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1 tube
tube [tyb]1. masculine nouna. tube ; (de canalisation, tubulure, métallique) pipec. ► à pleins tubes (inf!)2. compounds* * *tyb
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nom masculin1) ( objet cylindrique) tube; ( tuyau) pipe2) ( contenant) tube3) (colloq) ( chanson à succès) hit4) ( lampe) fluorescent light, lamp
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à pleins tubes (colloq) locution adverbialedéconner (sl) à pleins tubes — ( faire des erreurs) to do really stupid things; ( dire des bêtises) to talk a load of rubbish (colloq)
Phrasal Verbs:* * *tyb nm1) (= récipient) tube2) [canalisation] pipe3) (= chanson) hit songÇa va être le tube de l'été. — It's going to be this summer's big hit.
* * *A nm1 ( objet cylindrique) tube; ( tuyau) pipe; tube de verre/de métal glass/metal tube; tube gradué graduated tube;3 ○( chanson à succès) hit; le tube de l'été the hit of the summer;4 ( lampe) tube, lamp; tube luminescent/fluorescent luminescent/fluorescent tube.B à pleins tubes○ loc adv mettre le son à pleins tubes○ to turn the sound right up○; écouter un disque à pleins tubes○ to listen to a record at full blast; rouler à pleins tubes○ to drive flat out; déconner à pleins tubes○ ( faire des erreurs) to do really stupid things; ( dire des bêtises) to talk a load of rubbish○.tube acoustique speaking tube; tube capillaire capillary tube; tube cathodique cathode ray tube; tube compte-gouttes dropper tube; tube criblé sieve tube; tube digestif digestive tract; tube électronique electronic tube; tube à essai test tube; tube lance-torpilles torpedo tube; tube au néon neon tube; tube pollinique pollen tube; tube de rouge à lèvres lipstick.[tyb] nom masculin2. ÉLECTRICITÉ3. [contenant] tube -
2 bouche
bouche [bu∫]1. feminine noun• bouche cousue ! (inf) don't breathe a word!2. compounds* * *buʃ1) ( cavité buccale) mouth2) ( lèvre) mouth, lips (pl)3) ( organe de la parole)dans sa bouche, ce n'est pas une insulte — coming from him, that's not an insult
se transmettre de bouche à oreille — [nouvelle] to be spread by word of mouth
4) ( personne)•Phrasal Verbs:••* * *buʃ nf1) (de qn) mouthles bouches inutiles — non-productive members of the group, mouths to feed
pour la bonne bouche (= pour la fin) — till last
2) (ouverture) [canalisation, volcan] mouth* * *A nf1 ( cavité buccale) mouth; respirer par la bouche to breathe through one's mouth; ne parle pas la bouche pleine! don't talk with your mouth full!; j'avais la bouche sèche my mouth was dry; ⇒ cul-de-poule, eau, pain;2 ( lèvre) mouth, lips (pl); elle a une bouche sensuelle she has a sensual mouth, she has sensual lips; s'embrasser à pleine bouche to kiss full on the mouth; s'embrasser sur la bouche to kiss on the lips; s'embrasser à bouche que veux-tu to kiss passionately; il est arrivé la bouche en cœur ( en minaudant) he came simpering up;3 ( organe de la parole) ouvrir la bouche to speak; dès qu'elle ouvre la bouche, c'est pour dire une bêtise every time she opens her mouth, she says something stupid; il n'a pas ouvert la bouche de toute la soirée he hasn't said a word all evening; en avoir plein la bouche de qn/qch to be unable to stop talking about sb/sth; il n'a que ce mot à la bouche that word is never off his lips; il a toujours la critique à la bouche he's always ready to criticize; dans sa bouche, ce n'est pas une insulte coming from him, that's not an insult; parler or s'exprimer par la bouche de qn d'autre to use sb else as one's mouthpiece; il a mis ce mot dans la bouche de Dupont he put this word into Dupont's mouth; apprendre qch de la bouche de qn to hear sth from sb; apprendre qch de la bouche même de qn to hear sth from sb's own lips; être dans la bouche de tout le monde to be on everyone's lips; passer/se transmettre de bouche à oreille [nouvelle] to be passed on/to be spread by word of mouth; ⇒ fendre, vérité;4 ( organe du goût) c'est une fine bouche he's/she's a gourmet;5 ( personne) mouth; avoir trois bouches à nourrir to have three mouths to feed; les bouches inutiles de la société people who are a burden on society;6 (de four, volcan) mouth.bouche d'aération air vent; bouche de chaleur hot-air vent; bouche d'égout manhole; bouche à feu Hist Mil piece of ordnance; bouche d'incendie fire hydrant; bouche de métro tube entrance GB, subway entrance US.faire la fine bouche devant qch to turn one's nose up at sth; garder qch pour la bonne bouche to keep the best till last; ⇒ sept.[buʃ] nom féminindans ta bouche le mot prend toute sa valeur when you say it ou coming from you, the word takes on its full meaningça c'est pour ou je le garde pour la bonne bouchea. [nourriture] I'm keeping this as a treat for laterb. [nouvelle] I'm keeping the best until lastpar le bouche à oreille through the grapevine, by word of mouthil m'a annoncé la bouche en cœur qu'il ne venait plus he gaily announced to me that he was no longer comingil n'a que ce mot/nom à la bouche he only ever talks about one thing/personson nom est sur toutes les bouches her name is on everyone's lips, she's the talk of the townbouche d'air chaud ou de chaleur hot-air ventbouche d'eau ou d'incendie fire hydrantbouche d'arrosage water pipe, standpipebouche d'égout manhole, inspection chamberbouche de métro metro entrance, underground entrance————————bouches nom féminin pluriel[d'un fleuve, d'un détroit] mouth
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