old boy network in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.boy [Brit bɔɪ, Am bɔɪ] N

III.boy [Brit bɔɪ, Am bɔɪ] INTERJ inf

IV.boy [Brit bɔɪ, Am bɔɪ]

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

how old are you/is he?
quel âge as-tu/a-t-il?
no-one knows how old this tree is
personne ne connaît l'âge de cet arbre
she is 10 years old
elle a 10 ans
a six-year-old boy
un garçon (âgé) de six ans
a six-year old
un enfant (âgé) de six ans
when you were one year old
quand tu avais un an
this bread is a week old
ce pain est vieux d'une semaine
a centuries-old tradition
une tradition vieille de plusieurs siècles
to be as old as sb/as the century
avoir le même âge que qn/que le siècle
I'm older than you
je suis plus âgé que toi
she is 10 years older than him
elle a 10 ans de plus que lui
the north wing is 100 years older than the east wing
l'aile nord a été construite 100 ans avant l'aile est
my older brother/sister
mon frère aîné/ma sœur aînée
an older man/woman
un homme/une femme plus âgé/-e
the older children play here
les grands jouent ici
I'll tell you when you're older
je te le dirai quand tu seras plus grand
he's going to be handsome when he's older
ce sera un beau jeune homme plus tard
as you get older you learn what really matters
en vieillissant on apprend ce qui est vraiment important
I'm the oldest
c'est moi l'aîné/-e
the oldest person there was 18
la personne la plus âgée de l'assemblée avait 18 ans
old enough to be your father/mother
assez vieux/vieille pour être ton père/ta mère
to be old enough to do
être en âge de faire
you're old enough to know better
à ton âge tu devrais avoir plus de bon sens
you're too old for silly games
ces jeux stupides ne sont plus de ton âge
he's too old for you
il est trop vieux pour toi
that dress is too old for you
cette robe fait trop vieux pour toi
to be old for one's age
être mûr pour son âge

I.network [Brit ˈnɛtwəːk, Am ˈnɛtˌwərk] N (all contexts)

II.network [Brit ˈnɛtwəːk, Am ˈnɛtˌwərk] VB trans

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III.network [Brit ˈnɛtwəːk, Am ˈnɛtˌwərk] VB intr

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old boy network in the PONS Dictionary

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I.network [ˈnetwɜ:k, Am -wɜ:rk] N

II.network [ˈnetwɜ:k, Am -wɜ:rk] VB trans

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III.network [ˈnetwɜ:k, Am -wɜ:rk] VB intr

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I.old <-er, -est> [əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

II.old [əʊld, Am oʊld] N (elderly people)

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In the mid-1960s, corruption scandals began to arise among many of the city's officials, who were mainly elected through the traditional old boy network.
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Quite simply there faces fit in the old boy network.
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The sooner we can get this old boy network, and bring back transparent, accountable, government.
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It's a fixed old boy network that has lost touch with art, songwriting craft, lyrics and influential music and usually has other agendas at hand...
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The lack of minorities in positions of leadership has been attributed to racial stereotypes as well old boy networks and white administrators networking within their own race.
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It was the old boy network at work...
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The name has a familiar buzz and a suggestion of old boy networks.
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Networking may involve an economic network, an entrepreneurial network, an old boy network, a social network, and a value network.
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He first calls upon his old boy network of foreign intelligence and police contacts to inquire if they have any records of a top-class political assassin.
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And yet the film almost makes you feel empathetic for the old boy network -- nobody gave them the memo that a new day had come.
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