Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

un peu casser

English translation:

a little bash their..

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May 16, 2014 21:23
10 yrs ago
French term

un peu casser

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
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Pour simplifier à la française : il est composé de 30 % de Néonazis, 30 % de FN et 30 % d’UMP + 10 % de postes insignifiants pour la société civile (à priori, ils ne sont pas non plus très à gauche ces 2 ministres, de la Santé et de la Culture).
Ça se passe (sans surprise si on a bien compris la phrase précédente) très mal – comme ils veulent un peu casser du compatriote russophone, ceux-ci réagissent, et le pays est déstabilisé.
La situation s’envenime.

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a little bash their..

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Peer comment(s):

agree Jocelyne Cuenin : not too sure about how to fit it in, but that's the idea: bash sb up - slang - Populaire. Casser du flic, du gaucho, etc., les attaquer au cours d'une manifestation pour les matraquer, les blesser, etc. (Larousse)
16 hrs
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agree Peter LEGUIE : Yes, that is what I would say.
1 day 13 hrs
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neutral B D Finch : "Bash" could certainly be used here, but not in the way you phrase it. BTW "a little bash" would be a small party.
1 day 16 hrs
neutral Marian Vieyra : Bash exists as a verb and a noun. However, your use of the word makes no sense in English.
2 days 10 hrs
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split/break off a bit

As they want to break off/split a bit from the Russian-speaking countryman/compatriot
Peer comment(s):

disagree Josephine79 : Definitely not.
4 days
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Break up from/make a clean break

Their Russian speaking etc
Peer comment(s):

neutral B D Finch : Children break up from school. How do you make "un peu casser" a "clean break"?
1 day 9 hrs
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8 hrs

destroy to some extent

destroy or break up
Peer comment(s):

agree katsy : this is the meaning, yes, not break away from, but to destroy, bash, etc...
5 hrs
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agree Yvonne Gallagher
1 day 5 hrs
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disagree Josephine79 : No, they want to "have a go at" the Russian speakers - in fact with fatal consequences for some : http://www.les-crises.fr/hollande-merkel-serieusement/
4 days
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