By popular demand, I’ll record some episodes to help you learn or recognise common French slang expressions. As you may know, the French you learn in the classroom and the French you hear in the street or in the movies can sometimes sound quite different !

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Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

1. Balles (argent):
   
   Il a acheté une nouvelle voiture à 15.000 balles !


2. A deux balles (worthless, cheap, lousy ; cheap joke, Xmas craker humour, bubblegum humour)


3. Bobo (pain, scratch, boo boo ; boho, bobo)


4. Mec, gars, type


5. Pote, poto


6. Nickel (super, parfait, impeccable), nickel chrome


7. Faire cul sec, ¨cul sec!”


8. Saouler
   
   Ma mère / vieille me saoule avec ses conseils à deux balles.
   
   ça me saoule to make/get sb drunk


9. Mes vieux / mon vieux, ma vieille


10. Se prendre une cuite = to get drunk / intoxicated / hammered / pissed
    
    Il est rentré du bar hier soir avec une bonne cuite. = He came home smashed from the bar last night. (source: Word Reference)


11. Être cuit,e (Baby is cooked)

LINKS and RESOURCES

• my eBook “How to improve your French conversation skills“

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