| French | English |
| blanc sale | dirty white |
| bombe sale | dirty bomb |
| c'est une sale affaire | it's a nasty business |
| cette pizza a une sale gueule | that pizza looks disgusting |
| charbon sale | dirty coal |
| charbon sale | bone coal |
| c'était bon, mais ils ont salé l'addition! | it was good but the bill was a bit steep! |
| eaux industrielles saumâtres et salées | brackish and saline industrial liquors |
| elle a un sale caractère | she has a rotten temper |
| elle a un sale caractère | she has a filthy temper |
| flux de déchets sales | floor drains |
| flux de déchets sales | dirty waste stream |
| fortement salé | heavily salted |
| il est sale comme un cochon | he's dirty |
| il est sale comme un cochon | he's filthy |
| il est sale comme un peigne | he's dirty |
| il est sale comme un peigne | he's filthy |
| il est sale comme un porc | he's dirty |
| il est sale comme un porc | he's filthy |
| il m'a joué un sale tour | he played a dirty trick on me |
| il va faire une sale gueule quand il saura la vérité | he's going to be livid when he finds out the truth |
| il va faire une sale gueule quand il saura la vérité | he's going to be mad when he finds out the truth |
| il vaut mieux laver son linge sale en famille | it's better not to wash one's dirty linen in public |
| jambon salé | salted ham |
| je mange salé | I like my food well salted |
| je ne mange pas salé | I don't like too much salt in my food |
| je ne sale presque pas | I hardly use any salt |
| je nettoie au maximum mais c'est quand même sale | I do as much cleaning as possible but it's still dirty |
| lard salé | salt pork |
| l'argent sale | dirty money |
| petit salé | salted flank end of belly pork |
| poisson séché salé | dried salted fish |
| quand je vais lui dire, il va faire une sale tête | he's not going to be very pleased when I tell him |
| quel sale temps! | what rotten weather! |
| quel sale temps! | what foul weather! |
| quel sale temps! | what terrible weather! |
| quelle sale mentalité! | what an unpleasant character! |
| sa maladie, c'est un sale truc | her illness is a nasty business |
| sale comme un cochon | filthy dirty |
| sale garce | you rotten bitch! |
| sale gosse! | you brat! |
| sale môme! | you little brat! |
| salons de beauté | beauty salons |
| salons de coiffure | hairdressing salons |
| se fourrer dans une sale affaire | get mixed up in a nasty business |
| ton pantalon est au sale | your trousers are with the dirty washing |
| un gigot de pré-salé | a salt-meadow leg of lamb |
| faire un sale coup | to play a dirty trick (à quelqu'un, on somebody) |
| une sale affaire | a nasty business |
| viande salée | cured meat |
| ça m'a fait un sale effet | it gave me a nasty turn |
| épandage, réfrigération, mise dans l'eau salée, soufrée ou additionnée d'autres substances | spreading out, chilling, placing in salt, sulphur dioxide or other aqueous solut ions |
