va

(Imperative of aller):

1. Vapour¼: O.K. for ¼Va pour trois briques! Alright, I'll settle for three grand!

2. Va donc! (Insult intensifier): Va donc, eh couillon! You stupid idiot, you! (More current in everyday speech is va! with no specific connotation; its sole function is to emphasize a statement. Je t'aime bien, va! You know I love you! Tu es mechant, va! You're really bad to me! Il est gentil, va! He's a nice boy! Sometimes it is merely a 'rhetorical prop' like the Liverpudlian 'you know!'. C'est pas difficile, va! It's not difficult, you know!)

3. A la va-vite (adv. exp.): In a slapdash manner, in a rushed and careless way.

4. A la va-comme-jete-pousse (adv. exp.): In a 'happen-what-may' careless manner. Elle nous a servi à bouffer à la va-comme-je-te-pousse! She dished up the grub just any-old-how!