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A n1 ( reading matter) livre m, bouquin ○ m (about sur) ; history book livre d'histoire ; a book of un recueil de [quotations, poems, proverbs] ; ‘Carlton Books’ ( title of firm) ‘Éditions fpl Carlton’ ;2 (division, part) (of novel, trilogy) livre m, tome m ; (of poem, epic, bible) livre m ; the Book of Genesis/of Kings le livre de la Genèse/des Rois ;5 (of cheques, tickets, vouchers, stamps) carnet m ; book of matches pochette f d'allumettes ; book of needles porte-aiguilles m ;6 ( in betting) to keep a book on prendre des paris sur ; to open ou start a book on ouvrir les paris sur ;9 ( opera libretto) livret m.1 Accts, Comm livres mpl de comptes, comptabilité f ¢ ; to keep the firm's books tenir les livres or les comptes de l'entreprise, s'occuper de la comptabilité de l'entreprise ;2 Admin ( records) registre m ; to be on the books of être inscrit à [club, organization] ; we have many small businesses on our books nous avons beaucoup de petites entreprises dans nos fichiers.C vtr1 ( reserve) réserver, retenir [table, seat, room, cabin, ticket] ; faire les réservations pour [holiday] ; réserver [taxi] ; engager [babysitter, driver, entertainer] ; to book sth for sb, to book sb sth réserver qch pour qn ; to book sb into a hotel réserver une chambre dans un hôtel pour qn ; I've booked him a room, I've booked him into a hotel je lui ai reservé une chambre (dans un hôtel) ; to be fully booked être complet/-ète ; Saturday's performance is fully booked c'est complet pour samedi soir, on joue à guichets fermés samedi soir ; my Tuesday afternoons are booked je suis pris le mardi après-midi ; I'm fully booked this week je suis pris tous les jours cette semaine ;2 ( charge) [policeman] dresser un procès-verbal or un P.V. ○ à [motorist, offender] ; US ( arrest) arrêter [suspect] ; he was booked for speeding il a été poursuivi pour excès de vitesse ;3 GB Sport [referee] donner un carton jaune à [player] ; two players were booked deux joueurs ont reçu un carton jaune ;4 Comm, Fin inscrire [order] ; to book goods to sb's account mettre des marchandises sur le compte de qn.I can read her like a book, she is (like) an open book to me elle ne peut rien me cacher ; his past is an open book il n'a rien à cacher sur son passé ; economics is a closed book to me je ne connais rien à l'économie ; she is a closed book to me je n'arrive pas à la comprendre ; to throw the book at sb ( reprimand) passer un savon ○ à qn ; ( accuse) n'omettre aucun chef d'accusation (quand on arrête qn) ; ( punish or sentence) donner le maximum à qn ; to be in sb's good books être dans les petits papiers de qn ○ ; to be in sb's bad books ne pas avoir la cote avec qn ; in my book ○ it's a crime à mon avis or d'après moi c'est un crime ; to bring sb to book demander des comptes à qn, faire rendre des comptes à qn (for pour) ; here's one for the book! on s'en souviendra! ; you shouldn't judge a book by its cover ≈ l'habit ne fait pas le moine.■ book in:▶ book in GB ( at hotel) ( check in) se présenter à la réception ; ( make reservation) réserver une chambre ; we booked into the hotel at 3 o'clock nous sommes arrivés à l'hôtel à trois heures ;▶ book [sb] in réserver une chambre pour.■ book up: tourists have booked up all the rooms avec les touristes, il n'y a plus une chambre de libre ; to be booked up être complet/-ète ; the hotel is booked up until next month l'hôtel est complet jusqu'au mois prochain ; I'm booked up every evening next week je suis pris tous les soirs la semaine prochaine.
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