skive in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for skive in the English»French Dictionary

I.skive [Brit skʌɪv, Am skaɪv] Brit inf N (easy job)

skive

planque f inf

II.skive [Brit skʌɪv, Am skaɪv] Brit inf VB trans a. skive off

1. skive (shirk):

skive

tirer au flanc inf

2. skive (be absent):

skive (from school)

sécher l'école inf

skive (from work)

ne pas aller au boulot inf

3. skive (leave early):

skive

se tirer inf

Translations for skive in the French»English Dictionary

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se planquer (par lâcheté)

to skive

tirer au flanc inf

to skive Brit inf

skive in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for skive in the English»French Dictionary

skive [skaɪv] VB intr Brit inf

skive

tirer au flanc

skive off VB intr Brit inf

skive off lessons:

skive off

sécher

to skive off school

faire l'école buissonnière

Translations for skive in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

tirer au flanc inf

to skive

couper à une corvée

to skive off a chore Brit

skive Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to skive off school

faire l'école buissonnière

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

No doubt some of the stations are dirty and cramped, but more problematic were the seemingly perennial strikes (though they provided an unimpeachable excuse to skive lectures).

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If they're really lucky they will get to skive off double maths so that they can come and hear the likes of me enthuse about the joys of reading...

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Skive-burnishing is often used in hydraulic cylinder applications.

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They can not simply skive off whenever they feel like it.

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He also co-patented machines designed to manufacture barbed-wire fencing, skive, gage and mark leather, create leather buttonholes, rub type, and remove bristles from sealskins.

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Then again, maybe you're just like everyone else, desperately looking for an excuse to skive off work and twirl around on your desk chair.

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But bright sunshine and soaring temperatures are also thought to have added to the desire to skive off.

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Non-smokers don't get a five-minute break every hour yet are often put under pressure when the smokers disappear for their hourly skive.

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Pick a much less severe ailment, and hope that your boss deems it an acceptable excuse to skive off?

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I quickly learnt that constant reinvention is the key to a successful skive.

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