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toast

/toʊst/ nom A2

En français : pain grillé, toast, rôtie

  1. Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning). (uncountable) · I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.· This toast and marmalade tastes heavenly.
  2. A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol. (countable) · At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
  3. A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem. (countable) · He was the toast of high society.
  4. Something that is irreparably damaged or used up, especially when destroyed by heat or fire; something which has been burnt to a crisp or incinerated. (US, slang, uncountable) · The metal frame survived the fire, but the plastic and rubber bits are toast.
  5. Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury. (US, slang, uncountable) · to become/be toast· If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!
  6. A type of extemporaneous narrative poem or rap. (countable, slang)
  7. A transient, informational pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar. (countable)
  8. A piece of toast. (countable)

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He sat with his mouth full of toast and his eyes sparkling with mischief, watching my intellectual entanglement.
The Valley of Fear, p. 66 · C1
However, this bottle was _not_ marked “poison,” so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 6 · B2
This toast, recalling at once the patient exile of Hartwell and the peace-loving King of France, excited universal enthusiasm; glasses were elevated in the air à l’Anglaise, and the ladies, snatching their bouquets from their fair bosoms, strewed the table with their floral treasures.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 42 · C1
“Marquise, marquise!” interposed the old nobleman who had proposed the toast, “let the young people alone; let me tell you, on one’s wedding day there are more agreeable subjects of conversation than dry politics.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 43 · C1

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