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boast [bəʊst]1. noun• it is their boast that... ils se vantent que... + subj( = possess) posséder* * *[bəʊst] 1.noun vantardise f2.it was an empty ou idle boast — c'était du bluff
transitive verb3.intransitive verb se vanter ( about de)nothing to boast about — ( something good) rien de bien extraordinaire; ( something bad) pas de quoi se vanter
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A n1 vantardise f ; it is his boast that he is never late il se vante de ne jamais être en retard ; it was an empty ou idle boast c'était du bluff ; it is our proud boast that… nous sommes fiers que… ;B vtr: the town boasts a beautiful church la ville s'enorgueillit d'une belle église ; the computer boasts two floppy disk drives l'ordinateur est équipé de deux lecteurs de disquettes ; ‘I have six medals’, she boasted ‘j'ai six médailles’, dit-elle en fanfaronnant.C vi1 se vanter (about de) ; to boast of being se vanter d'être ; she said it quite without boasting elle l'a dit sans vouloir se vanter ; without boasting sans vouloir me/se etc vanter ; nothing to boast about ( sth good) rien de bien extraordinaire ; ( sth bad) pas de quoi se vanter ;2 ( in squash) faire un boast.
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