Translations for bone dry in the English»French Dictionary

bone dry ADJ

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complètement desséché

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(as) dry as a bone

sec/sèche comme un coup de trique

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I.dry [Brit drʌɪ, Am draɪ] N Brit POL

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dry

ultraconservateur/-trice m/f

II.dry [Brit drʌɪ, Am draɪ] ADJ

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1. dry (not wet or moist):

dry clothing, ground, hair, hand, paint, crackle, rustle

dry skin, hair, throat, mouth, cough

dry riverbed, well

à sec

to run dry river, funds, supplies:

to be or feel dry (thirsty) person:

avoir le gosier sec inf

to keep sth dry

tenir qc au sec

to keep (oneself) dry

to get sth dry

(faire) sécher qc

to wipe sth dry

the kettle has boiled dry

toute l'eau de la bouilloire s'est évaporée

on dry land

sur la terre ferme

3. dry (not sweet):

dry wine, sherry etc

4. dry inv:

dry (ironic) wit, person, remark

pince-sans-rire

dry (cold) person, remark

5. dry (dull):

dry book, reading, subject matter

6. dry (forbidding alcohol):

dry state, country

qui interdit la vente de boissons alcoolisées

7. dry Brit POL:

dry view, minister

ultraconservateur/-trice

a dry Tory

un/-e ultraconservateur/-trice m/f

III.dry [Brit drʌɪ, Am draɪ] VB trans

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IV.dry [Brit drʌɪ, Am draɪ] VB intr

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dry sheet, clothes, hair, paint, blood, concrete:

dry

V.to dry oneself VB refl

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to dry oneself refl:

to dry oneself

VI.dry [Brit drʌɪ, Am draɪ]

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I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

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1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

os m

bone (of fish)

made of bone

chicken on/off the bone

poulet à l'os/désossé

to break a bone

to break every bone in one's body

se rompre les os

I'll break every bone in his body!

je vais lui tordre le cou!

no bones broken

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body

il n'a pas une once de romantisme/jalousie

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body attr handle, button

2. bone (in corset etc):

bone

3. bone (trombone):

bone inf

II.bones N npl

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1. bones (animal skeleton):

3. bones (dice):

dés mpl

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

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1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

enlever les arêtes de

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

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bone of contention

sujet m de dispute

bone of contention

pomme f de discorde

close to the bone (wounding)

close to the bone (racy)

to be a bag of bones

être un sac d'os inf

to cut sth to the bone

réduire qc au minimum

to feel sth in one's bones

avoir le pressentiment de qc

to have a bone to pick with sb

avoir un compte à régler avec qn

to make no bones about sth

ne pas cacher qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

≈ les chiens aboient, la caravane passe prov

to work one's fingers to the bone

se crever à la tâche inf

Translations for bone dry in the English»French Dictionary

to be (as) dry as a bone inf

être sec comme les blés

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I.dry <-ier, -iest [or -er, est]> [draɪ] ADJ

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1. dry (not wet):

dry

to go/boil dry

2. dry (having no butter):

3. dry (with soft drinks):

dry

qui ne sert pas d'alcool

4. dry (not sweet):

dry sherry, martini

dry champagne

5. dry pej (uninteresting):

dry

6. dry (sarcastic):

dry

II.dry <dries [or -s]> [draɪ] N Aus (dried season)

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dry

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IV.dry <-ie-> [draɪ] VB intr

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I.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

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bone

os m

bone of fish

II.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] ADJ

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bone-handled knife

couteau m à manche d'os

III.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

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retirer les arêtes de

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An ashen husk resembles a normal zombie or skeleton for the most part, except bone dry. en.wikipedia.org

Most of these districts remain bone dry and depend on tank irrigation and the little monsoon that charges its underground aquifers. www.thehindu.com

The wind was howling -- blowing a gale -- and the park was bone dry and grass slightly long. www.thecourier.co.uk

Nothing else refreshes or lingers so scentedly in the nostrils, and no other grape runs the gamut from mouthwateringly bone dry to lusciously sweet. www.independent.co.uk

Bone dry, orchard driven, high acid, void of harmful terpenes. o.canada.com

His heart a lump of gristle, his eyes empty, his tear ducts bone dry. www.independent.co.uk

The usually bone dry creek is a knee-deep torrent. www.stuff.co.nz

In just a few hours (overnight was more than enough time), they were bone dry and ready to be worn again. gadling.com

A very nicely paced, bone dry comedy that is a splendid way to spend fourteen minutes. en.wikipedia.org

That's actually an improvement from last year, where almost half the state was bone dry. www.wkbw.com

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