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Le Dîner de cons
Glossaire du film "Dîner de cons"
66
Language - French
Undergraduate 2
03/29/2011

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un abruti
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idiot; uncultured person
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une allumette
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a match (match stick)
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une astuce
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a joke, wisecrack
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avoir mal au dos
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to have a backache
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une bêtise
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stupid or silly thing, as in "J'ai fait une bêtise"
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brusque
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abrupt, rude
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un cocu
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cuckold (a man whose wife is cheating on him)
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un comptable au Ministère des Finances
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accountant for the Department of Finance
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un con= un abruti= un débile= un demeuré
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idiot, moron, schmuck (all are vulgar slang)
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un contrôleur fiscal
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tax auditor
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crédule
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credulous, naïve
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cruel/e
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cruel
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dégoûté/e
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disgusted
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désagréable
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unpleasant
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un éditeur
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editor, publisher (m.)
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une éditrice
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editor, publisher (f)
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égoïste
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egotistical
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le fou rire
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the giggles, uncontrollable laughter
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une garçonnière
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bachelor pad
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hilarant/e
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hilarious
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un kinésithérapeute
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physical therapist (m)
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une kinésithérapeute
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physical therapist (f)
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une maquette
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model (e.g. a model plane)
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méchant/e
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mean, nasty
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moche
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ugly (Cette maison est moche); nasty (Tu as été vraiment moche avec lui)
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nerveux
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tense, irritable, nervous (m)
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nerveuse
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Nervous, irritable, tense (f)
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perso
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= personnel/le
personal (slang)
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un répondeur
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answering machine
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serviable
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obliging, willing to help
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un straightman
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(Anglicism often used in French as in English) the foil, the comic partner
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aller de mal en pis
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to go from bad to worse
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causer
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to talk, chat
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se conduire mal/ bien
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to act badly/ well
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se donner un tour de reins
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To put one's back out (J'ai un tour de reins)
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décerner une palme
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to give out a prize (a palme is a French film prize, equivalent to an Oscar
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décrocher le téléphone
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to pick up the telephone
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draguer
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to try and pick up a man/ woman
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contrôler
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to audit taxes (in this context)
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embêter
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to irritate, bother
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empirer
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to get worse
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s'énerver
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to get irritated, mad
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faire une boulette/ une gaffe
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to make a blunder, put your foot in your mouth
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faire la gueule
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to look sulky, pouty
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joindre
Definition
to reach (via phone, usually)
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mériter
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to deserve
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se mettre en colère
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to get angry
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se moquer de
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to make fun of
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piquer
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to steal
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plaindre quelqu'un
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to feel forry for someone (Je le plains)
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se plaindre
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to feel sorry for oneself, complain (Il se plaint)
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pouffer de rire
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to crack up laughing
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raccrocher
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to hang up the phone
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régler un problème
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to take care of/ solve a problem
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rendre service (à quelqu'un)
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to do a favor (for someone)
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rigoler
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to laugh, have fun
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rire de
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to laugh at
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virer
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to fire (from a job)
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Ça va mal tourner!
Definition
That will lead to trouble!
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C'est bien fait pour lui
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It serves him right.
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de la part de
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from (J'ai un message pour vous de la part de votre mari. Ce cadeau est de la part de mon amie Anne)
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être tout meurtri(e)
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to be covered in bruises, black and blue
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jouer assez fine
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to be very careful, act with shrewdness
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Le coq est lâché, gardez vos poules
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The rooster is loose, watch out for your hens. (A single man is around, keep your wife on a short leash)
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Quel drôle de numéro!
Definition
What a nutty character!
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un con de classe mondiale
Definition
a world-class idiot
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