un internaute - French expression

What does the French word ‘un internaute’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne's AUDIO.

un/e internaute is an Internet user, 'a netizen'.

* « Le nombre des internautes en France a beaucoup augmenté depuis le début du 21ième siècle. »

* "The nomber of netizens in France has been increasing a lot since the beginning of the 21st century."

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bidouiller - French expression

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bidouiller is a cute little word I love. Je bidouille, nous bidouillons. J’ai bidouillé, nous bidouillerons. It means 'to tweak'.

* « T’inquiète pas, j’ai bidouillé un truc et ton ordi va marcher maintenant. »

* “Don’t worry, I tweaked your computer a little and it’s going to work now.”

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un cauchemar - French expression

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un cauchemar means ‘a nightmare’. Use FAIRE – 'to do', rather than 'to have' with dreams: faire un rêve – to have a dream, faire un cauchemar – to have a nightmare.

* « Trouver des cadeaux pour les fêtes, c'est un vrai cauchemar. »

“Finding presents for the holidays is a real nightmare.”

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ne pas avoir un radis - French expression

What does the French expression ‘ ne pas avoir un radis ’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne's AUDIO.

ne pas avoir un radis - to not have a radish. ne pas avoir un radis means to not have a penny.

* « Je [ne] peux pas payer le coup. Je n'ai pas un radis sur moi. »

* "I can't pay for the drink. I don't have a penny on me."

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jeter un froid - French expression

What does the French word ' jeter un froid ' mean? What does it sound like? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne Audio.

jeter un froid - to throw a cold. jeter un froid, in everyday French, means 'to put a damper on', 'to cast a chill', 'to rain on the parade'.

*     " Elle s'est garée à la place handicapé du supermarché et ça a jeté un froid parmi nous dans la voiture."

* "She parked in the disabled place of the supermarket and it threw a chill among us in the car."

Related : un froid de canard . Express Yourself (Expressions with FROID) . Express Yourself (Expressions with CHAUD) .

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avoir eu chaud - French expression

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avoir eu chaud - to have had hot. avoir eu chaud means 'to be lucky to have escaped a catastrophe'. I like to translate it as ‘That/It was close!’. A synonymous expression is 'l’avoir échappé belle'.

* « Eh ben dis-donc, j'ai eu chaud. J'ai bien failli rater le train. »

* “Well, it was close. I almost missed the train.”

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Tenir chaud - French expression

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tenir chaud - to hold warm. tenir chaud means 'to keep warm', literally and figuratively.

* « Ma doudoune me tient bien chaud. »

* “My down jacket keeps me really warm.”

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un biffin - French expression

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Un biffin, une biffine. Les biffins – the feminine form is ‘biffine’ – are the descendants of our rag pickers and thrift dealers. Un biffin is someone who goes through trashcans to convert his finds into cash.

It’s a new word in the French language. Sadly, we’re hearing it more and more because so many French people – more and more single women – are struggling financially in these trying times of financial crisis. I translate it by dump(ster) diver. I welcome any other suggestions. Together, we could make a difference in the French language.

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Yay! I got 2 suggestions: how about 'a scavenger' or 'a forager' to translate 'un biffin'. Thank you.

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* « Les biffins s’étaient installés sur le bitume. »

* “ The dump divers were on the asphalt/sidewalks.”

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pas un sou en poche - French expression

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pas un sou en poche - not a coin in pocket. pas un sou en poche means 'without any money', 'pennyless'.

* « Oh ben ça alors, je t'ai invité à prendre un pot et je n'ai pas un sou en poche.»

* "Oh golly, I invited you to have a drink and I'm pennyless."

* « Elle s'incruste chez nous parce qu'elle n'a pas un sou en poche.»

* "She stays (is outstaying her welcome) at our place because she's pennyless."

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Un truc de ouf - French expression

What does the French expression ‘un truc de ouf’ mean? How is it used in a sentence?

un truc de ouf - a thing of crazy. fou is proper French for ouf. And these days, you hear “ouf” more and more. If you listen carefully, the word “ouf”, it has the same letters as in “fou”, but it's spelled backwards. That Verlan slang. Verlan has become very popular over the last few years. It is used by the younger generation - and it is soon catching up with the less young people. Check out our worksheet on Verlan slang on the website.

un truc de ouf really means 'crazy stuff' or 'totally wild'.

« Mais c’est un truc de ouf ce matin ! J’ai voulu prendre mon café, la cafetière marchait plus, la voiture n’a pas démarré, mon ordi a planté. La matinée de ouf, j’te dis pas. »

“Crazy stuff this morning was totally wild. I wanted to take my coffee and the coffee-machine wasn’t working, the car didn’t start and my computer crashed. A totally wild morning, I’m telling you.”

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