Argot - French Slang - E
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| emballer
[a(n) ba lay] to pack (up) Il faut encore que j'emballe mes livres - I still need to pack up my books. (informal) - to thrill Ses idées ne m'ont pas emballé - I wasn't thrilled by his ideas. (familiar) - to arrest, nick; to seduce, pick up Related: emballage (m) - packing, wrapping, packaging; emballement (m) - flash of enthusiasm or anger; un emballeur - packer
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| empiler [a(n) pee lay] to pile, stack up, squeeze in Tu dois empiler ces journaux - You need to stack up these newspapers. Comment avez-vous empilé 8 personnes dans cette voiture ? - How did you squeeze 8 people into this car? (familiar) - to have, swindle, rook Mon père a été empilé - My father was swindled. Related words: une pile - pile, stack; empilage - piling-up, stacking-up; un empileur - stacker, swindler
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| escamoter
[es ka muh tay] evade, get around, dodge; to conjure away (by magic) Il préfère escamoter les problèmes que de les résoudre. - He prefers evading problems to resolving them. Il a escamoté toutes leurs questions - He dodged all of their questions. (informal) - to steal, pinch, filch On m'a escamoté mon sac à main hier - Someone pinched my purse yesterday. Related: escamotable (adj) - collapsible, retractible, foldaway; escamotage (m) - evading, dodging, filching, retraction
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| une esgourde - archaic and slang for ear (used in jest)
[es gurd] Ton copain a de grandes esgourdes ! - Your boyfriend has big ears! Put your "esgourdes" to good use - listen to French radio - http://french.about.com/cs/radiofranaiset
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| une espèce
[es pes] species, kind, type L'espèce humaine - The human race C'est une espèce d'église - It's a kind of church. espèce de - (informal, pej) some, stupid Il y a une espèce de type qui t'attend - There's some guy waiting for you. C'est une espèce d'imbécile - He's a stupid idiot.
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| *Pronunciation
notes
Due to the limitations of HTML, I cannot use true phonetic symbols. I tried to be as straightforward as possible, but please refer to this chart to understand my pronunciation symbols. Note that this is only a guide to help you get the most out of the sound file. Please refer to a dictionary for the exact pronunciation. |
a | father | ||
| ay | hate | |||
| e | bed | |||
| ee | meet | |||
| euh | full | |||
| o | go | |||
| uh | the | |||
| u | fool | |||
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| zh | mirage |
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