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adegos
- Del's effort at adios. Spanish for goodbye.
a fait acopian -
Del's French for "don't upset yourself".
Ajax - an expression of greeting usually to someone
from the Netherlands.
al dente! - Spanish
for "there you go!"
allemagne dix points - phrase similar to "such is life",
possibly Del picked this up from European Song Contest.
apres moi la deluge - French meaning, "when I'm dead,
all others may die too".
argent comptant -
French from Cannes meaning, "brill".
au contraire - French for "hang on a minute"
au revoir - French for "hello".
au fait - Del likes using this but pronounces it "oh
fate".
bain marie - no problem.
boeuf a la mode - phrase similar to "you win some and
lose some"
bonjour - French for "goodbye!"
bonnet de douche - French and impressive.
bonetti
bonetti - Del's best Italian.
bon appetit - French for "I hope you choke on the potatoes"
catalogue raisonne -
Hold on, as they say in Beritz.
Chateauneuf du Pape! -
Reserved for an explosive situation.
chasse de forme -
meaning, "the diamonds are good" in French.
conseil d'etat -
He helps me, I help him as they say in Grenobles.
creme de la menthe - French for the "very best"
di stefano - Italian for "well done".
Don
Ochetti - Del used this as a greeting, until
he realised it was the name of a Mafia boss.
fabrique belgique - I agree or approve in Belgium.
fromage frais! -
Like Eureka! (when the penny has dropped)
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je
suis je reste -
superb according to Del.
joie
de vivre! - an exclamation that impresses or French for putting a bit of life back into your own life.
Juan - the name
of all Spanish waiters.
mais oui - no problem, my pleasure.
mange tout- my
pleasure, variation like above.
menage a trois - an exclamation of surprise.
Miguel - Del's
name for all Portuguese barmen.
münchengladbach - German for "hello".
Moet Champagne- The only champagne Del knows, and prounces like poet champers.
moi - French and classy way of saying "me".
Mon dieu!- exclamation implying, "you idiot".
oeuf sur la plat - French for "it's clear cut".
oh mai oui, mon pleasure -
French, sophisticated Del.
Pas de Calais - approving or divine.
Pate foie gras - French for liver sausage, goes well with Moet Champers.
Pot Pourri! - French for "I don't believe it!"
plume de ma tante - expression of exasperation like
"Gordon Bennett".
polizia - Del can say police in more than one language.
puscas puscas
- approval, it's alright in Spanish.
rein a dire, rein a faire -
Perplexing French Del picked up from Lordes.
raisse de chassie -
more French Del picked up from Dieppe.
Revenons a nos moutonst -
apparently a quote from the guv'nor of Bastille. French for 'I've got to do something quick.'
servir frais mois non glace -
French for "it could of been on the top floor".
si danke schon, bonjour - proves how multi-lingual
Del is (Spanish, German and French)
tel aviv - Del reckons the French use this for "you
can never tell".
tete de veau-
Del reckons the French use this for "every ones a winner".
tete-a-tete -
A head to head meeting with drug barons.
tres bien ensemble - French for possessing a sense
of occasion.
Vive la France-
it's what you say with respect to the American national anthem.
tres bien ensemble - French for possessing a sense
of occasion.
Voila! -
The French say it after T-cutting a square inch of the Capri Ghia, it's a way of encouraging Rodney to finish the rest of the car off.
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