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une dalle

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Definition: flagstone, slab

J'aime les trottoirs en dalle - I like sidewalks made of flagstone.

Familiar expressions: Que dalle ! - Damn all; ne... que dalle - not a damn thing

avoir la dalle en pente - to be a bit of a boozer; avoir la dalle - to be starving; se rincer la dalle - to wet one's whistle

Gesture: Que dalle !

Related: le dallage - paving, pavement; daller - to pave; un dalleur - flag layer

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