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jambe nom {f} | shank [shanks]◼◼◼(lower part of the leg) |
jambe arquée nom {f} | bowleg◼◼◼(leg that curves outward from the knee) |
jambe de bois nom {f} | charley horse(a muscle cramp, usually in the thigh or leg) |
jambe de force nom {f} | strut [struts]◼◼◼(beam or rod providing support) |
jambe de pantalon nom {f} | pant leg◼◼◼(either of the legs of a pair of pants) trouser leg◼◼◻noun |
jambelet nom {m} | anklet [anklets](a bracelet at the ankle) |
jambes croisées adverbe {f-Pl} | Indian style(cross-legged) |
jambes lourdes nom {f pl} | heavy legs◼◼◼(alleged medical condition) |
jambes par-dessus tête adverbe | head over heels(tumbling upside down) |
avoir des fourmis dans les jambes nom | pins and needles(tingling felt in limb) |
croc-en-jambe nom {m} | trip [trips]◼◼◼(act of tripping someone) |
enjambement nom {m} | enjambment◼◼◼(a technique in poetry) |
enjamber verbe | stride [strode, stridden, striding, strides]◼◼◼(to walk with long steps) step over◼◼◼verb |
entrejambe nom {m} | crotch [crotches]◼◼◼(area of a person’s body) |
faire une partie de jambes en l’air verbe | ball [balled, balling, balls](vulgar slang: have sexual intercourse with) cock [cocked, cocking, cocks](to copulate (with)) |
la queue entre les jambes adverbe | tail between one's legs(defeated; in a cowardly or miserable manner) |
nœud de jambe de chien nom {m} | sheepshank◼◼◼(type of knot) |
partie de jambes en l’air nom {f} | horizontal dancing(euphemistically: sexual intercourse) |
passement de jambe nom {m} | step over(a dribbling move in football) |
prendre ses jambes à son cou verbe | take to one's heels(to flee or run away) |
rond de jambe nom {m} | rond de jambe◼◼◼(ballet technique) |
s'étirer les jambes verbe | stretch one's legs(to walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down) |
syndrome des jambes sans repos nom | restless legs syndrome◼◼◼(a neurological disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move one's body to stop uncomfortable or odd sensations, usually in the legs) |
tenir la jambe verbe | buttonhole [buttonholed, buttonholing, buttonholes]◼◼◼(to detain a person in conversation) |
traiter par dessous la jambe verbe | bang out(to do something quickly) |
ça me fait une belle jambe nom | fat lot of good◼◼◼noun |