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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 -
2 frozen
B adj1 [lake, ground, person, fingers, pipe] gelé ; I'm frozen je suis gelé ; to be frozen stiff ou to the bone être transi de froid ; the frozen North le Grand Nord ;2 fig to be frozen with fear être paralysé par la peur ; to be frozen to the spot être cloué sur place ;5 Med [embryo] congelé. -
3 marrow
marrow [ˈmærəʊ]• baby marrow courgette f* * *['mærəʊ]1) Anatomy moelle f2) GB Botany courge fbaby marrow — GB courgette f
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frozen to the bone — chilled/frozen/to the bone phrase feeling very cold in every part of your body Thesaurus: feeling very coldsynonym Main entry: bone … Useful english dictionary
chilled to the bone — chilled/frozen/to the bone phrase feeling very cold in every part of your body Thesaurus: feeling very coldsynonym Main entry: bone … Useful english dictionary
frozen to the marrow — chilled to the bone, very cold … English contemporary dictionary
to the bone — 1. To the inmost part 2. To the minimum • • • Main Entry: ↑bone * * * 1) (of a wound) so deep as to expose a person s bone his thigh had been axed open to the bone | figurative his contempt cut her to the bone ■ (esp. of cold) affecting a p … Useful english dictionary
bone — n. part of a skeleton 1) to set a (broken) bone 2) to break, fracture a bone 3) a (broken) bone knits 4) to the bone (chilled/frozen to the bone) complaint (colloq.) 5) to pick a bone with smb. * * * [bəʊn] a castrated male bone is a gelding a… … Combinatory dictionary
frozen — [[t]fro͟ʊz(ə)n[/t]] 1) Frozen is the past participle of freeze. 2) ADJ If the ground is frozen it has become very hard because the weather is very cold. It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard. ...the frozen bleakness of the Far… … English dictionary
bone — bone1 W2S2 [bəun US boun] n [: Old English; Origin: ban] 1.) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body ▪ The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bone — 1 noun 1 BODY (C) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human or animal body: The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. | thigh/cheek/jaw etc bone (=the bone in your thigh etc): very prominent cheek bones | big… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bone — bone1 [ boun ] noun *** 1. ) count one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton: She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook the fish, then carefully remove the bones. He was thin,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bone — I UK [bəʊn] / US [boʊn] noun Word forms bone : singular bone plural bones *** 1) [countable] one of the hard parts that form a frame inside the body of a human or animal. This frame is called a skeleton She fell and broke a bone in her foot. Cook … English dictionary
bone*/*/ — [bəʊn] noun I 1) [C] one of the hard parts that form the frame inside your body She fell and broke a bone in her foot.[/ex] 2) [U] the substance that bones are made of • a bone of contention a subject that people disagree about[/ex] The main bone … Dictionary for writing and speaking English