squeeze

French translation: petit ami/petit copain

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English term or phrase:squeeze
French translation:petit ami/petit copain
Entered by: Drmanu49

22:51 Jun 12, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Linguistics / Mork & Mindy / tv series
English term or phrase: squeeze
Un faux mariage célébré par Mork (il marie deux enfants) :
- Do you, Eugene, take Holly to be the princess of your dreams, and not make her take baths, piano lessons, or eat everything on her plate before dessert?
- I do.
- Do you, Holly, take Eugene to be your main man and principal squeeze and to allow him to wipe his mouth
on his sleeve, eat lots of cookies and candy, and pick the celery out of his tuna salad, and learn about life
by watching Three's Company?
- I do if he does.
- He did.

merci.
Sylvia Rochonnat
France
Local time: 19:00
dans ce contexte "son mec" son petit ami
Explanation:
squeeze - (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze". wog - an offensive slang term used by the British to refer to people of ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/jargon - 38k -
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Drmanu49
France
Local time: 19:00
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merci !
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4 +2dans ce contexte "son mec" son petit ami
Drmanu49
4 +1Jules
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dans ce contexte "son mec" son petit ami


Explanation:
squeeze - (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze". wog - an offensive slang term used by the British to refer to people of ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/jargon - 38k -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 19:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 19
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merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cchat: "Mec" would be fine pour main man, and "petit ami attitré" or "petit copain attitré" for principle squeeze, but I don't see the point of the second part of your free dictionary quote.
7 hrs
  -> Thank you. It's just a list of terms.

agree  eolivier: Même chose :Noun. A girlfriend or boyfriend, generally one's romantic partner. Often heard as main squeeze meaning main or primary partner. [Orig. U.S.]
10 hrs
  -> Thank you Emmanuelle, I love the romantic sound of squeeze!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Jules


Explanation:
Juste une autre suggestion

eolivier
France
Local time: 19:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French

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agree  Emma Paulay
7 hrs
  -> merci Emma :)
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