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1 cook
cook [kʊk]1. noun[+ food] (faire) cuire• cooked meat(s) ≈ charcuterie f• what's cooking? (inf) ( = what's happening?) qu'est-ce qui se passe ?[+ story, excuse] inventer* * *[kʊk] 1.noun cuisinier/-ière m/f2.transitive verb2) (colloq) ( falsify) trafiquer (colloq), falsifier [data]3.to cook the books — trafiquer (colloq) la comptabilité
intransitive verb [person] cuisiner, faire la cuisine; [vegetable, meat, meal] cuire4.there's something cooking — (colloq) fig il y a quelque chose qui se mijote (colloq)
cooked past participle adjective cuitPhrasal Verbs:- cook up -
2 cook
B vtr1 Culin faire cuire [vegetables, pasta, eggs] ; préparer [meal, meat, fish] (for pour) ; cook for 10 minutes faire cuire pendant 10 minutes ;2 ○ ( falsify) trafiquer ○, falsifier [data, evidence, figures] ; to cook the books trafiquer ○ la comptabilité ;3 ○ US gâcher [chances].C vi1 [person] cuisiner, faire la cuisine ;2 [vegetable, meat, meal] cuire ; the carrots are cooking les carottes sont en train de cuire ;3 ○ ( happen) to be cooking se mijoter ○ ; there's something cooking il y a quelque chose qui se mijote ○.■ cook up ○:▶ cook up [sth] préparer [dish, meal] ; inventer [excuse, story] ; mijoter ○ [plan, scheme]. -
3 skin
1 noun(a) (of person) peau f;∎ to have dark/fair skin avoir la peau brune/claire;∎ to have bad/good skin avoir une vilaine/jolie peau;∎ I always wear cotton next to my skin je porte toujours du coton sur la peau;∎ you're nothing but skin and bone tu n'as que la peau et les os;∎ we're all human under the skin au fond, nous sommes tous humains;∎ she escaped by the skin of her teeth elle l'a échappé belle, elle s'en est tirée de justesse;∎ he got into office by the skin of his teeth il a été élu de justesse;∎ she nearly jumped out of her skin elle a sauté au plafond;∎ familiar it's no skin off my nose ça m'est égal, ce n'est pas mon problème;∎ familiar he really gets under my skin il me tape sur les nerfs, celui-là;∎ familiar I've got her under my skin je l'ai dans la peau;∎ to save one's skin sauver sa peau;∎ to be soaked to the skin être trempé jusqu'aux os;(b) (of animal) peau f;∎ to cast or shed its skin (snake) muer;∎ a crocodile-skin handbag un sac en crocodile∎ potatoes cooked in their skins des pommes de terre en robe de chambre ou des champs(d) (on milk, sauce, pudding) peau f;∎ take the skin off the custard enlevez la peau de la crème anglaise(f) (for wine) outre f(cancer, disease, tone) de la peau∎ figurative if I find him I'll skin him alive si je le trouve, je l'écorche vif;∎ proverb there's more than one way to skin a cat = il y a bien des moyens d'arriver à ses fins(b) (graze → limb) écorcher;∎ I skinned my knee je me suis écorché le genou∎ he got skinned at cards il s'est laissé plumer aux cartes;∎ you've been skinned tu t'es fait avoir ou arnaquer∎ skin me! tape-moi dans la main!very familiar (drums) batterie□ f►► skin cream crème f pour la peau;skin diver plongeur(euse) m,f;skin diving plongée f sous-marine;familiar skin flick film m porno;skin food (UNCOUNT) crème f nourrissante (pour la peau);familiar skin game arnaque f;skin graft greffe f de la peau;∎ to have a skin graft subir une greffe de la peau;skin grafting greffage m de la peau;familiar skin mag revue f porno;skin patch timbre m transdermique;Medicine skin test cuti-réaction f -
4 corn on the cob
(an ear of corn (maize) that is cooked and eaten as a vegetable.) -
5 stringy
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