roost in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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roost Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come home to roost if you do that it will come home to roost
si tu fais ça, ça se retournera contre toi
to rule the roost
faire la loi
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These vegetated islands have become the roost sites of many water-birds.
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They are gregarious, feeding, roosting, and flying together, often in formation.
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Their roost sites have been found both near the cave entrances and up to 1.5 km within the cave systems.
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Tall eucalypts that are emergent over other trees in wooded areas are selected for roosting sites.
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In the wintering area it often roosts on the ground but also uses tree branches up to 20m ft high.
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They spend the day roosting in hollow trees, in burrows made by other animals, or beneath the thatched roofs of local buildings.
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The cavern provides roosting sites that serve as daytime shelter and a place for the non-migrating bats to hibernate during the winter months.
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They sometimes chew out burrows in rotting wood, but can also roost in rock crevices or the burrows of seabirds.
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Like most gulls, it is highly gregarious in winter, both when feeding and in evening roosts.
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During the mating period, females visit males that are roosting in small caves.
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