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argot
1. n-m. slang
2. n-m. cant (secret language)
donner
1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
2. v. to donate
3. v. to come across
un
1. art. an, a
2. num. number box, fr
3. num. one
4. pron. one, someone
5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
coup
1. n-m. blow, hit, strike
2. n-m. sound of the action
coup de tonnerre - crash of thunder
3. n-m. physical consequences of the action (marks)
marqué de coups - scratched
4. n-m. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action
jeter un coup d'œil - to have a look
boire un coup - to have a drink
5. n-m. (firearm) load, shot
pistolet à six coups - six-shot pistol
6. n-m. bit (small quantity)
mettre un coup de peinture - to put a stroke of paint
7. n-m. planned action
préparer son coup - to make preparations
8. n-m. (slang) lay
Cette meuf, c'était le meilleur coup de ma vie. - This bird was the best shag of my life.
un bon coup - a good lay
un coup
1. adv. (colloquial) (used to soften an order)
Passe un coup le sel !
2. adv. (colloquial) once, one time.
J’ai eu du chagrin de savoir que ton neveu s’était fait refuser aux postes encore un coup. —(Marcel Aymé, La jument verte, Gallimard, 1933, republished Le Livre de Poche, p. 25)
It made me sad to know that your nephew had got himself refused once again in the postal service.
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
sur Paris - in Paris
9. adj. sour
les
1. art. plural of le: the
2. art. plural of la: the
3. pron. plural of le: them
4. pron. plural of la: them
fesses
1. n. plural of fesse
2. v. second-person singular present of fesser
fesser
1. v. to spank
Quand les enfants se tiennent mal, leurs parents les fessent et tout ça se répète le lendemain. - When children misbehave, their parents spank them, then it all happens again the next day.
2. v. (Quebec, slang) to whack, to strike or crash into
fesse
1. n-f. buttock
2. v. first-person singular present of fesser
3. v. third-person singular present of fesser
4. v. second-person singular imperative of fesser

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