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/kuːk/

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noun

Cuisinier, cuisinière

A person who prepares food.

Examples :

"The cook prepared a delicious lunch for the whole family. "

Le cuisinier a préparé un délicieux déjeuner pour toute la famille.

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noun

Cuisinier, cuisinière

The head cook of a manor house

Examples :

"The head cook oversaw the preparation of all meals at the grand manor house. "

Le cuisinier en chef supervisait la préparation de tous les repas dans le grand manoir.

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noun

Cuisson

The degree or quality of cookedness of food

Examples :

"The cook of the roast chicken was perfect; it was neither raw nor overdone. "

La cuisson du poulet rôti était parfaite ; il n'était ni cru ni trop cuit.

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noun

Cuisinier de drogues

One who manufactures certain illegal drugs, especially meth.

Examples :

"Police found two meth cooks working in the illicit lab."

La police a trouvé deux cuisiniers de drogues travaillant dans le laboratoire illicite.

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Fabrication, préparation

A session of manufacturing certain illegal drugs, especially meth.

Examples :

"The police raided the abandoned warehouse, finding evidence of a large meth cook. "

La police a perquisitionné l'entrepôt abandonné, trouvant des preuves d'une importante fabrication de méthamphétamine.

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noun

Crénilabre mixte

A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.

Examples :

"The aquarium keeper carefully fed the cook to the other fish. "

Le gardien de l'aquarium a nourri avec soin le crénilabre mixte aux autres poissons.

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verb

Cuisiner, préparer

To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

Examples :

"My mom is cooking dinner tonight; she's making a delicious chicken and vegetable stir-fry. "

Ma mère cuisine le dîner ce soir ; elle prépare un délicieux sauté de poulet et de légumes.

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verb

Cuisiner, préparer

To prepare (unspecified) food for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

Examples :

"My mom cooks a delicious meal every Sunday. "

Ma mère cuisine un délicieux repas tous les dimanches.

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verb

Être cuit

Examples :

"The dinner is cooking on the stove."

Le dîner est en train d'être cuit sur la cuisinière.

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verb

Avoir chaud, cuire

To be uncomfortably hot.

Examples :

"Look at that poor dog shut up in that car on a day like today - it must be cooking in there."

Regardez ce pauvre chien enfermé dans cette voiture par une journée comme aujourd'hui - il doit y avoir chaud là-dedans.

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verb

Exécuter à la chaise électrique

To execute by electric chair.

Examples :

"The condemned criminal was scheduled to be cooked at dawn. "

Le criminel condamné devait être exécuté à la chaise électrique à l'aube.

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verb

Retenir brièvement (une grenade) après avoir allumé la mèche

To hold onto (a grenade) briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.

Examples :

"The soldier practiced cooking the grenade, holding it briefly after lighting the fuse before throwing it. "

Le soldat s'est entraîné à retenir la grenade, la tenant brièvement après avoir allumé la mèche avant de la lancer.

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Cuisiner, préparer

To concoct or prepare.

Examples :

"The chef meticulously cooked a delicious meal for the restaurant's grand opening. "

Le chef a méticuleusement préparé un délicieux repas pour la grande ouverture du restaurant.

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verb

Manigancer, concocter

To tamper with or alter; to cook up.

Examples :

"The student was accused of cooking up a story about being late to class. "

L'étudiant a été accusé d'avoir manigancé une histoire pour justifier son retard en classe.

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Improviser, jouer

To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)

Examples :

"Crank up the Coltrane and start cooking!"

Monte le son de Coltrane et commence à improviser !

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Jouer avec énergie, improviser

To play music vigorously.

Examples :

"On the Wagner piece, the orchestra was cooking!"

Sur le morceau de Wagner, l'orchestre jouait avec énergie !

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Cuculer

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

Examples :

"The old grandfather clock in the hall cooked loudly, announcing the noon hour. "

La vieille horloge de grand-père dans le hall cuculait bruyamment, annonçant l'heure de midi.

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verb

Lancer, jeter

Examples :

"The angry child cooked a rock at the other kids during recess. "

L'enfant en colère a lancé un caillou aux autres enfants pendant la récréation.

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