Raide

Raide basically means steep or rigid, but is also used as an intensifier in idiomatic expressions where in English words like very, hard, a lot, loads often appear. Here's a non-exhaustive list of expressions with raide:

raide	steep; rigid, stiff; taut
raide à bas	right down
raide à but	right at the end
un raide but	a long way
raide bein	extremely well
raide bouon	very good
à raide braiche	a lot, hard, vigorously
travailli à raide braiche	work hard
raide dé	much
dé raide bouôn tchoeu	with a will, very cheerfully
d'sa raide forche	with all one's might
y'avait raide du monde	there were loads of people
j'ai raide à faithe	I've got loads to do
un raide bouôn temps	a very good time
eune raide bouonne chose	a very good thing
un raide dêjeuner	a hearty breakfast
raide coumme eune barre dé fé	stiff as an iron bar
raide coumme un mort	stiff as a corpse
raide coumme un pitchet	stiff as a stake
raide coumme un tangon	stiff as a stem of tangle (seaweed)
filer raide	go at a lick
filer raide bouon	go at a lick
taper raide	hit hard
baithe raide	drink heavily
tuer raide	kill stone dead
tchaie raide mort	drop down stone dead
soûfflier raide	blow hard
êprouver raide	try hard
travailli raide	work hard
êtudier raide	study hard
aver raide appétit	have a hearty appetite
êt' raide pouor	be determined to, be dead set on
êt' raide au collet	be on one's guard
app'yer raide contre la muthâle	press right up against the wall
raide contre	dead against
raide par-dessus	clear over, right over, sailing over
i' li'a donné eune raide paffe	he gave him a right thump
fliantchi eune raide talmoûthe	smack in the chops
un bouôn huilet est raide quémode	a good waterproof is very handy
i' vente raide	it's very windy
eune raide suée d'fraid	a stinking cold
un raide Méthodiste	a strict Methodist