Argot - French Slang - L
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| lâcher
[la shay] to loosen, let out; to let go of, release J'ai dû lâcher ma ceinture - I had to loosen my belt. Ne lâche pas l'anse ! - Don't let go of the handle! (informal) - to leave, walk out on Related words: lâche (adj) - slack, loose, lax; un/e lâche - coward; lâchement (adv) - loosely, cowardly; la lâcheté - cowardice
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| loufoque (informal adj) - wild, crazy
[lu fuhk] C'est une idée loufoque ! - That's a crazy idea! Related word: la loufoquerie - craziness, barminess It would be "loufoque" to visit France without studying some travel vocab: http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_travel.htm
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| louper
[lu pay] (familiar) - to miss, mess up, flunk J'ai loupé l'avion ! - I missed the plane! Pierre a loupé ses devoirs - Pierre messed up his homework. Je sais que j'ai loupé l'examen. - I know I flunked the test. Related words: le loupage - missing, messing up, flunking, spoiling; un loupé - failure, defect, flaw
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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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