Mot du Jour: Livre (Book)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

livre1 /livʀ/ masculine noun
book;
c'est mon ~ de chevet it's my bedside book;
figurative it's my bible.

COMPOUNDS:
~ blanc blue book;
~ de bord logbook;
~ d'or visitors' book;
~ de poche® paperback;
~ scolaire schoolbook.
livre2 /livʀ/ feminine noun

1.pound;
~ sterling pound sterling;
~ irlandaise Irish pound, punt;
2.(unit of weight) half a kilo;
(in UK) pound.

livrer /livʀe/

I.transitive verb
1.to deliver [goods];
~ qn to deliver sb's order;
2.to hand [sb] over [criminal];
to betray [accomplice, secret];
3.être livré à soi-même to be left to one's own devices;
4.il nous livre un peu de lui-même he reveals something of himself.

II.se livrer reflexive verb (+ v être)
1.se ~ à un trafic de drogue to engage in drug trafficking;
2.se ~ à [criminal] to give oneself up to;
3.se ~ à un ami to confide in a friend.