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S., F.I.L.  \nLecturer in French, University of Leeds EDWIN A.LOVATT  \nM.A., F.I.L.  \nLecturer in French, University of Leeds  \nLondon and New York  \nFirst published in 1984 by Routledge & Kegan Paul First published as a paperback 1987 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \nReprinted in 1990, 1992 and 1996 by Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE  \n29 West 35th Street, New York NY 10001  \nRoutledge is an International Thomson Publishing company © René James Hérail and EdwinA.Lovat 1984  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data  \nHérail, René James, 1939–  \nDictionary ofmodern colloquial French.  \n1. French language—Dictionaries—English. 2. French language—Spoken French—Dictionaries. 3. French language—Slang—Dictionaries. I. Lovatt, Edwin A., 1944–. II. Title.  \nPC2640.H47 1984 443 .21 84–8231 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available  \nfrom the British Library  \nISBN Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN (Adobe eReader Format)  \nISBN 0-415-05893-7 (Print Edition)  \nTo the memory of ERIC PARTRIDGE whose work inspired us  \nCONTENTS  \nPREFACE vi  \nPRÉFACE xi  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xv  \nABBREVIATIONS xvi  \nDICTIONARY 1  \nPREFACE  \nIt is a notorious fact that prefaces in dictionaries are seldom read. To those, notso-few we hope, who will have braved cradition and actually turned to these pages rather than plunge headlong into the 8000 or so headwords we strive to lexicalize, here are a few thoughts and perhaps also a mode d’emploi.  \nBecause this bilingual dictionary is intended to assist both French and English speakers, this preface is followed by a préface; both introductions attempt to define how each native speaker can best make use of this volume.  \nWhere English speakers are concerned, this dictionary was conceived in order to ‘bridge the gap between the kind of standard French taught in schools, colleges and universities and the less formal language that visitors to France are likely to be confronted with in everyday life.  \nSince the 1930s, French literature has undergone a radical transformation and the once-clear distinction between written and spoken language has been blurred. The natural consequence of this movement has been that many hitherto shunned, taboo or outlandish words and expressions are now the common currency of every medium of communication. With the whirlwind growth of transcontinental television through cables and satellites, the English speaker is more and more frequently confronted with a bewildering range of ‘new French’—the kind of‘off-the-shelf’ language that many trad francophones could be forgiven for ignoring. The movement from spoken to written is swifter than ever and this book is offered as a deciphering agent for those avid listeners, viewers and readers who have hitherto felt excluded from that humorous and secret language that contributed so much to making them feel ‘foreign’.  \nOur initial aim in this reference work is to enable the non-native speaker to‘get the drift’ of what has been written or said in French and, equally important, to ‘tune into’ the foreign language wavelength. 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