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torticolis

crick in your neck

psy

short for psychologue- therapist

capter

to get, capture, understand

veiller/éveiller

to stay up, stay awake

picoler

to drink alcohol

cavaler

to go, to run, to rush

couette

quilt or ponytail/pigtail

naze

stupid or broken

corbillard

hearse

la veille

the day before

dévisager

to stare

balèze

hefty/huge, or awesome

argot

slang

piste

space, track, dance floor

fric

money, moolah

flingue

gun

les flics

cops

clope

cigarette, a smoke

colo

camp, summer camp

caisse

box, or checkout or car or funds

caleçons

boxers, trunks

bras de fer

arm wrestling

entasse

pile up, hoard, accumulate

chiotte

slang for bathroom

fringues

slang for clothes, “threads”

manchot

penguin, also slang for an amputee

fléchettes

darts

asailler

to assault, to attack

cannelle

cinnamon

muscade

nutmeg

pitaya

dragon fruit

cassis

black current

canneberge

cranberry

calamar

squid

méduse

jellyfish

porc-épic

porcupine

rongeur

rodent

castor

beaver

faisan

pheasant

ragoût

stew

artichaut

artichoke

lavande

lavender

lys, lis

lily

pâquerette

daisy

coquelicot

poppy

navet

turnip

betterave

beet

écailles

scales (reptilian scales)

bouclier

shield

moineau

sparrow

geai bleu

blue jay

faucon

falcon

colombe

dove

loutre

otter

tatou

armadillo

scarabé

beetle

libellule

dragonfly

luciole

firefly

cloporte

roly-poly

coccinelle

ladybug

belette

weasel

manchot

penguin

truite

trout

spear

lance

seahorse

hippocampe

to yawn

bâiller

battery

pile

lobster

homard

rubber

caoutchouc

steel

acier

weight, dumbbell

haltère

cicada

cigale

compass

boussole

skull

crâne

monk

moine

typewriter

machine à écrire

seizure

crise

syringe

seringue

needle

aiguille

safety pin

épingle à nourrice

pipe

tuyau

sail (sailboat)

voile

dice

dé

saucepan

poêle

dust

poussière

hip

hanche

gooseberry

groseille à maquereau

claws

griffes

drumstick (chicken leg)

pilon

thigh

cuisse

lid

couvercle

eyelashes

cils

hook (for hanging on the wall)

crochet

fishing hook

hameçon

praying mantis

mante religieuse

to splash

gisler

gutter (roadside)

caniveau

kidney

rein