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Pippin
Pippin asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

Is there an equivalent french term for "man-up"?

and what about the opposite, "simmer down"? Just curious.

Update:

Mhahaha, very funny French men are camp. not useful.

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  • .
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    A vous de jouer. (Batter up.)

    Ce n'est pas votre tour pour le moment. (Man on deck.)

  • Frasp
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I'd say...''sois un homme'' (be a man), I can't really think of a good verb for it at the moment.

    To simmer down = se détendre/se calmer...

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    There is no word for man in French. Every French sentence translates to "I am a gay French ******."

  • ?
    1 decade ago

    indeed the term frenchman is an oxymoron there are no men in france

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