telephone book in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for telephone book in the English»French Dictionary

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I.telephone [Brit ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, Am ˈtɛləˌfoʊn] N

II.telephone [Brit ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, Am ˈtɛləˌfoʊn] VB trans

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III.telephone [Brit ˈtɛlɪfəʊn, Am ˈtɛləˌfoʊn] VB intr

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I.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] N

III.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] VB trans

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IV.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] VB intr

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I can read her like a book , she is (like) an open book to me
elle ne peut rien me cacher
his past is an open book
il n'a rien à cacher sur son passé
economics is a closed book to me
je ne connais rien à l'économie
she is a closed book to me
je n'arrive pas à la comprendre
to throw the book at sb (reprimand)
passer un savon à qn inf
to throw the book at sb (accuse)
n'omettre aucun chef d'accusation (quand on arrête qn)
to throw the book at sb (punish or sentence)
donner le maximum à qn
to be in sb's good books
être dans les petits papiers de qn inf
to be in sb's bad books
ne pas avoir la cote avec qn
in my book inf it's a crime
à mon avis or d'après moi c'est un crime
to bring sb to book
demander des comptes à qn, faire rendre des comptes à qn (for pour)
here's one for the book!
on s'en souviendra!
you shouldn't judge a book by its cover
≈ l'habit ne fait pas le moine

telephone book in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for telephone book in the English»French Dictionary

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I.telephone [ˈtelɪfəʊn, Am -əfoʊn] N

II.telephone [ˈtelɪfəʊn, Am -əfoʊn] VB trans

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III.telephone [ˈtelɪfəʊn, Am -əfoʊn] VB intr

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His effects include a telephone book with the names of many pubs ticked off.
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The telephone book copiers, it turns out, were more creative.
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He also caused a page from a telephone book to turn over, allegedly by telekinesis.
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The researchers use a method which you can already find in a telephone book.
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It would be like memorizing a telephone book with pages picked at random.
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The system is intuitive, though, if you like, you can crack open an owner's manual as thick as a telephone book.
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But pretty much, everybody has had some experience with the telephone book and yet, nobody has ever written anything about it.
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And if you can find something interesting in the telephone book, well, then you can probably find something interesting in every aspect of your life.
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These folks would give him love if he decided to open an old telephone book and read from it.
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They also provide a link from the world to the individual along the lines of a telephone book listing.
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