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lire en quelqu'un comme dans un livre ouvert verbe | read like a bookverb |
livre ouvert nom {m} | open book◼◼◼(thing easily interpreted) |
manège découvert nom {m} | manège(unroofed arena) |
mettre le couvert verbe | set the table◼◼◼(arrange plates, dishes, etc. in preparation for a meal) |
mi-ouvert adjectif | open-mid◼◼◼adjective |
opération à cœur ouvert nom {f} | open-heart surgery [open-heart surgeries]◼◼◼noun |
parler à cœur ouvert verbe | wear one's heart on one's sleeve(to be transparent or forthright about one's emotions) |
place de tribune non-couverte nom | bleacher [bleachers](seating for spectators) |
première de couverture nom {f} | front page◼◼◼(initially visible page of a publication) |
quatrième de couverture nom {f} | back cover [back covers]◼◼◼(cover on the opposite side of the front cover) blurb [blurbs]◼◻◻(a short description of a book, film, or other work) |
recouvert adjectif | covered◼◼◼(overlaid or enclosed within something) |
réouverture nom {f} | reopening◼◼◼(act of opening again) |
syllabe ouverte nom {f} | open syllable◼◼◼noun |
tout le monde à couvert! interjection | fire in the hole◼◼◼interjection |
Use the conditional tense; We would be warmer if you hadn't opened the window! - Nous aurions plus chaud si vous n'aviez pas ouvert la fenêtre ! verbe | would(indicating an action or state that is conditional on another) |
vente à découvert nom {f} | short selling◼◼◼(The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess) |
ville ouverte nom {f} | open city◼◼◼(city which has abandoned defensive efforts) |