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pounds

livres sterling, livres (unité de poids)

p a ʊ n d z → pound
pound frapper violemment, rouer de coups + s pluriel
noun · plural Uncommon #12,614
livres sterling
EN: I exchanged some pounds for euros.
FR: J’ai échangé des livres sterling contre des euros.
livres (unité de poids)
EN: I gained a few pounds over the winter.
FR: J’ai pris quelques kilos pendant l’hiver.
Declension of pound
poundspound

Fuck, it's pounds here!

Putain, ici, c’est en livres sterling !

— Two Is a Family (2016)

She bought two pounds of butter.

Elle a acheté deux livres de beurre.

Tom lost more than a hundred pounds.

Tom a perdu plus de cent livres.

Could I change these pounds for dollars, please?

Pourrais-je changer ces livres sterling en dollars, s’il vous plaît ?

Tom is only thirty pounds.

Tom ne pèse que trente livres.

It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and thirty pounds.

La plaisanterie leur a coûté assez cher : elle leur a coûté trente-deux livres.

You don't need pounds for that.

Vous n’avez pas besoin de livres sterling pour ça.

— All About My Mother (1999)

You have two pounds.

Vous avez deux livres.

Our agent asks to open an account with his British pounds.

Notre agent demande à ouvrir un compte avec ses livres sterling.

— The Counterfeiters (2007)

I gotta drop some pounds.

Il faut que je perde quelques kilos.

— Night Watch (2004)

I need to lose a few pounds.

Je dois perdre quelques kilos.

Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds.

Parce qu’une seule minute coûte près de quatre livres sterling.

Thousand pounds of pressure.

Mille livres de pression.

— Anaconda (2025)

A thousand pounds!

Mille livres sterling !

He didn't put on pounds last time.

Il n’a pas pris de poids la dernière fois.

— Elite Squad (2007)

Five pounds.

Cinq livres.

— The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

House of Color sold us pounds, but all in ounce paper sachets.

House of Color nous a vendu des livres, mais le tout réparti dans des sachets en papier d’une once.

The plastic chair costs four pounds.

La chaise en plastique coûte quatre livres.

Two pounds of sugar?

Deux livres de sucre ?

— My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Looks like you put on one or two pounds.

On dirait que tu as pris un kilo ou deux.

— The Tao of Steve (2000)

It looks like you've lost a few pounds.

On dirait que tu as perdu quelques kilos.

I should gain six pounds.

Je devrais prendre trois kilos.

— 8½ (1963)

You have to put on a few pounds.

Tu dois prendre quelques kilos.

— All About My Mother (1999)

"Four pounds fifty,"says Bob.

« Quatre livres cinquante », dit Bob.

Twenty Egyptian pounds.

Vingt livres égyptiennes.

— Malcolm X (1992)

I want to lose a few pounds.

Je veux perdre quelques kilos.

Two pounds.

Deux livres.

— Two Is a Family (2016)

I need to lose five pounds.

Je dois perdre deux kilos et demi.

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