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bone [bəʊn]1. noun[+ meat, fowl] désosser ; [+ fish] ôter les arêtes de3. compounds[buttons, handle] en os* * *[bəʊn] 1.1) (of human, animal) os m; ( of fish) arête fchicken on/off the bone — poulet à l'os/désossé
2) ( in corset etc) baleine f2.bones plural noun1) ( animal skeleton) ossements mpl2) ( human remains) ( in archeology) ossements mpl humains3.transitive verb Culinary désosser [joint, chicken]; enlever les arêtes de [fish]Phrasal Verbs:••bone of contention — sujet m de dispute, pomme f de discorde
close to the bone — ( wounding) blessant; ( racy) osé
sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) — ≈ les chiens aboient, la caravane passe
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bone [bəʊn]1 noun∎ the handle was made from bone le manche était en os;∎ she's got good bone structure elle a les pommettes saillantes;∎ her finger was cut to the bone elle s'est coupé le doigt jusqu'à l'os;∎ to work one's fingers to the bone se tuer au travail;∎ to be as dry as a bone (earth) être desséché; (well) être à sec; (washing) être complètement sec (sèche);∎ bone of contention pomme f de discorde;∎ chilled or frozen to the bone glacé jusqu'à la moelle (des os);∎ his comments were a bit close to or near the bone ses commentaires frôlaient l'indécence;∎ I have a bone to pick with you j'ai un compte à régler avec toi;∎ he hasn't got a suspicious/generous bone in his body il n'est pas méfiant/généreux pour un sou;∎ there's trouble ahead, I can feel it in my bones quelque chose me dit qu'il va y avoir du grabuge;∎ to make no bones about doing sth ne pas hésiter à faire qch;∎ he made no bones about it il y est allé carrément, il n'y est pas allé par quatre chemins;∎ she made no bones about her displeasure elle n'a pas caché son mécontentement;∎ he'll never make old bones il ne fera sûrement pas de vieux os;∎ he's nothing but skin and bone or bones, he's nothing but a bag of bones il est maigre comme un clou(c) (essential) essentiel m;∎ the bare bones of sth l'essentiel de qch;∎ to cut spending down to the bone réduire les dépenses au strict minimum4 bones∎ to lay sb's bones to rest enterrer qn2 noun∎ the bones le toubib►► Ceramics bone china porcelaine f tendre;Anatomy bone marrow moelle f;Medicine bone marrow transplant greffe f de moelle;Agriculture bone meal engrais m (de cendres d'os)∎ to bone up on sth potasser qch -
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2 fig [regime, structure] déliquescent, qui commence à craquer.
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