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[colloquial] dans les grandes largeurs adverbe

by a landslide(with big marginals)
adverb

[colloquial] décarrer verbe

bugger off(to leave, go away, disappear)
verb
[UK: ˈbʌ.ɡə(r) ɒf] [US: ˈbʌ.ɡər ˈɒf]

[colloquial] décoller preposition

on one's way(leaving)
preposition

[colloquial] dégage interjection

bug off(Used to tell somebody to leave them alone)
interjection

[colloquial] deviser verbe

quote [quoted, quoting, quotes](to prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price)
verb
[UK: kwəʊt] [US: kwoʊt]

[colloquial] disjoncter verbe

lose one's shit(vulgar: to lose one's temper)
verb

[colloquial] disquette nom {f}

pick-up line(short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger)
noun
[UK: pɪk ʌp laɪn] [US: ˈpɪk ʌp ˈlaɪn]

[colloquial] d’un poil preposition

by the skin of one's teeth(barely, closely)
preposition
[UK: baɪ ðə skɪn əv wʌnz tiːθ] [US: baɪ ðə ˈskɪn əv wʌnz ˈtiːθ]

[colloquial] d’un poil nom

whisker [whiskers]((colloquial) very small distance between two things)
noun
[UK: ˈwɪ.skə(r)] [US: ˈwɪ.skər]

[colloquial] éjecter verbe

turn out(to refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict)
verb
[UK: tɜːn ˈaʊt] [US: ˈtɝːn ˈaʊt]

[colloquial] email nom {m}

email (e-mail) [emails](message sent through email an email system)
noun
[UK: ˈiː.meɪl] [US: ˈiː.mel]

[colloquial] emballer verbe

chat up(attempt to establish a sexual relationship)
verb
[UK: tʃæt ʌp] [US: ˈtʃæt ʌp]

[colloquial] embobiner verbe

trick [tricked, tricking, tricks](to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
verb
[UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk]

[colloquial] engueuler verbe

rebuke [rebuked, rebuking, rebukes](to criticise harshly; to reprove)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈbjuːk] [US: ri.ˈbjuːk]

[colloquial] enquiquineur nom {m} nom {f}

ball-breaker(Something or someone annoying)
noun

[colloquial] faire gaffe verbe

watch [watched, watching, watches](to be wary)
verb
[UK: wɒtʃ] [US: ˈwɑːtʃ]

[colloquial] faire un caca nerveux verbe

lose one's shit(vulgar: to lose one's temper)
verb

[colloquial] faucher verbe

swipe [swiped, swiping, swipes](to steal or snatch)
verb
[UK: swaɪp] [US: ˈswaɪp]

[colloquial] fermer son clapet verbe

clam up(become silent)
verb
[UK: klæm ʌp] [US: ˈklæm ʌp]

[colloquial] fixette nom

bee in one's bonnet(something of particular interest or concern)
noun

[colloquial] flemmard adjectif

bone-idle(utterly lazy)
adjective
[UK: bəʊn ˈaɪd.l̩] [US: boʊn ˈaɪd.l̩]

[colloquial] flinguer verbe

bang up(to damage)
verb
[UK: bæŋ ʌp] [US: ˈbæŋ ʌp]

[colloquial] foutoir nom propre
{m}

Wild West(place or situation in which disorderly behaviour prevails)
proper noun
[UK: waɪld west] [US: ˈwaɪld ˈwest]

[colloquial] foutre le camp verbe

bugger off(to leave, go away, disappear)
verb
[UK: ˈbʌ.ɡə(r) ɒf] [US: ˈbʌ.ɡər ˈɒf]

[colloquial] foutre les chocottes verbe

make someone's blood run cold(cause a person to feel fear)
verb

[colloquial] foutre les jetons verbe

make someone's blood run cold(cause a person to feel fear)
verb

[colloquial] foutu adjectif

unholy(dreadful)
adjective
[UK: ʌn.ˈhəʊ.li] [US: ʌnˈho.ʊ.li]

[colloquial] frite nom {f}

euphoria [euphorias](an excited state of joy)
noun
[UK: juː.ˈfɔː.rɪə] [US: juː.ˈfɔː.riə]

[colloquial] furax preposition

on the warpath(very angry or upset)
preposition
[UK: ɒn ðə ˈwɔː.pɑːθ] [US: ɑːn ðə ˈwɔːr.ˌpæθ]

[colloquial] gaffe nom {f}

blunder [blunders](mistake)
noun
[UK: ˈblʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈblʌn.dər]

[colloquial] glander verbe

slack off(to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study)
verb
[UK: slæk ɒf] [US: sˈlæk ˈɒf]

[colloquial] glandeur nom {m}

layabout [layabouts](lazy person)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪə.baʊt] [US: ˈleɪə.baʊt]

[colloquial] grosse légume nom {f}

big cheese(very important figure)
noun
[UK: bɪɡ tʃiːz] [US: ˈbɪɡ ˈtʃiːz]

[colloquial] hein ? interjection

come again(could you repeat that)
interjection
[UK: kʌm ə.ˈɡen] [US: ˈkəm ə.ˈɡen]

[colloquial] impair nom {m}

blunder [blunders](mistake)
noun
[UK: ˈblʌn.də(r)] [US: ˈblʌn.dər]

faux pas [faux pas](social blunder)
noun
[UK: ˈfɒks ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː] [US: ˈfɑːks ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː]

[colloquial] job nom {m}

job [jobs](economic role for which a person is paid)
noun
[UK: dʒɒb] [US: ˈdʒɑːb]

[colloquial] la fermer verbe

clam up(become silent)
verb
[UK: klæm ʌp] [US: ˈklæm ʌp]

[colloquial] la vache interjection

blow me downinterjection

no kidding(exclamation of amazement)
interjection

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