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A n1 ( breasts) poitrine f ;2 Art buste m ;C adj ○1 ( broken) fichu ○, foutu ◑ ;1 ( break) bousiller ○ [machine, object] ;2 [police] ( break up) démanteler [organization, drugs ring etc] ; ( raid) faire une descente dans [premises] ; ( arrest) épingler ○ [suspect] ;3 ( financially) ruiner [person, firm] ;6 US dresser [horse] ;7 ○ = burst B.1 Brighton or bust! c'est parti pour Brighton, quoi qu'il arrive! ;2 = burst C.to bust a gut doing sth ○ se donner un mal de chien ○ pour faire qch ; to bust one's ass doing sth ◑ se casser le cul ◑ pour faire qch.■ bust up ○:▶ bust [sth] up, bust up [sth] flanquer en l'air ○ [meeting, party, relationship]. -
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∎ to go bust faire faillite□∎ I'm bust je suis fauché∎ or bust! = expression indiquant la détermination à arriver quelque part2 noun∎ a large bust une forte poitrine;∎ she has a small bust elle a peu de poitrine;∎ what (size) bust are you? combien est-ce que vous faites de tour de poitrine?∎ there was a big drugs bust in Chicago il y a eu un beau coup de filet chez les trafiquants de drogue de Chicago∎ figurative to bust a gut or blood vessel se casser la nénette;∎ American very familiar to bust one's ass doing sth se crever ou se casser le cul à faire qch;∎ American very familiar I'm not going to bust my ass for him! je ne vais pas me casser le cul pour lui!∎ he was busted on a drugs charge il s'est fait choper ou embarquer pour une affaire de drogue;∎ the police busted the house at 3 a.m. la police a fait une descente dans la maison à 3 heures du matin∎ he got busted to sergeant il est repassé sergent∎ you're busted! je t'y prends!, je t'ai eu!∎ American to be busting to do sth crever d'envie de faire qch∎ three prisoners have busted out (of jail) trois prisonniers se sont fait la belle ou la paire(a) (boyfriend, girlfriend) rompre (après une dispute)□ ;∎ he's bust up with his girlfriend il a rompu avec sa copine après une engueulade∎ demonstrators busted up the meeting des manifestants sont venus semer la pagaïe dans la réunion(b) (damage, destroy → bar, flat) saccager -
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bust [bʌst]1. nouna. ( = chest) poitrine fb. ( = sculpture) buste m2. adjectiveb. ( = arrest) (inf!) arrêter ; ( = raid) (inf!) perquisitionner4. compounds• to have a bust-up with sb s'engueuler avec qn (inf !)* * *[bʌst] 1.1) ( breasts) poitrine f2) Art buste m3) (colloq) US ( binge)to go on the bust — faire la bringue (colloq)
4) (colloq) US ( failure) ( person) raté/-e m/f; (business, career) échec m; Economics effondrement m5) (colloq) ( police raid) rafle f; ( arrest) arrestation f2.noun modifierbust size —
3.bust measurement — tour m de poitrine
adjective (colloq)1) ( broken) fichu (colloq)2) ( bankrupt)4.1) ( break) bousiller (colloq)2) ( break up) démanteler [drugs ring]; ( raid) faire une descente dans [premises]; ( arrest) épingler (colloq) [suspect]3) ( financially) ruiner [person, firm]4) (colloq) US ( demote) rétrograder [soldier, policeman] (to au rang de)5.Phrasal Verbs:- bust up••to bust a gut doing — (colloq) se donner un mal de chien (colloq) pour faire
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(colloq)bust up [couple] rompre; [friends] se brouiller; bust [something] up, bust up [something] flanquer [quelque chose] en l'air (colloq) [party, relationship] -
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∎ to go bust faire faillite;∎ the company went bust after a year l'entreprise a fait faillite au bout d'un an -
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1.1) Econ. marasme; crise; recession2) EU [fam.] echec; faillite3) arg., EU descente de police/coup de filet; saisie de drogues2. to bust[Police] faire une descente; arreter qqn; arg. serrer, gauler, choper, alpaguer un malfratEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > bust
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EU [fam.] banque en cessation de paiements/en failliteEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > bust bank
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14 baby bust
[D] [m.] effondrement de la natalitéEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > baby bust
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15 boom-bust cycle
[con.] phase d'essor suivie d'une récession; cycle expansion-récessionEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > boom-bust cycle
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16 to bust out
EU[fam.]1) s'evader (de prison); se faire la belle2) echouer [a un examen] ; perdre tout son argentEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to bust out
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17 drug bust
Stups. descente de police chez des trafiquants de droguesEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > drug bust
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18 to go bust
EU [fam.] faire faillite; etre ruine, se retrouver sans le souEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to go bust
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19 to make a bust
[Police] faire une descente [de police] ; opérer un coup de filetEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to make a bust
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20 ample
ample [ˈæmpl]a. ( = more than adequate) that's ample c'est amplement suffisantb. ( = large) [bust] généreux ; [garment] ample* * *['æmpl]2) ( of generous size) [proportions, bust] généreux/-euse; [garment] large
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Bust — Bust … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bust — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bust Escudo … Wikipedia Español
bust-up — ˈbust up noun [countable] 1. when a unit such as a company or department is broken into parts 2. JOURNALISM when people disagree strongly: • a boardroom bust up, when the chief executive walked out after six weeks in the job * * * bust up UK US… … Financial and business terms
bust-up — n informal 1.) the end of a relationship bust up of ▪ the bust up of their marriage →bust up at ↑bust1 2.) BrE a very bad quarrel or fight ▪ Cathy and I had a real bust up yesterday … Dictionary of contemporary English
bust-up — bust ups 1) N COUNT A bust up is a serious quarrel, often resulting in the end of a relationship. [INFORMAL] She had had this bust up with her family. Syn: row 2) N COUNT A bust up is a fight. [BRIT, INFORMAL] ...a bust up which she says left her … English dictionary
bust — [n1] chest of human bosom, breast, chest, front; concept 392 bust [n2] arrest for illegal action apprehension, arrest, capture, cop, detention, nab, pickup, pinch, raid, search, seizure; concepts 298,317 Ant. exoneration bust [v1] … New thesaurus
bust — ust (b[u^]st), v. i. 1. To break or burst. [informal] [PJC] 2. (Card Playing) In blackjack, to draw a card that causes one s total to exceed twenty one. [PJC] 3. To go bankrupt. [PJC] {to go bust} to go bankrupt. {or bust} or collapse from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bust — may refer to: * Bust (sculpture), a sculpture depicting a person s head and shoulders * Bust (magazine), a feminist pop culture magazine * An alternative term for an arrest. * An alternative term for human breasts. * A song by Outkast from… … Wikipedia
bust — Ⅰ. bust [1] ► NOUN 1) a woman s breasts. 2) a sculpture of a person s head, shoulders, and chest. ORIGIN French buste, from Latin bustum tomb, sepulchral monument . Ⅱ. bust [2] informal … English terms dictionary
bust — bust1 [bust] n. [Fr buste < It busto] 1. a piece of sculpture representing the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a human body 2. the human bosom; esp., the breasts of a woman SYN. BREAST bust2 [bust] Informal vt. [orig., dial. var. of … English World dictionary
bust|ed — «BUHS tihd», adjective. 1. Slang. broken. 2. Informal. ruined; bankrupt. busted, combining form. having a bust: »Full busted = having a full bust … Useful english dictionary