage

‘the dole’

e8) cachottier

good hider

e8) qu'est-ce que tu fous

what are you doing (d)

e8) partir en couille

hit the fan

e8) casser les couilles

break the balls - fig. make me lose it

e8) Ta tête là !

don't move

e9) se barrer

to leave