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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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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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boast [bəʊst]1 noun∎ it's his proud boast that he has never lost a game il se vante de n'avoir jamais perdu un jeuse vanter, fanfaronner;∎ failing the exam is nothing to boast about il n'y a pas de quoi se vanter d'avoir raté l'examen;∎ without boasting or wanting to boast sans vouloir me vanter∎ he boasted that he could beat me il s'est vanté de pouvoir me battre∎ the town boasts an excellent symphonic orchestra la ville se glorifie d'avoir un excellent orchestre symphonique;∎ the entire town boasts just one pub il n'y a qu'un seul pub dans toute la ville -
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[bəust] 1. verb(to talk with too much pride: He was always boasting about how clever his son was.) se vanter (de)2. noun(the words used in talking proudly about something: His boast is that he has never yet lost a match.) objet d'orgueil- boastful- boastfully - boastfulness - boasting -
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bluster [ˈblʌstər]( = speak aggressively) tempêter ; ( = boast) fanfaronner2. noun( = bravado) fanfaronnades fpl* * *['blʌstə(r)] 1. 2.1) [wind] souffler en bourrasques -
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8 idle
idle [ˈaɪdl]a. ( = lazy) fainéantb. ( = inactive) [person] inactif ; [employee] désœuvré ; [machinery] à l'arrêt ; [factory] arrêté ; [land] inexploité• to stand idle [machinery, vehicle, factory] être à l'arrêt* * *['aɪdl] 1.1) ( lazy) [person] paresseux/-euse, fainéant2) ( vain) [boast, threat] vain; [curiosity] oiseux/-euse; [chatter] inutile3) ( without occupation) [person] oisif/-ive; [day, hour, moment] de loisir4) ( not functioning) [port, dock, mine] à l'arrêt; [machine] arrêté2.to lie ou stand idle — [machine, factory] être à l'arrêt; [land] rester inexploité
intransitive verb [engine] tourner au ralentiPhrasal Verbs:••the devil makes work for idle hands — Prov l'oisiveté est mère de tous les vices Prov
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10 vapour
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11 clicks-and-mortar
COMPUTING clic et mortier (désigne une entreprise qui existe aussi bien sur l'Internet que dans le réel)E-tailers once ridiculed traditional traders for the sluggishness with which they set up internet sites. However, these " clicks-and-mortar" operations now look best placed to make e-commerce more reliable. They already boast stocked warehouses and supply infrastructure to keep their real world shops in business.
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12 blow one's own trumpet
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13 brag
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14 talk big
(to talk as if one is very important; to boast: He's always talking big about his job.) faire l'important -
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16 idle
A adj2 (vain, pointless) [boast, threat] vain ; [speculation, question, curiosity] oiseux/-euse ; [conversation, chatter, remark] inutile ; it would be idle to attempt to do ce serait vain de tenter de faire ;3 ( without occupation) [person] oisif/-ive ; [day, hour, moment] de loisir ; the idle rich les riches oisifs ; 100 men made idle 100 hommes mis au chômage ;4 ( not functioning) [port, dock, mine] à l'arrêt ; [machine] arrêté ; to lie ou stand idle [machine, factory] être à l'arrêt ; [land] rester inexploité ;5 Fin [capital] dormant.B vi1 [engine] tourner au ralenti ;2 [person] paresser, flemmarder ○.■ idle away:▶ idle away [sth], idle [sth] away passer [qch] à ne rien faire [time, day, hours]. -
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1 ( satisfied) [person, parent, winner] fier/fière (of de ; of doing de faire) ; [owner] heureux/-euse ; to be proud of oneself être fier de soi ; I was proud that I had been chosen j'étais fier d'avoir été choisi ; she is proud that he has won elle est fière qu'il ait gagné ; I'm working-class and proud of it j'appartiens à la classe ouvrière et j'en suis fier ; I hope you're proud of yourself! iron tu peux être fier de toi! iron ; it was his proud boast that he had won the gold medal sa grande fierté était d'avoir gagné la médaille d'or ;3 ( great) [day, moment] grand (before n) ;4 GB ( protruding) protubérant ; fill the hole proud bouchez le trou en laissant une protubérance ; to stand proud of dépasser [crack, hole, surface].to do sb proud ( entertain) traiter qn royalement ; ( praise) faire honneur à qn ; your honesty does you proud ton honnêteté te fait honneur ; to do oneself proud ne rien se refuser. -
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19 swagger
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20 vainglorious
vainglorious adj littér [person] suffisant, vain (after n) ; [boast, assessment, ambition] plein de suffisance.
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boast — vb Boast, brag, vaunt, crow, gasconade mean to give vent in speech to one s pride in oneself or something (as family, connections, race, or accomplishments) intimately connected with oneself. Boast and vaunt are often used transitively as well as … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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Boast — Boast, v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.] 1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale. [1913 Webster] 2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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boast — index bluster (speech), exaggeration, flaunt, include, jactation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
boast — ► VERB 1) talk about oneself with excessive pride. 2) possess (a feature that is a source of pride). ► NOUN ▪ an act of boasting. DERIVATIVES boaster noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary