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1 os
os (plural os) [ɔs, o]1. masculine nouna. bone2. compounds* * *ɔs, pl onom masculin invariable1) ( élément) bonen'avoir que la peau sur les os — (colloq) to be all skin and bone
se rompre les os — (colloq) to break one's neck (colloq)
de la viande vendue avec/sans os — meat sold on/off the bone
2) ( matière) bone•Phrasal Verbs:••il y a un os — (colloq) there's a hitch
jusqu'à l'os — (colloq) completely
tomber sur un os — (colloq) to come across a snag
être trempé jusqu' aux os — (colloq) to be soaked to the skin (colloq)
* * *oɛs abr nmSee:ouvrier spécialisé* * *osA nm inv1 ( élément) bone; avoir de gros os to be big-boned; en chair et en os in the flesh; n'avoir que la peau sur les os○ to be all skin and bone; se rompre les os○ to break one's neck○; de la viande vendue avec/sans os meat sold on/off the bone;2 ( matière) bone; un peigne/manche de couteau en os a bone comb/knife handle; un couteau avec un manche en os a bone-handled knife;3 Géol esker.l'avoir dans l'os◑ to be screwed◑, to be unlucky; il y a un os○ there's a hitch; jusqu'à l'os○ completely; donner un os à ronger à qn○ to keep sb busy; tomber sur un os○ to come across a snag; être trempé jusqu'aux os○ to be soaked to the skin○; s'il continue à boire ainsi, il ne va pas faire de vieux os ( ne pas vivre longtemps) if he goes on drinking like this, he'll never make old bones; je ne vais pas faire de vieux os ici ( ne pas s'éterniser) I'm not going to hang around here forever.[ɔs, pluriel o ] nom masculinêtre gelé/trempé jusqu'aux os to be frozen to the marrow/soaked to the skinc'est un sac ou paquet ou tas d'os she's a bag of bones, she's just skin and bonesa. (très familier) [il n'a pas réussi] he got egg on his face!b. [il s'est fait escroquer] he's been had!poulet sans os boneless chicken, boned chickendonner un os à ronger à quelqu'un to give somebody something to keep him/her quiet3. (familier) [difficulté]il y a un os there's a snag ou hitchelle est tombée sur ou elle a trouvé un os she came across ou she hit a snag -
2 OS
os (plural os) [ɔs, o]1. masculine nouna. bone2. compounds* * *ɔs, pl onom masculin invariable1) ( élément) bonen'avoir que la peau sur les os — (colloq) to be all skin and bone
se rompre les os — (colloq) to break one's neck (colloq)
de la viande vendue avec/sans os — meat sold on/off the bone
2) ( matière) bone•Phrasal Verbs:••il y a un os — (colloq) there's a hitch
jusqu'à l'os — (colloq) completely
tomber sur un os — (colloq) to come across a snag
être trempé jusqu' aux os — (colloq) to be soaked to the skin (colloq)
* * *oɛs abr nmSee:ouvrier spécialisé* * *osA nm inv1 ( élément) bone; avoir de gros os to be big-boned; en chair et en os in the flesh; n'avoir que la peau sur les os○ to be all skin and bone; se rompre les os○ to break one's neck○; de la viande vendue avec/sans os meat sold on/off the bone;2 ( matière) bone; un peigne/manche de couteau en os a bone comb/knife handle; un couteau avec un manche en os a bone-handled knife;3 Géol esker.l'avoir dans l'os◑ to be screwed◑, to be unlucky; il y a un os○ there's a hitch; jusqu'à l'os○ completely; donner un os à ronger à qn○ to keep sb busy; tomber sur un os○ to come across a snag; être trempé jusqu'aux os○ to be soaked to the skin○; s'il continue à boire ainsi, il ne va pas faire de vieux os ( ne pas vivre longtemps) if he goes on drinking like this, he'll never make old bones; je ne vais pas faire de vieux os ici ( ne pas s'éterniser) I'm not going to hang around here forever.nom masculin→ link=ouvrierouvrier spécialisé -
3 démêler
démêler [demele]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verbb. [+ problème, situation] to sort out* * *demele
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1) lit to disentangle [fils, pelote]; to untangle [cheveux]
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se démêler verbe pronominal1) ( être clarifié) [situation] to get sorted out2) ( se dépêtrer) [personne]* * *demele vt1) [fils, cheveux] to untangle2) [affaire] to get to the bottom of* * *démêler verb table: aimerA vtr2 fig ( éclaircir) to sort out [affaire, situation]; démêler le vrai du faux to sort out truth from falsehood; démêler la part de responsabilité de chacun to sort out everyone's responsibilities; démêler les fils d'une intrigue to unravel the threads of a plot; je n'arrive pas à démêler le sens du message I can't make out what the message means.B se démêler vpr1 ( être clarifié) [situation] to get sorted out;2 ( se dépêtrer) [personne] se démêler de qch to extricate oneself from sth.[demele] verbe transitif2. [éclaircir - mystère, affaire] to clear up (separable), to disentangle, to see through (inseparable)démêler la vérité du mensonge ou le vrai du faux to disentangle truth from falsehood, to sift out the truth from the lies3. (littéraire & locution)————————se démêler verbe pronominal (emploi passif)
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