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bullshit

/ˈbʊlʃɪt/

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noun

Excréments de taureau

The faeces of a bull.

Examples :

"The farmer stepped carefully around the pile of bullshit in the pasture. "

L'agriculteur a marché prudemment autour du tas d'excréments de taureau dans le pâturage.

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noun

Conneries, foutaises, balivernes

False or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform; nonsense.

Examples :

"My coworker's excuse for being late, about a flat tire and a lost phone, sounded like total bullshit. "

L'excuse de mon collègue pour son retard, à propos d'un pneu crevé et d'un téléphone perdu, ressemblait à des conneries totales.

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noun

Jeu de menteur, menteur

A card game in which the object is to bluff about cards laid down and to determine when one's opponents are bluffing.

Examples :

"Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?"

Quelqu'un veut-il jouer quelques parties de menteur ?

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noun

Conneries, foutaises

An object of frustration and/or disgust, often caused by a perceived deception.

Examples :

"The overflowing inbox filled with unnecessary emails felt like pure bullshit. "

La boîte de réception débordante d'e-mails inutiles ressemblait à de pures foutaises.

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noun

Conneries, balivernes

Statements that may be true but misleading nonetheless.

Examples :

""The car salesman claimed the car had 'low mileage', showing a number, but it turned out that mileage was only for the last year - that was complete bullshit." "

Le vendeur de voitures a affirmé que la voiture avait 'peu de kilomètres', montrant un chiffre, mais il s'est avéré que le kilométrage ne concernait que la dernière année - c'était complètement des conneries.

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noun

Conneries, bêtises

Statements made without any particular reference to their truth value.

Examples :

"The politician's speech was full of empty promises and generalisations; it was mostly just bullshit. "

Le discours du politicien était plein de promesses creuses et de généralisations ; ce n'était pour l'essentiel que des conneries.

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verb

Mentir, raconter des balivernes

To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.

Examples :

"He was late to work again and tried to bullshit his boss by saying his car broke down, even though he just overslept. "

Il était de nouveau en retard au travail et a essayé de mentir à son patron en disant que sa voiture était en panne, alors qu'il avait juste fait une grasse matinée.

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verb

Bavarder, raconter des bêtises

To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze

Examples :

"I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for awhile."

Je vais probablement juste aller bavarder avec Joe pendant un moment.

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verb

Raconter des bêtises, baratiner

To come up with on the spot, to improvise poorly.

Examples :

"The student hadn't done the reading, so he tried to bullshit his way through the class discussion by making up answers. "

L'étudiant n'avait pas fait la lecture, alors il a essayé de baratiner pour s'en sortir lors de la discussion en classe en inventant des réponses.

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adjective

Absurde, insensé

Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical. Most often said of speech, information, or content.

Examples :

"The teacher's explanation of the new math concept was complete bullshit; it made no sense at all. "

L'explication du professeur sur le nouveau concept mathématique était complètement absurde ; cela n'avait aucun sens.

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interjection

N'importe quoi, foutaises

An expression of disbelief or doubt at what one has just heard.

Examples :

""Bulls*&t!" exclaimed Maria, hearing her brother's story about getting a perfect score on the test. "

N'importe quoi !", s'exclama Maria en entendant l'histoire de son frère qui avait obtenu une note parfaite au test.

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