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1 skin
skin [skɪn]1. nouna. [of person, animal] peau f• she has good/bad skin elle a une jolie/vilaine peau• it's no skin off my nose! (inf!) ( = does not affect me) pour ce que ça me coûte ! ; ( = does not concern me) ce n'est pas mon problème ![+ animal] dépouiller• I'll skin him alive! (inf) je vais l'écorcher tout vif !3. compounds* * *[skɪn] 1.1) ( of person) peau f2) ( of animal) peau f4) (on hot milk, cocoa) peau f2.transitive verb (p prés etc - nn-)1) Culinary dépecer [animal]2) ( graze)••to be ou get soaked to the skin — être trempé jusqu'aux os (colloq)
it's no skin off my nose ou back — (colloq) je m'en balance (colloq)
to keep one's eyes skinned — rester attentif or vigilant
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2 escape
A n1 ( of person) lit évasion f, fuite f (from de ; to vers) ; fig fuite f ; to make good one's escape lit réussir son évasion ; fig réussir à se sauver ; to make an ou one's escape s'évader ; to have a narrow ou lucky escape l'échapper belle ;B vtr1 ( avoid) to escape death/danger/persecution échapper à la mort/au danger/aux persécutions ; to escape responsibility/defeat éviter une responsabilité/la défaite ; to escape detection [person] échapper aux recherches (de la police) ; [fault] ne pas être détecté ; we cannot escape the fact that on ne peut pas ignorer le fait que ; he cannot escape the accusation ou charge il ne peut pas échapper à l'accusation ; to escape reality fuir la réalité ;2 ( elude) [name, fact] échapper à [person] ; to escape sb's attention ou notice échapper à (l'attention de) qn.C vi1 ( get away) lit [person] s'enfuir, s'évader ; [animal] s'échapper (from de) ; fig s'évader ; to escape into ou to somewhere se réfugier quelque part ; to escape unharmed ou without a scratch s'en sortir indemne ; to escape by the skin of one's teeth l'échapper belle ; to (manage to) escape with one's life s'en sortir vivant ; -
3 skin
A n1 ( of person) peau f ; to have dry/greasy/sensitive skin avoir la peau sèche/grasse/sensible ; to wear cotton next to the skin porter du coton à même la peau ;3 Culin (of fruit, vegetable, sausage) peau f ; ( of onion) pelure f ; remove the skin before cooking (of fruit, vegetable) éplucher avant de faire cuire ;4 (on hot milk, cocoa) peau f ;5 (of ship, plane) revêtement m ;6 ○ US ( in handshake) paluche ○ f, pince ○ f ; give ou slip me some skin! serrons-nous la pince ○ ! ;7 ◑ ( cigarette paper) papier m à cigarette.1 Culin dépecer [animal] ;2 ( graze) to skin one's knee/elbow s'écorcher le genou/coude ;3 ○ US ( swindle) plumer ○ ;4 ○ US ( cut hair) scalper.to be nothing but skin and bones n'avoir que la peau sur les os ; to get under sb's skin taper sur les nerfs de qn ; I've got you under my skin je t'ai dans la peau ○ ; to have a thick/thin skin avoir une peau d'éléphant ○ /l'épiderme sensible ○ ; to jump out of one's skin sauter au plafond ○ ; to save one's (own) skin sauver sa peau ○ ; to be ou get soaked to the skin être trempé jusqu'aux os ○ ; to skin sb alive écorcher qn vif ; it's no skin off my nose ou back ○ je m'en balance ○ ; to keep one's eyes skinned rester attentif or vigilant ; by the skin of one's teeth [manage, pass, survive] de justesse ; to escape ou avoid disaster by the skin of one's teeth l'échapper belle.
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