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lion ['laɪən]1 noun∎ to fight like a lion se battre comme un lion;∎ to put one's head in the lion's mouth se jeter dans la gueule du loup;∎ born under the sign of the lion né sous le signe du Lion;∎ the lion's share la part du lion∎ a literary lion un grand nom de la littérature∎ Sport the Lions = équipe de rugby à quinze constituée des joueurs sélectionnés dans les quatre équipes nationales (Angleterre, pays de Galles, Écosse et Irlande)►► Lions Club = association caritative internationale regroupant des entreprises et des membres des professions libérales;lion cub lionceau m;the lion's den l'antre m du lion;lion house (at zoo) fauverie f;lion hunter chasseur m de lions;lion tamer dompteur(euse) m,f (de lions) -
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lion n2 literary lion célébrité f littéraire.the lion lies down with the lamb c'est le lion à côté de l'agneau ; to put one's head in the lion's jaws ou mouth se jeter dans la gueule du loup ; to take the lion's share se tailler la part du lion ; the lion's share of the funding has gone to the opera l'opéra a obtenu la plus grosse partie des subventions. ⇒ beard. -
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1. noun(plural mouths)• shut your mouth! (inf!) ferme-la ! (inf !)• me and my big mouth! (inf) j'ai encore perdu une occasion de me taire !b. (insincerely) [+ platitudes, rhetoric] débiter3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque mouth est un nom, le th final se prononce comme dans both: maʊθ ; lorsque c'est un verbe, il se prononce comme dans then: maʊð ; notez que le pluriel du nom, mouths, se prononce comme le verbe: maʊðz.* * *[maʊθ] 1.1) (of human, horse) bouche f; ( of other animal) gueule fwith my/his etc mouth open — gen la bouche ouverte; (in surprise, admiration) bouche bée inv
2) (of cave, tunnel) entrée f; ( of river) embouchure f; (of geyser, volcano) bouche f; ( of valley) débouché m; (of jar, bottle, decanter) goulot m; (of bag, sack) ouverture f2.transitive verb2) débiter [platitudes, rhetoric]••to leave a bad ou nasty taste in one's ou the mouth — fig laisser un arrière-goût amer
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