Vocabulary
parler
to speak, talk; to be able to communicate in a language; to speak; to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name
Verb
parler
parlance; vernacular, dialect
Noun
gaga
Stéphanois, person living in Saint-Étienne.; the parler gaga, a French variety spoken in the French city of Saint-Étienne, the North of the Forez and around.
Noun
parlez
second-person plural present indicative/imperative of parler
Verb
façon de parler
façon de parler
Noun
causer chiffons
synonym of parler chiffons
Verb
tu peux causer
synonym of tu peux parler
Interjection
parler d'or
to speak wisely, to speak very aptly, to say things that are very apt
Verb
parler gaga
a French variety spoken in the French city of Saint-Étienne, the North of the Forez and around.
Noun
parler à un mur
to speak to someone who doesn't listen; to preach to deaf ears
Verb
parler en l'air
to waste one's breath (to speak without being listened to); to blow smoke; to talk through one's hat (to speak about issues one doesn't understand)
Verb
parler boutique
talk shop
Verb
parler chiffons
to talk about fashion, to talk clothes; to engage in girl talk; to chew the rag
Verb
parler trop vite
to speak too fast; to speak too soon
Verb
parler à un sourd
to speak to someone who doesn't listen; to preach to deaf ears
Verb
parler de soi-même
to speak for oneself
Verb
parler dans sa barbe
to talk under one's breath, to mutter, to mumble
Verb
parler comme un livre
to talk like a book
Verb
parler entre ses dents
to talk under one's breath, to mutter, to mumble
Verb
parler en cul de poule
to speak French like a Parisian or to force oneself to speak French without having an Québécois accent
Verb
parler pour ne rien dire
to be full of hot air, to talk for the sake of talking, to waffle, to blow smoke
Verb
parler de tout et de rien
to make small talk, to chit-chat
Verb
parler à travers son chapeau
to talk through one's hat
Verb
parler de la pluie et du beau temps
to make small talk, to chit-chat
Verb
parler comme un aveugle des couleurs
to talk through one's hat, to speak about an issue one doesn't understand
Adverb
parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu
to put one's foot in one's mouth, to be like a bull in a china shop, to hit the wrong note (to broach a sensitive topic in an inappropriate setting, where that topic is taboo; to be completely tactless)
Verb