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baroness (female ruler of a barony)
noun
[UK: ˈbæ.rə.nəs]
[US: ˈbe.rə.nes]

baronne◼◼◼nom {f}

bat one's eyes (to flutter one's eyelashes, romantically)
verb

faire les yeux douxverbe

Batavophone (Dutch speaker)
noun

néerlandophonenom

bayonet [bayonets] (weapon)
noun
[UK: ˈbeɪə.nət]
[US: ˈbeɪə.ˌnet]

baïonnette◼◼◼nom {f}

be oneself (to act naturally)
verb

[infinitive] être soi-mêmeverbe

beat as one (share the same feelings)
verb

battre à l'unisson◼◼◼verbe

beat one's breast verb

battre sa coulpeverbe

beat someone at their own game verb

battre à son propre jeuverbe

beckon [beckoned, beckoning, beckons] (to wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer)
verb
[UK: ˈbekən]
[US: ˈbekən]

faire signe◼◼◼verbe

bee in one's bonnet (something of particular interest or concern)
noun

[colloquial] fixettenom

[colloquial] marottenom

[informal] manienom

idée fixenom

been there, done that (assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic)
phrase

déjà fait◼◼◼phrase

déjà vu◼◼◼phrase

beerstone (precipitate)
noun

biersteinnom {m}

begone ((expressing a desire or a command for someone or something to go away))
verb
[UK: bɪ.ˈɡɒn]
[US: bɪ.ˈɡɔːn]

ouste◼◼◼verbe

behind someone's back (secretly)
preposition

dans le dos de◼◼◼preposition

à l'insu depreposition

believe one's ears (to believe that something which one hears is truly the case)
verb

en croire ses oreilles [in the negative]verbe

believe one's eyes (to believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case)
verb

en croire ses yeuxverbe

bend someone's ear (talk too long)
verb

rebattre les oreillesverbe

Berberophone noun

berbérophonenom {m} nom {f}

beside oneself (consumed by an emotion)
preposition
[UK: bɪ.ˈsaɪd wʌn.ˈself]
[US: bə.ˈsaɪd wʌn.ˈself]

[enpreposition

because of joy] ne plus se sentirpreposition

dépassépreposition

bet one's boots verb

mettre sa main à couperverbe

mettre sa main au feuverbe

betamethasone [betamethasones] noun

betaméthasone / β-méthasone / bêta-méthasonenom

bide one's time (to wait, especially for a suitable opportunity)
verb
[UK: baɪd wʌnz ˈtaɪm]
[US: ˈbaɪd wʌnz ˈtaɪm]

attendre son heureverbe

bigophone noun

bigophonenom {m}

bigotphonenom {m}

bite off more than one can chew (To try to do too much)
verb
[UK: baɪt ɒf mɔː(r) ðæn wʌn kæn tʃuː]
[US: ˈbaɪt ˈɒf ˈmɔːr ˈðæn wʌn ˈkæn ˈtʃuː]

avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventreverbe

charger la barqueverbe

tirer des plans sur la comèteverbe

bite the hand that feeds one (cause harm to a benefactor)
verb

mordre la main nourricièreverbe

mordre la main qui nourritverbe

bloodstone (type of green chalcedony)
noun
[UK: ˈbləd.ˌstəʊn]
[US: ˈblədˌstoʊn]

héliotrope◼◼◼nom {f}

pierre de sang◼◼◻nom {f}

blow one's nose (to expel mucus from nose)
verb
[UK: bləʊ wʌnz nəʊz]
[US: ˈbloʊ wʌnz noʊz]

se moucher◼◼◼verbe

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