Translations for black book in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for black book in the English»French Dictionary

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I.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] N

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3. book FIN (for recording deposits, withdrawals):

book

livret m bancaire

4. book SCHOOL (exercise book):

book

drawing book

cahier de dessin

5. book (of cheques, tickets, vouchers, stamps):

book

book of matches

pochette f d'allumettes

book of needles

porte-aiguilles m

6. book (in betting):

to keep a book on

prendre des paris sur

to open or start a book on

ouvrir les paris sur

7. book (directory):

book

our number's or we're in the book

on est dans l'annuaire

8. book (rulebook):

book

to do things by the book fig

suivre le règlement

9. book (opera libretto):

book

II.books N npl

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III.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] VB trans

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1. book (reserve):

book table, seat, room, cabin, ticket

réserver, retenir

book holiday

faire les réservations pour

book babysitter, driver, entertainer

to book sth for sb, to book sb sth

réserver qc pour qn

to book sb into a hotel

réserver une chambre dans un hôtel pour qn

I've booked him a room, I've booked him into a hotel

je lui ai reservé une chambre (dans un hôtel)

to be fully booked

être complet/-ète

Saturday's performance is fully booked

c'est complet pour samedi soir, on joue à guichets fermés samedi soir

my Tuesday afternoons are booked

je suis pris le mardi après-midi

I'm fully booked this week

je suis pris tous les jours cette semaine

3. book Am (arrest):

book suspect

4. book Brit SPORTS referee:

book player

donner un carton jaune à

two players were booked

deux joueurs ont reçu un carton jaune

IV.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] VB intr

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book

you are advised to book

il est conseillé de réserver

V.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk]

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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

I.black [Brit blak, Am blæk] N

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2. black:

black, a. Black (person)

Noir/-e m/f

5. black (snooker or pool ball):

II.black [Brit blak, Am blæk] ADJ

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2. black (African, Afro-Caribbean):

black, a. Black skin, community, culture, president

black, a. Black school

a black man/woman

un Noir/une Noire

3. black (without milk):

black coffee

4. black (dirty):

black face, mark, towel

5. black (macabre):

black comedy, humour

6. black (gloomy):

black mood, picture, thoughts

black despair

black future, prospect

black news, day, week

it was a black day for us when he left

le jour où il est parti a été un mauvais jour pour nous

she's in one of her black moods

elle est d'humeur noire

things are looking black for us

les choses se présentent mal pour nous

Black Monday FIN

8. black (evil):

black deed, heart, magic, thought

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2. black Brit (bruise):

to black sb's eye

faire un œil au beurre noir à qn

3. black Brit (boycott):

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as black as coal/soot

noir comme du charbon/de la suie.

See also blue, black and white

I.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu] N

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1. blue (colour):

blue

to go or turn blue

bleuir, devenir bleu

2. blue (sky) liter:

l'azur m liter

3. blue Brit UNIV (honour):

to be/get an Oxford/Cambridge blue

être/devenir membre d'une équipe sportive d'Oxford/de Cambridge

4. blue Brit inf POL:

a true blue

un partisan ardent du parti Conservateur

5. blue Am HISTORY (in civil war):

blue

II.blues N npl

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2. blues (depression) inf:

to have the blues

avoir le cafard inf

III.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu] ADJ

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1. blue (in colour):

blue

fig to be blue from or with the cold

être bleu de froid

2. blue (depressed):

to feel blue

avoir le cafard inf

to look blue

avoir l'air déprimé

3. blue (smutty) inf:

osé, cochon/-onne inf

4. blue Brit inf POL:

blue

conservateur/-trice

IV.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu] VB trans inf Brit (squander)

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to blue (all) one's money on sth

dépenser tout son fric sur qc inf

V.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu]

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to say sth out of the blue

dire qc à brûle-pourpoint

to appear/happen out of the blue

apparaître/se passer à l'improviste

to go off into the blue

partir à l'aventure

to vanish into the blue

s'évanouir dans la nature

the air was blue!

les gros mots fusaient!

black and blue

couvert de bleus

to beat sb black and blue inf

battre qn comme plâtre inf

to throw a blue fit

piquer une crise inf

to tell sb sth/repeat sth (to sb) until one is blue in the face

se tuer à dire qc à qn/à répéter qc (à qn)

you can shout until you're blue in the face, I'm going anyway!

cause toujours, j'y vais quand même! inf

I.black and white N

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1. black and white:

black and white CINE, PHOTO

noir et blanc m

in black and white

en noir et blanc

2. black and white (in writing):

here it is in black and white

le voici écrit noir sur blanc

II.black and white ADJ

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1. black and white:

black and white CINE, PHOTO, TV TV, camera film

black and white inv movie, print, photo, photography

(en) noir et blanc

2. black and white (clear-cut):

black and white matter, situation

nettement défini

III.black and white

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he sees everything in black and white

pour lui c'est tout noir ou tout blanc

Translations for black book in the English»French Dictionary

black book N fig

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Translations for black book in the French»English Dictionary

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I.book [bʊk] N

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II.book [bʊk] VB trans

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1. book (reserve):

book

2. book police:

book FIN, COMM

book FIN, COMM

dresser un P.V. à

book SPORTS

donner un avertissement à

III.book [bʊk] VB intr

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book

I.black [blæk] ADJ

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II.black [blæk] N

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1. black (colour):

2. black (person):

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(down) in black and white

écrit noir sur blanc

III.black [blæk] VB trans

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black shoes

See also blue

I.blue [blu:] ADJ

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2. blue fig:

to feel blue

II.blue [blu:] N

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On the run, she develops a revolutionary new theory of quantum cognition, which she writes down in a little black book. en.wikipedia.org

In this black book of sin details were given of the unnatural defloration of children... wives of men in supreme positions were entangled. en.wikipedia.org

He wore green spectacles, had a stylus behind one ear, and a large black book in his breast-pocket. en.wikipedia.org

It is often referred to as the little black book. en.wikipedia.org

Events are prepared before the tournament and memorized, but the speaker must hold script in the form of a black book. en.wikipedia.org

Some club officials were keeping track of the bribery expenses in their black book, which was later confiscated by the authorities. en.wikipedia.org

Each angel is guided by a black book, in which appears the name of the soon to be deceased. en.wikipedia.org

He has lots of connections, including a pocket-sized black book containing the indiscretions of everyone in the world. en.wikipedia.org

Rich's little black book tells us how to actually do that. en.wikipedia.org

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