‘book in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] N

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

book
livret m bancaire

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

book up VB [Brit bʊk -, Am bʊk -]

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I.book in VB [Brit bʊk -, Am bʊk -] (book in) Brit (at hotel)

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II.book in VB [Brit bʊk -, Am bʊk -] (book [sb] in)

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‘book in the PONS Dictionary

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As a result, the book suffers from chaotic presentation and an excess of partisanship.
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The book provides a selection of classical and contemporary readings on nineteen key problems in philosophy.
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A new year is like a new exercise book.
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The numbers of hikers allowed on the trail is limited so reservations are mandatory and are known to book up over a year in advance.
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The audiobooks are presented in unabridged format with the exception of a handful of missing stories from the first book.
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Eschewing conventional punctuation, capitalisation and grammar, the book reads as if it is a series of song lyrics.
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In fact, the book has the feel of a scattered set of jotter notes rather than a collection that unifies with a common purpose.
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Smith spends a considerable portion of the book rebutting the arguments of the mercantilists, though often these are simplified or exaggerated versions of mercantilist thought.
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The book is bound in paper that gives the feeling of wood.
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According to the book, the main concern of painting should be to please the eye of the beholder.
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