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weasels

/ˈwiːzəlz/

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noun

Belette

The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.

Examples :

"A small brown weasel darted across the farmer's field. "

Une petite belette brune a traversé en courant le champ de l'agriculteur.

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noun

Belettes

Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.

Examples :

"The farmer set traps to protect his chickens from the weasels that were sneaking into the hen house. "

L'agriculteur a tendu des pièges pour protéger ses poulets des belettes qui s'introduisaient furtivement dans le poulailler.

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noun

Belettes

The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.

Examples :

"Scientists sometimes refer to the Mustelidae family as the family of weasels. "

Les scientifiques désignent parfois la famille des Mustélidés comme la famille des belettes.

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noun

Fripouille, personne sournoise

A devious or sneaky person or animal.

Examples :

""My brother and his friends are such weasels; they always try to cheat at board games." "

Mon frère et ses amis sont de vraies fripouilles ; ils essaient toujours de tricher aux jeux de société.

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Bobinoir

A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.

Examples :

"After spinning her own wool yarn, Grandma used her weasels to measure exactly how many yards she had made for her knitting project. "

Après avoir filé sa propre laine, grand-mère a utilisé son bobinoir pour mesurer exactement le nombre de yards qu'elle avait produits pour son projet de tricot.

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verb

Duper, soutirer

To achieve by clever or devious means.

Examples :

"She weaseled her way into the front row by pretending to be a journalist. "

Elle a dupé tout le monde pour se retrouver au premier rang en se faisant passer pour une journaliste.

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S'approprier par la ruse, soutirer

To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.

Examples :

"The student weaseled out of doing the extra homework assignment by claiming a sudden illness. "

L'étudiant s'est débrouillé pour éviter le devoir supplémentaire en prétextant une maladie soudaine.

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user de manœuvres, ruser

To engage in clever or devious behavior.

Examples :

"He tried to weasel out of doing his chores by pretending to be sick. "

Il a essayé de se soustraire à ses corvées en feignant d'être malade.

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