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1 boast
A n1 vantardise f ; it is his boast that he is never late il se vante de ne jamais être en retard ; it was an empty ou idle boast c'était du bluff ; it is our proud boast that… nous sommes fiers que… ;B vtr: the town boasts a beautiful church la ville s'enorgueillit d'une belle église ; the computer boasts two floppy disk drives l'ordinateur est équipé de deux lecteurs de disquettes ; ‘I have six medals’, she boasted ‘j'ai six médailles’, dit-elle en fanfaronnant.C vi1 se vanter (about de) ; to boast of being se vanter d'être ; she said it quite without boasting elle l'a dit sans vouloir se vanter ; without boasting sans vouloir me/se etc vanter ; nothing to boast about ( sth good) rien de bien extraordinaire ; ( sth bad) pas de quoi se vanter ;2 ( in squash) faire un boast. -
2 shout
shout [ʃaʊt]1 noun∎ I heard a shout of joy j'ai entendu un cri de joie;∎ familiar give me a shout if you need a hand appelle-moi si tu as besoin d'un coup de main;∎ familiar give me a shout over the weekend (phone me) appelle-moi ce week-end∎ whose shout is it? c'est à qui de payer la tournée?;∎ it's my shout c'est ma tournée∎ there's no need to shout, I can hear you pas besoin de crier comme ça, je ne suis pas sourd;∎ to shout at the top of one's voice crier à tue-tête;∎ to shout (out) for help appeler au secours;∎ he shouted (out) to her to be careful il lui a crié de faire attention;∎ he shouted at me for being late il a crié parce que j'étais en retard;∎ don't shout at me! baisse le ton!;∎ figurative it's nothing to shout about (to boast about) il n'y a pas de quoi se vanter;∎ familiar my new job is nothing to shout about mon nouveau travail n'a rien de bien passionnant□∎ I'll shout c'est ma tournée□∎ the sergeant shouted (out) an order le sergent hurla un ordre;∎ they shouted themselves hoarse ils crièrent jusqu'à en perdre la voix∎ to shout sb a meal inviter qn□∎ she was shouted down les gens ont hurlé tellement fort qu'elle n'a pas pu parler
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