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boy [bɔɪ]1 noun(a) (male child) garçon m, enfant m;∎ a little boy un petit garçon, un garçonnet;∎ when I was a boy quand j'étais petit ou jeune;∎ be a good boy! sois sage!;∎ you bad boy! vilain!;∎ an Italian boy un petit ou jeune Italien;∎ sit down, my boy assieds-toi, mon petit ou mon grand;∎ I've known them since they were boys je les connais depuis leur enfance ou depuis qu'ils sont petits;∎ boys will be boys les hommes et les garçons sont comme ça et on ne les changera pas;∎ figurative he's just a boy when it comes to women ce n'est encore qu'un gamin quand il s'agit des femmes;∎ he's a mother's boy c'est le petit garçon à sa maman∎ the Smiths' boy le petit Smith∎ that's my boy! je te reconnais bien là!;∎ my dear boy mon cher ami;∎ British how are you, old boy? ça va mon vieux?∎ he likes to think he's one of the boys il aime à croire qu'il fait partie de la bande;∎ a local boy un gars du coin;∎ come on, boys! allons-y les gars!;∎ a nice old boy un vieux monsieur sympathique;∎ a night out with the boys une virée entre copains;∎ familiar the boys in blue les flics mpl;∎ the backroom boys ceux qui restent dans les coulisses;∎ familiar he threatened to send the boys round il a menacé d'envoyer ses gars;∎ familiar the big boys (important men) les grosses légumes fpl;∎ figurative to play with the big boys jouer dans la cour des grands(f) (native servant) boy m, = terme injurieux désignant un servant indigène(h) (used to address dog, horse etc) mon beau;∎ down, boy! couché, mon beau!∎ (oh) boy! dis donc!►► boy band boys band m;Boys' Brigade = organisation protestante de scoutisme pour garçons;Boy's Own = magazine d'aventures du début du siècle, dont le nom évoque toute action digne d'un héros d'aventure;boy wonder petit génie m -
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A n chambre f du fond.B backroom modif [window, ceiling] de la chambre du fond ; the back room boys ou staff les experts qui travaillent dans les coulisses.
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