Quand vous savez que d'une seconde à l'autre, paf !
When you know that any second: It could all be over.
Il ne l'a pas vue depuis 3 mois et, paf, les ordres arrivent.
He doesn't see her for three months and, wham, the orders kick in.
Et tout à coup, paf, ça y était.
And then suddenly, snap, that was it.
Et juste après, paf ! Tu percutes une ambulance.
Next thing you know, bam, you run into an ambulance.
Deux, je suis un peu paf.
Two, I'm a little hammered.
J'ai pas regardé en traversant et... paf.
I didn't look when I crossed the street, and wham.
Tu viens à la banque, paf, tu rembourses le prêt, et voilà.
Later you come to the bank, and bam, pay off your mortgage.
Elle a souri, lui aussi, et paf !
She smiled, he smiled, and she slapped her.
Un beau jour, Cynthia, paf !
One of these days, Cynthia, pow! Right to the moon.
Je suis un peu paf.
I feel a little tipsy.
Je t'avais prévenu, je suis paf.
I told you, I'm tipsy.
La seule façon de survivre une telle soirée, c'est d'être totalement paf.
You know, the only way to live through a party like this is to get good and tight.
- Et là, paf ! Il m'en met une en plein visage !
All right. He punched me right in the face, man.
Mais là, paf.
But he fell to the ground.
S'il est couché, c'est qu'il est paf.
She's sleeping off the effects.
S'il est couché, c'est qu'il est paf.
He's sleeping it off.
Mais là, paf.
But he just dropped.
Et quand tu t'y attends le moins, paf ! il se jette à ton cou. Allez, on y va.
And when you least expect it, wham! it flows around your neck. Come on, come on.
Tu pouvais le copier-coller, faire quelques modifs, mettre ton nom dessus, et paf, c'était ton site.
You could copy-paste it, modify it a little, put your name on it, and like that, it was your site.
Il vole dans la pièce, et paf !
You let him out.
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