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1 boîte
boîte° [bwat]1. feminine noun• ferme ta boîte ! shut your gob! (inf)2. compounds► boîte à or aux lettres (publique) post box (Brit), mailbox (US) ; (privée) letter box (Brit), mailbox (US)• mettre une lettre à la boîte (aux lettres) to post (Brit) or mail (US) a letter ► boîte à lettres électronique electronic mailbox* * *bwatpetits pois en boîte — tinned peas GB, canned peas
mise en boîte — Industrie canning [U]
2) (colloq) ( cabaret) nightcluballer or sortir en boîte — ( une fois) to go out to a nightclub; ( d'habitude) to go clubbing
3) (colloq) ( entreprise) firm; ( bureau) office; ( école) school•Phrasal Verbs:••mettre quelqu'un en boîte — (colloq) to tease somebody
* * *bwat nf1) (en carton, en bois) boxmettre qn en boîte * — to wind sb up * to pull sb's leg
2) (boîte de conserve) tin Grande-Bretagne canaliments en boîte — canned foods, tinned foods Grande-Bretagne
des petits pois en boîte — tinned peas Grande-Bretagne canned peas
une boîte de sardines — a can of sardines, a tin of sardines Grande-Bretagne
une boîte de petits pois — a can of peas, a tin of peas Grande-Bretagne
3) * (= entreprise) company4) (= night-club) nightclub* * *boîte nf1 gén box; ( en métal) tin; ( de conserve) tin GB, can; boîte de cigares box of cigars; boîte à chaussures shoe box; petits pois en boîte tinned peas GB, canned peas; mettre des fruits en boîte to can fruit; mise en boîte Ind canning ¢; ⇒ diable;2 ○( cabaret) nightclub; aller or sortir en boîte ( une fois) to go out to a nightclub; ( d'habitude) to go clubbing;3 ○( entreprise) firm; ( bureau) office; ( école) school; j'en ai marre de cette boîte○ I'm fed up with this place.boîte d'allumettes ( pleine) box of matches; ( vide) matchbox; boîte automatique Aut automatic gearbox GB ou transmission; boîte à bachot○ Scol crammer○ GB, prep school US; boîte à biscuits biscuit tin; boîte de conserve tin GB, can; boîte de couleurs Art paint box; boîte crânienne Anat cranium; boîte expressive Mus swell box; boîte à fusibles fuse box; boîte à gants Aut glove compartment; boîte à idées suggestion box; boîte à or aux lettres Postes post box GB, mailbox US; fig ( personne) go-between; ( adresse fictive) accommodation address; boîte à or aux lettres électronique electronic mailbox; boîte à malice bag of tricks; boîte à musique Mus musical box GB, music box US; boîte noire Aviat black box; boîte de nuit nightclub; boîte à œufs egg box; boîte à onglets mitreGB box; boîte à ordures ( d'intérieur) rubbish bin GB, garbage can US; boîte à outils toolbox; boîte à ouvrage Cout sewing box; boîte de Pétri Biol Petri dish; boîte à pilules pillbox; boîte postale, BP Postes PO Box; boîte de raccordement junction box; boîte à rythmes Mus drum machine; boîte à thé tea caddy; boîte de vitesses (automatique/mécanique) (automatic/manual) gearbox; boîte vocale voice mail box.mettre qn en boîte○ to tease sb.[bwat] nom féminin1. [récipient - à couvercle, à fente] boxa. [pleine] box of matchesb. [vide] matchboxboîte à outils tool box, toolkit2. [pour aliments]3. [contenu - d'un récipient à couvercle, à fente] box, boxful ; [ - d'une conserve] tinful (UK), canful4. [pour le courrier]boîte (à) ou aux lettres5. AÉRONAUTIQUE & AUTOMOBILE6. (familier) [discothèque]7. (familier) [lieu de travail] office[lycée] school8. ANATOMIE9. AUTOMOBILE10. MUSIQUE11. INFORMATIQUEb. [avec 'oui' et 'non'] confirm box————————en boîte locution adjectivale————————en boîte locution adverbiale1. INDUSTRIE & CUISINEmettre des fruits en boîte to preserve ou to tin fruit2. (familier & locution) -
2 boîte à bac
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3 bachot
n. m. (abbr. baccalauréat): The exam of that name. Une boîte à bachot (sch.): A 'crammer's', a 'cramming shop' (the kind of establishment where backward pupils get some 'force-fed' education). -
4 boîte
n. f.1. Place of work. (The connotations of the word range from the uncommitted to the pejorative according to context.)2. (abbr. boîte de nuii): Night-club.3. Boîte à bac: 'Crammer', 'cramming-shop', expensive fee-paying school for the sons of the idle rich.4. Mettre une lettre à la boîte: To post a letter.5. Mettre quelqu'un en boîte (fig.): To 'pull someone's leg', to 'have someone on', to try and make a fool of someone. Mise en boîte: 'Leg-pull', hoax.6. Boîte à sel (th.): Box-office.7. Boîte à dominos:a 'Wooden overcoat', coffin.b 'Trap', 'gob', mouth.8. Ferme ta boîte! Shut your gob! — Shut up!9. Boîte à ragoût: 'Bread-basket', belly.10. Boîtes à lolo: 'Tits', 'boobs', breasts.11. Boîte à ouvrage: 'Fanny', 'pussy', vagina. -
5 marchand
n. m.1. Marchand de bobards: 'Con-man', confidence trickster.a 'Chalkie', schoolteacher.b 'Egghead', academic pedant.5. Marchand de sommeil: Hotel proprietor.6. Marchand de soupe (pej.):a Restaurateur catering for the masses rather than with quality in mind.b Headmaster of a crammer. -
6 soupe
n. f.1. 'Grub', food. Etre de soupe (mil.): To be on cookhouse fatigue. Aller à la soupe: To go for one's nosh.2. 'Slush', wet and very soft snow.3. Un gros plein de soupe (pej.): A big fat slob. (The derogatory nature of the appellation lies not so much in contempt for outsize people, as in the erroneous assumption that they are big-heads and that they 'throw their weight about'!)4. Etre trempé comme une soupe: To be 'wringing wet', to be soaked to the skin.5. Etre soupe au lait: To get into a huff at the drop of a cross word (literally to rise at the slightest provocation like milk on the boil).7. Servir la soupe (th.): To hold a very minor part in a production (to be something like a standard- bearer in a Shakespearean drama).8. Etre le dernier pour la soupe (joc. & iron.): To miss out where the better things of life are concerned. (This expression is very much in tune with the hackneyed story of the private complaining to his sergeant that he did not often get a leave-pass, adding: 'My name is Wimpole'— to this the sergeant replied 'lf your name had been Arse-hole, Bum-hole or Cunt- hole you'd have had a chance, but being Wimpole you come last!')9. Par ici la bonne soupe! (iron.): (If it's a fight you're after) come and get it! (This belligerent taunt is usually uttered by hotheads, boastful bullies and the like.)10. Marchand de soupe (pej.):a Restaurateur. (As the appellation suggests, hardly the keeper of a three-star establishment.)b Headmaster of a crammer. (Academic whose objective seems to be a healthy turn-over of pupils, i.e., large profits rather than the imparting of knowledge.)c Any businessman whose primary objective is a large turn-over and quick profits.11. Faire de la soupe (Musicians' slang): To prostitute one's talents by working for a sub-standard band or outfit churning out Muzak-like tunes for popular consumption.12. Donner la soupe à quelqu'un: To show a clean pair of heels to an adversary in the race for success.13. Avoir soupe de¼: To be fed-up with¼, to have had enough of someone or something. J'en ai soupe de sa fiole! I'm sick and tired of seeing his face around!14. La soupe sera bonne! (joc. & iron.): This incongruous remark is directed at anyone who is picking his nose or scratching his behind.15. (also pl.): Abominable substances ingurgitated by perverts and the scatologicallyminded. -
7 usine
n. f.1. Aller à l'usine (joc.): To go to work. (To have any in-built humour, the expression must refer to 'non-factory' work.)2. Usine à bachot: 'Crammer', 'crammingshop', fee-paying school for the idle offspring of the rich (also: boîte à bac).
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Crammer — Cram mer (kr[a^]m m[ e]r), n. One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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crammer — [[t]kræ̱mə(r)[/t]] crammers N COUNT A crammer is a school, teacher, or book which prepares students for an exam by teaching them a lot in a short time. [BRIT] … English dictionary
crammer — noun see cram I … New Collegiate Dictionary
crammer — See cram. * * * … Universalium
crammer — noun a) A book used for accelerated study in preparation for an exam b) A student who is studying hard for an exam … Wiktionary
crammer — cram|mer [ˈkræmə US ər] n BrE a special school that prepares people quickly for examinations … Dictionary of contemporary English
crammer — cram·mer || kræmÉ™ n. one who stuffs or crams … English contemporary dictionary
crammer — noun Brit. a college or school that prepares pupils intensively for a particular examination … English new terms dictionary
crammer — noun (C) BrE a special school that prepares people quickly for examinations … Longman dictionary of contemporary English