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(a) (naked → body, feet) nu;∎ they were bare to the waist ils étaient nus jusqu'à la taille;∎ in one's bare feet pieds nus;∎ he killed a tiger with his bare hands il a tué un tigre à mains nues;∎ Boxing to fight with bare hands boxer à main nue∎ we had to sleep on bare floorboards nous avons dû coucher à même le plancher;∎ his head was bare il était nu-tête;∎ bare wood bois m naturel;∎ the tree was bare of leaves l'arbre était dépouillé ou dénudé;∎ the lawn was just a bare patch of grass la pelouse consistait en un maigre carré d'herbe;∎ a wall of bare rock une paroi de roche nue;∎ to lay bare one's heart mettre son cœur à nu;∎ to lay bare a plot révéler ou dévoiler un complot∎ the cupboard was bare le garde-manger était vide;∎ the room was bare of furniture/pictures la pièce ne comportait aucun meuble/tableau(d) (basic, plain) simple, dépouillé;∎ I just told him the barest details je lui ai donné le minimum de détails;∎ the bare facts les faits mpl bruts;∎ figurative the bare bones of the story le squelette de l'histoire(e) (absolute) absolu, strict;∎ the house was stripped to the bare essentials la maison ne contenait que le strict nécessaire;∎ the bare necessities of life le minimum vital;∎ the bare minimum le strict minimum;∎ I took the barest minimum of cash j'ai pris le minimum d'argent∎ a bare 20 percent of the population is literate à peine 20 pour cent de la population est alphabétisée;∎ he earned a bare £200 il a gagné tout juste 200 livres;∎ they won by a bare majority ils ont gagné de justesse;∎ he got a bare pass il a eu son examen en ayant juste la moyenne;∎ a bare pass isn't good enough in my father's eyes pour mon père réussir un examen de justesse n'est pas suffisant;∎ they manage to scrape a bare living from the land ils arrivent tout juste à vivoter en travaillant la terre∎ to bare one's head se découvrir la tête;∎ to bare one's soul mettre son âme à nu
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