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bird [bɜ:d]∎ she eats like a bird elle a un appétit d'oiseau;∎ a little bird told me mon petit doigt me l'a dit;∎ strictly for the birds bon pour les imbéciles;∎ euphemism it's time you talked to him about the birds and the bees (facts of life) il serait temps de lui expliquer que les bébés ne naissent pas dans les choux;∎ the bird has flown l'oiseau s'est envolé;∎ familiar to give sb the bird (hiss) huer ou siffler qn□ ; (send packing) envoyer qn paître; American (make fun of) se foutre de la gueule de qn; American (gesture at) faire un doigt d'honneur à qn;∎ proverb birds of a feather flock together qui se ressemble s'assemble;∎ you and your father are birds of a feather toi et ton père, vous ne valez pas mieux l'un que l'autre, toi et ton père, je vous mets dans le même sac;∎ proverb a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras∎ he's a strange bird c'est un drôle d'oiseau;∎ a home bird un(e) casanier(ère);∎ figurative night bird noctambule mf∎ to do bird faire de la taule►► familiar pejorative bird brain tête f de linotte, écervelé(e) m,f;Hunting bird dog chien m d'arrêt (pour le gibier à plumes);bird droppings fiente f;British bird fancier (interested in birds) ornithologue mf amateur; (breeder) aviculteur(trice) m,f;bird of paradise (bird, flower) oiseau m de paradis; also figurative bird of passage oiseau m de passage;bird of prey oiseau m de proie, rapace m;Ornithology bird sanctuary réserve f ou refuge m d'oiseaux -
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à longue queue►► Ornithology long-tailed bird of paradise épimaque m;Ornithology long-tailed cormorant cormoran m africain;Ornithology long-tailed duck canard m de Miquelon, French Canadian cacaoui m;Ornithology long-tailed skua labbe f longicaudeUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > long-tailed
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