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A n1 (of human, animal) os m ; ( of fish) arête f ; made of bone en os ; chicken on/off the bone poulet à l'os/désossé ; to break a bone casser un os ; to break every bone in one's body se rompre les os ; I'll break every bone in his body! je vais lui tordre le cou! ; no bones broken rien de cassé ; he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body il n'a pas une once de romantisme/jalousie ;2 ( in corset etc) baleine f ;3 ○ ( trombone) trombone m.1 ( animal skeleton) ossements mpl ;2 ( human remains) ( in archeology) ossements mpl humains ; to lay sb's bones to rest enterrer la dépouille de qn ; my old bones ○ mes vieux os ○ ; he'll never make old bones il ne fera pas de vieux os ;D vtr2 ( reinforce) consolider [corset, bodice].bone of contention sujet m de dispute, pomme f de discorde ; close to the bone ( wounding) blessant ; ( racy) osé ; to be a bag of bones être un sac d'os ○ ; to cut sth to the bone réduire qch au minimum ; to feel sth in one's bones avoir le pressentiment de qch ; to have a bone to pick with sb avoir un compte à régler avec qn ; to make no bones about sth ne pas cacher qch ; sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) Prov ≈ les chiens aboient, la caravane passe Prov ; to work one's fingers to the bone se crever à la tâche ○.■ bone up on ○:▶ bone up on [sth] potasser ○ [subject].
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