bronze
/bɹɑnz/ nom B1En français : bronze, airain
- A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.
- A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
- A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
- A bronze medal; third place. · She wanted to win the tournament, but had to settle for the bronze after being beaten in the semi-finals.
- Boldness; impudence.
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Dans la bibliothèque
The bronze medal for mathematics was considered as good as won by a fat, funny little up-country boy with a bumpy forehead and a patched coat.
The dark panelling glowed like bronze in the golden rays, and it was hard to realise that this was indeed the chamber which had struck such a gloom into our souls upon the evening before.
“He grazed his cattle on these slopes, and he learned to dig for tin when the bronze sword began to supersede the stone axe.
Here were not, as in other tombs, ignoble drawers, one above another, where thrift bestows its dead and labels them like specimens in a museum; all that was visible within the bronze gates was a gloomy-looking room, separated by a wall from the vault itself.
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