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French translation: dormir debout
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| 14:09 Sep 5, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Claire Chapman Local time: 21:35 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | états de veille-sommeil |
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| 4 | "piquer du nez" |
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| 4 | tu dors debout ! |
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| 3 | dormir debout |
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peer agreement (net): +1| waking nods états de veille-sommeil Explanation: Si vous désirez une traduction plus argotique, on peut parler de "coups de barre". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 minutes (2007-09-05 14:57:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "waking nods" est très certainement lié au verbe "to nod out" : to fall asleep, esp. owing to the effects of a drug http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nod out&r=66 Example sentence(s):
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| waking nods "piquer du nez" Explanation: "piquer du nez", quand on est pris d'une somnolence subite, la tête tombe en avant et ça réveille (waking nod) Example sentence(s):
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| waking nods tu dors debout ! Explanation: idiomatique sans être de l'argot, je pense que ça correspond au registre. |
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| waking nods dormir debout Explanation: the nods - "The Nods" is a state which every narcotic user (especially heavy narcotics, such as heroin) yearns for. It is the state in which you drift in and out of conciousness for possibly several hours on end, and is associated with the state of "nirvana". It's literally to the point where you feel so good you don't care if you are are asleep or awake, because you'll feel great anyway When a person has "the nods" they feel very, very good, and is typically, after a "rush" the second favorite thing on any junkie's "to do" list after using narcotics. It's basically every junkie's dream. Damn! I can't believe that guy cought the nods off just 20mg of oxycontin. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the nods There Are Two Types Of Nod. There Is The One Where You Feel Good, But Sleepy. When You Nod Out You Basically Fall Asleep. Then There Is The One Where Your Eyes Are Closed, But Totally Aware Of What Is Going On Around You. Your Head Kinda Sweats, You Itch A Little And It Feels Sooooooo Good. Sorry About All Caps. Didn't Realize It Was On. I would like to submit one more classification of nod if I could "The Waking Nod" Like the first nod you described only different when the morning houes arrive. Get out of bed itchy, warm, comfortable, spaced out put completely with it. I;ve noticed this Nod when waking up to go to work in the morning. When the last thing you did was blow an eighty at 4 or 5 am then then you lay in bed in the second kind of nod you described. The one in which you dont sleep but you dream. Inbetween land is what I call it. Marijuana makes this place much easier to reach in my experience. ***So then you get out of bed alert and ready showering dressing and in a zombie state nod.*** I've seen friends in this state with me in the morning, girlfriends too, and I can see how an outsider would think of us as zombies but if they only new the beauty. http://forum.opiophile.org/archive/index.php/t-1847.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day41 mins (2007-09-06 14:51:00 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- You're welcome, Estelle, and thank you :-) |
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