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Slang and everyday expressions

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Definition
une bagnole   a car, a ride  
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une balle   a unit of currency, a buck  
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une fac   an educational department  
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la gueule   the face  
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un bécot/un bisou   a kiss, a smooch  
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un accro   an addict  
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un ado   a teenager, a teen  
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un bordel   a mess, a SNAFU  
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un béguin   a crush  
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un bled   a crummy locality, the boondocks  
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un boulot   a job  
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le charabia   gibberish, gobbledygook  
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un con/connard/une conne/connarde   a jerk  
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un flic   a cop  
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le fric   money  
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un frigo   a refrigerator, a fridge  
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un gamin   a young person, a kid  
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un mec   a guy  
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un plouc   a slob, a sloppy nerd  
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un pote   a friend, a buddy  
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un salaud/une salope   an evil person, a “bastard”  
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un tas   a pile of stuff  
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un truc   a thing, a watchmakallit  
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bavarder   to chitchat  
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bouffer   to eat  
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bûcher   to work hard (to log and split wood)  
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se casser   to leave (to break oneself)  
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déconner   to mess around, to talk crap  
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foutre   to do (the “F” word)  
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se gourer   to make a mistake  
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rigoler   to have a laugh, to kid around  
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chouette   Great!  
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débile   “Awesome!”, lit. weak  
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dégueulasse   disgusting  
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dingue   crazy  
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kif-kif   same-same  
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moche   mediocre, crummy  
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nature   plain  
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génial/géniale   great, brilliant  
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malin/maligne   clever, smart  
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marrant/marrante   funny  
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maudit/maudite   damned  
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[un] pépère/[une] mémère   old man, old woman (pejorative)  
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et patati et patata   yadda, yadda, yadda  
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super   fantastic, very _  
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vachement   tremendously, really  
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