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 Translation for 'bust' from English to French
ADJ   bust | - | -
NOUN   a bust | busts
VERB   to bust | bust / busted | bust / busted
busting | busts
SYNO binge | bout | broke | ...
foutu {adj} [fam.]bust [Br.] [coll.] [broken, damaged]
fichu {adj} [fam.] [détruit]bust [Br.] [coll.] [broken, damaged]
fin.
rique-raque {adj} [fam.]
bust [coll.] [bankrupt]
Verbs
mettre qn. sous les verrous [fam.] [loc.]to bust sb. [coll.] [catch, convict]
rétrograder qn. [militaire, fonctionnaire]to bust sb. [coll.] [demote]
démantibuler qc.to bust sth. [coll.]
Nouns
anat.
buste {m}
bust
bide {m} [fam.] [échec]bust [Am.] [coll.] [flop, failure]
dr.
arrestation {f}
bust [Am.] [sl.] [arrest]
2 Words
casser [objet]to (go) bust [coll.]
dr.écon.fin.
faire faillite
to go bust
fin.
faire la culbute [tout perdre]
to go bust [coll.]
opulente poitrine {f}ample bust [large breast]
anat.
tour {m} de poitrine
bust measurement
engueulade {f} [fam.] [dispute]bust-up [coll.]
anat.
poitrine {f} généreuse
large bust
3 Words
danse
guincher [fam.]
to bust a move [coll.] [idiom] [to dance]
péter les plombs [loc.] to bust a nut [vulg.] [sl.] [idiom] [lose one's temper]
sortir de ses gonds [loc.] to bust a nut [vulg.] [sl.] [idiom] [lose one's temper]
péter un câble [fam.] [fig.] to bust a nut [vulg.] [sl.] [idiom] [lose one's temper]
se casser le cul [vulg.] [loc.]to bust one's chops [Am.] [sl.] [idiom]
5+ Words
avoir une engueulade avec qn.to have a bust-up with sb.
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Usage Examples English
  • His bust of Charles I of England, probably commissioned by Arundel, is at Arundel Castle, Another portrait bust of Charles I in Windsor Castle, possibly by Thomas Adye or Francis Bird (c. ...
  • The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in New Delhi has the original concrete casting of the bust, from which the bronze bust was prepared, and dates the original to 1940, one year before Tagore's death.
  • Facing the square, across Elizabeth Avenue, is a bust of Winston Churchill. The bust was sculpted by Dr. Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook.
  • In 1860, Stebbins also completed a bust of Cushman, her lifelong partner. Later in life, the bust was a popular request for replication.
  • In late 1905 Brisbane artist Oscar Fristrom sculpted a bust of Gregory.

  • Ciani is known for sculpting the bust of George Clinton in the United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection.
  • Bust No. 535 of the Torlonia Collection, also called the Patrician Torlonia, is a marble bust, said to portray Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius.
  • In June 2018, the first bust was removed from display at the airport and replaced with a bust of Ronaldo by a Spanish sculptor.
  • Prior to January 5, 1989, the bust was on available for public viewing at the University of Southern Indiana.
  • There is a memorial featuring a bust of General San Martín in Beverly Hills, CA. The bust was designed by Fernando Di Zitti and dedicated in 2001.

  • The prize consists of 250,000 kroner, and a miniature bust of Benjamin Hermansen, created by Ivar Sjaastad. The original bust is placed at Holmlia.
  • Amongst her other works were a bust of Gladstone, modelled at his home; a bust of Edmund Dwyer Gray (of which thirty repeats were made) a presentation shield to Lord Wolseley and a memorial bust of William Martin.
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