Vocabulaire de l'argot et des expressions en anglais : 448 mots
Sound like a local — common colloquial words and idioms with their natural equivalents in each language (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). Cette page en liste 40 avec leur traduction en anglais, puis vous laisse travailler l’ensemble complet dans les deux sens avec la répétition espacée.
De Français vers Anglais : les 40 premiers mots
| Français | Anglais | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cool | cool | Impressively good, stylish or admirable in casual praise. Not about low temperature. |
| génial | awesome | Extremely good, said with enthusiasm about something you really like. |
| mec | guy, dude | Informal for a person; friendly, not insulting in casual speech. |
| traîner | to hang out | To spend unhurried free time somewhere, usually with friends. |
| se détendre | to chill, relax | To let go of tension and rest calmly after effort or stress. |
| Pas question ! | No way! | An emphatic refusal meaning absolutely not, under no circumstances. |
| C'est top, non ? | Awesome, right? | A casual tag inviting the listener to agree that something is great. |
| c'est du gâteau | It's a piece of cake | Idiom: very easy to do, not about actual cake. |
| il pleut des cordes | It's raining cats and dogs | Idiom: heavy rain, not animals falling. |
| coûter les yeux de la tête | to cost an arm and a leg | Idiom: extremely expensive, not literal body parts. |
| faire marcher quelqu'un | to pull someone's leg | Idiom: to tease or joke with someone, not physical. |
| être fauché | to be broke | Having no money, not damaged or injured. |
| quand on parle du loup | Speak of the devil | Idiom: person arrives just as you mention them. |
| ce n'est pas ma tasse de thé | not my cup of tea | Idiom: not something you like or enjoy. |
| mettre le doigt dessus | to hit the nail on the head | Idiom: to say or do exactly the right thing. |
| bonne chance ! | Good luck! | Said before a performance or challenge. |
| petit à petit | little by little | Gradually, in small amounts or stages over time. |
| plus ou moins | more or less | Approximately, roughly true but not exactly. |
| Quel bazar ! | What a mess! | An exclamation about a scene of great disorder or muddle. |
| Tu rigoles ? | Are you kidding? | Said in disbelief, asking whether the speaker is joking. |
| t'inquiète | no worries | A casual reassurance that everything is fine and nobody should fret. |
| un moment génial | awesome time | A hugely enjoyable stretch of fun. |
| en avoir marre | to be fed up | Very annoyed or tired of something; impatient. |
| pile | on the dot | Exactly on time. |
| plein | big deal, a lot | A very large amount or quantity of something. |
| faire une gaffe | to mess up | To blunder and spoil something through your own clumsiness. |
| pas à pas | step by step | Proceeding one stage at a time in careful order. |
| ça vaut le coup | It's worth it | Said when the effort or cost is repaid by the result. |
| comme ci comme ça | so-so | Neither good nor bad, only middling. |
| garder un œil | to keep an eye on | Idiom: to watch or monitor, not literal eye. |
| D'accord ? | Get it?, Understood? | A short question checking that the listener has grasped what you said. |
| d'accord | Okay, alright | A word expressing agreement or consent to what was proposed. |
| ne rien valoir | to be worth nothing | To have no value or usefulness whatsoever. |
| dépêche-toi ! | hurry up! | A command telling someone to move or act faster right now. |
| être pressé | to be in a hurry | To have too little time and need to act quickly. |
| sérieux | for real, seriously | Genuinely and truly, without any joking. |
| c'est la vie | That's life | A resigned remark that such unwelcome things simply happen. |
| mieux vaut tard que jamais | Better late than never | A saying that doing something behind time beats not doing it at all. |
| petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid | little by little the bird builds its nest | Proverb: steady progress achieves goals over time. |
| être aux anges | to be on cloud nine | Idiom: extremely happy, not literally in sky. |
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