Mots difficiles en anglais

to clinch

[+deal] conclure = The European Union and China clinched a deal on Friday limiting the rise in Chinese exports of textiles and clothing to the EU.

hunchback

bossu « Quasimodo's the hunchback of Notre Dame. »

curfew

couvre-feu => « the city is under curfew » => « they stayed so late outside that they were breaking curfew. »

to loom

[mountain, iceberg] surgir
(=to be imminent) [danger, crisis] menacer, paraître imminent.

polygraph

détecteur de mensonges

pigheaded

têtu comme une mule

silly goose

fam., fig.: bécasse => « This meeting is for scouts only, you silly gooses! »

loony

timbré, cinglé
loony bin = maison  f  de fous

outage

panne de courant

faggot

péj.: pédé (= fag.)

to reach out

tendre la main
to reach out to sb = tendre la main à qn (sens propre et figuré).

savvy

jugeote

homie

ami (d'enfance)

MVP

Most Valuable Player. Le meilleur joueur, ou "l'homme du match" désigné à la fin d'une rencontre sportive.
Par extension, ce terme s'applique à d'autres domaines, comme le business.

underdog

(=player, competitor, team) outsider
the underdog (in society) les opprimés

quicksand

sables mouvants. « It's like quicksand, the longer you stay, the deeper you sink. »

bananas

dingue, super cool. Have you heard 50 cent's new cd, the massacre? Ya man that shit was bananas!!!

lukewarm

[liquid] tiède (=tepid)
[response, welcome, applause] peu enthousiaste

one-night stand

aventure d'une nuit. « I've never had a one-night stand because I've always been afraid that in the cold light of day, she'll wake up and think; "Oh my God! What the hell am I doing in bed with a stupid cunt like this?! »

to twitter

[birds] gazouiller
[person] jacasser

wang

= johnson, cock, prick, dick, dong

the be-all and end-all

l'alpha et l'omega ; le but suprême : « profit is the be-all and end-all of business »

bold

hardi , intrépide, audacieux he did something very bold

arousing

(sexually) excitant

turnkey

clé en main a turnkey solution for your business

peacock

paon    peacock feather

dull

  [person] ennuyeux
[day, colour] morne, terne, maussade

to poach

[+worker] débaucher
  [+member, customer] voler
[+ideas] voler, détourner
braconner

pesky

casse-pieds  « This article will be introducing a couple of nifty tricks that I've seen scattered around the Internet. One of which is how to detect for the presence of those pesky carriage returns. »

harness

harnais
to harness [+resources, power, potential] = exploiter « Scientists are trying to harness that power for human medecine »
« Autonomy's range of Virage products enables media companies to harness the true value of their rich media assets »

it's driving me to drink

ça me saoûle grave.« My roomate won't leave me alone for five minutes. I know the guy means well but he's driving me to drink. »

WOM

= Word of mouth = de bouche à oreille
Word of mouth marketing = marketing viral []

to goof

faire une gaffe
to goof around = faire l'imbécile

coop

poulailler
to coop up = cloîtrer, enfermer

flock

[+sheep] troupeau
[+birds] vol
[+people] foule
to flock to sth = venir en masse à qch

dyke

lesbienne (péjoratif)

mumbo jumbo

baragouin, charabia « a technical mumbo Jumbo »

to skirt

(= to skirt round, to skirt around) contourner (sens propre et figuré) « he tried to skirt some of the issues »

plc

S.A. (Public limited company)

tuition

cours, leçons
tuition fees = frais de scolarité
private tuition = cours particuliers

GP

généraliste (general practitioner)

on the eve of

à la veille de
Christmas Eve = la veille de Noël

broke

fauché we're broke
to go broke = faire faillite
to go for broke  = jouer le tout pour le tout
stone-broke  =  fauché comme les blés

to pimp out

refaire une beauté à qqch (voiture, objet) I've pimped my computer out - Now it has a transparent side and florescent lamps inside it.

contractor

entrepreneur  building contractor = entrepreneur en bâtiment

spark

étincelle (propre et figuré)
[+riot, crisis, row, debate] déclencher
[+interest] éveiller
bright spark = petit futé

dry run

(=trial) galop d'essai
(=rehearsal) répétition

hem

ourlet

dumpster

benne (à ordures)

to fix up

[+meeting] arranger
to fix sb up with sth = trouver qch pour qn
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