Dick-tionnaire: The French-English Dictionary Game

I'm a French teacher/learner, and probably spend more time perusing the French-English dictionaries than your average girl . . .and I'm pretty amazed at some of the nuggets found therein.

[dick-tionnaire]

Vicious examples.

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Well then, Helloooooooo Carlos!

[charlestonchurchshooting]

See my French/ English dictionary says : “to forgive. Close your eyes on”. So I the worst case scenario that mean you don’t care but no that you accept.. Translation can be a real mess I guess @barbie-corpse

[dick-tionnaire]

Judith, huh? I never knew.

[dick-tionnaire]

okay, fine, but what’s the word of the day?

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Same.

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In the French example, Nate left the party early because elle was lame. . . elle could refer to the party, yes, but it could also maybe refer to a person, or even Nate (if it was short for a girls name). . . I just think a little disambiguation might be helpful here. 

[dick-tionnaire]

Who are you trying to convince about the bank notes? 

Also, who are you to tell her she doesn’t live int eh real world. RUDE. 

[dick-tionnaire]

How funky IS your chicken?

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WHY?

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Trick or Treat?

aller de maison en maison à Halloween pour chercher des bonbons ou de l’argent = to go from house to house on Halloween to look for candy or money

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I am now incredibly curious about the contents of Japanese Spinach. . . 

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the word for lullaby is the same word used for rocking chair

[wtfrenchteacher]

Thank you, wordreference.com. You summed it up nicely.

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English version: strange noises = very scary

French version: strange noises = truly worrisome

[dick-tionnaire]

actual literal translation: good looking enough to be damned. . . 

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la phrase:/ the sentence:

Mon père ma foutu dehors, sans euphémisme.

la traduction: / the translation: 

Mon père m’a foutu dehors, sans euphémisme. 

Now to unpack the meaning. So, “foutre dehors” is a pretty crass way of saying somebody threw you out or kicked you out. Except it actually literally kind of means to bugger/fu*k (somebody) outside/out of doors. So, I guess this sentence needs to be taken without euphemism, but WITH idiomatic context, otherwise this gets pretty horrible.