[ga ny(euh) pa(n)]

L'enseignement est mon gagne-pain. - Teaching is my job.

Related words: gagner - to earn, le pain - bread

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[ga ler]

galley (of a ship)

Useful expressions:

Qu'est-il allé faire dans cette galère ? - Why did he get involved in this business?

Je me suis laissé entraîner dans une drôle de galère - I got caught up in some crazy stuff.

Dans quelle galère me suis-je embarqué ? - What have I gotten myself into?

(informal) Quelle galère ! / C'est la galère ! - It's a real grind!

Related word: galérer - (familiar) to slog, sweat blood, struggle

[ga ma(n)]

(informal) - kid, urchin

Quand j'étais gamin... - When I was a kid...

Il y a trop de gamins des rues - There are too many street urchins.

(adj) - mischievous, playful, childish

Elle est gamine, ta fille ! - Your daughter is so mischievous!

Related word: la gaminerie - playfulness, childishness

[ga spee]

(informal) - waste

Chasse au gaspi ! - Down with waste! (slogan from the '90s which tried to convince people to stop wasting the earth's resources; now the slogan of the French social security).

Related words: gaspiller - to waste; gaspilleur (adj) - wasteful, (noun) - waster, squanderer

Gaspi is short for le gaspillage - waste.

[ga zay]

(informal) - to go, feel, work

Ça gaze ? - How's it going?

Ça ne gaze pas fort - I don't feel so well.

Ça gaze avec ton copain ? - Did it go ok with your boyfriend?

Il y a quelque chose qui ne gaze pas - There's something fishy / wrong somewhere.

(military) - to gas

Related: le gaz - gas, wind; le gazage - gassing; gazeux (adj) - gaseous, fizzy; un gazier (familiar) - guy, dude; une gazinière - gas cooker

[zhay nyal]

(adj) - of genius, inspired

C'est une géniale idée ! - That's an inspired/brillant idea! 

(informal adj) - great, cool

Ce film est génial - This movie is great.

- On va au resto.
- Génial !

- We're going to a restaurant.
- Great!

Related words: la génie - genius; génialement - with genius

[zhee vray]

(adj) - frosted, covered in frost

Les arbres givrés sont très beaux - The trees covered in frost are very beautiful.

Je ne peux pas voir à travers la fenêtre givrée - I can't see through the frosted window.

(informal) - drunk, plastered; crazy, bonkers

Tiens ce mec givré ! - Check out this drunk guy!

Tu es complètement givré ! - You're totally bonkers!

Related: le givre - frost, crystallization; givrer - to frost/ice up

[go(n) flay]

to inflate, pump up, blow up, swell

Je déteste gonfler les ballons - I hate blowing up balloons.

La bière me gonfle l'estomac - Beer makes me feel bloated.

La joie lui gonflait le coeur - Joy swelled his heart; His heart swelled with joy.

(familiar) - to get on someone's nerves, be a pain

Tu me (les) gonfles ! - You're getting on my nerves!

Related: gonflable (adj) - inflatable; le gonflage - inflating, inflation; gonflant (adj) - bouffant; gonflé (adj) - swollen, puffy; le gonflement - inflation, swelling

[guhs]

(informal) - kid

Combien de gosses as-tu ? - How many kids do you have?

Quel sale gosse ! - What a brat!

Expression: Il est beau gosse - He's cute; un gosse de riches - spoiled rich brat

[gu ray]

(familiar) - to goof, boob, screw up

Il s'est gouré d'heure - He goofed over the time / got the time wrong.

J'espère que tu ne t'es pas gouré dans ton addition - I hope you didn't screw up the total.