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1 warm up
1) [person, room, house] se réchauffer; [food, liquid, car, engine, radio] chauffer2) fig ( become lively) s'animer3) [athlete] s'échauffer; [singer] s'échauffer la voix; [orchestra, musician] se préparerwarm up [something], warm [something] up4) ( heat) réchauffer [room, bed, person]; faire réchauffer [food]5) ( prepare) chauffer (colloq) [audience]; échauffer [player, athlete]; [singer] s'échauffer [voice]; [musician] chauffer [instrument] -
2 come to life
(to become lively or interesting: The play did not come to life until the last act.) commencer à s'animer -
3 warm
A ○ nB adj1 ( not cold) [place, bed, clothing, food, temperature, air, water, day, climate, fire, sun] chaud ; [scent, trail] (encore) frais/fraîche ; in warm weather quand il fait chaud ; to be warm [person] avoir chaud ; [weather] faire chaud ; it's warm today il fait bon or chaud aujourd'hui ; it's nice and warm in here on est bien au chaud ici ; are you warm enough? as-tu assez chaud? ; in a warm oven Culin à four très doux ; ‘serve warm’ Culin ‘servir tiède’ ; this soup is only warm, not hot cette soupe est tiède, pas chaude ; it's warm work c'est un travail qui donne chaud ; to get warm [person, weather, object] se réchauffer ; you're getting warmer! ( in guessing game) tu chauffes! ; to get sb/sth warm réchauffer qn/qch ; to get oneself warm se réchauffer ; to keep (oneself) warm ( wrap up) ne pas prendre froid ; ( take exercise) se tenir chaud ; ( stay indoors) rester au chaud ; to keep sb warm [extra clothing, blanket] tenir chaud à qn ; [nurse] tenir qn au chaud ; to keep sth warm tenir [qch] au chaud [food] ; chauffer [qch] (en permanence) [room] ; we got the sitting-room warm nous avons chauffé le salon ;2 (cordial, enthusiastic) [person, atmosphere, applause, congratulations, feeling, reception, smile, thanks, welcome] chaleureux/-euse ; [admiration, support] enthousiaste ; to have a warm heart être chaleureux/-euse ; warm(est) regards meilleures amitiés ; to give sb/get a warm welcome accueillir qn/être accueilli chaleureusement ;C vtr chauffer [plate, dish, food, water] chauffer ; réchauffer [implement] ; réchauffer [bed] ; se réchauffer [part of body] ; she was warming her hands by the fire elle se réchauffait les mains près du feu ; to warm sb's heart réchauffer le cœur de qn.D vi [food, liquid, object] chauffer.to make things warm for sb ○ en faire voir de toutes les couleurs ○ à qn.■ warm to, warm towards:▶ warm to [sb/sth] se prendre de sympathie pour [acquaintance] ; s'enthousiasmer pour [artist, idea, cause] ; commencer à apprécier [artistic, literary style] ; s'attaquer avec enthousiasme à [task, work] ; ‘and then,’ he said, warming to his theme,… ‘ensuite,’ dit-il, de plus en plus enthousiaste,…■ warm up:1 [person, room, house] se réchauffer ; [food, liquid] chauffer ; Aut, Elec [car, engine, radio] chauffer ;2 fig ( become lively) [discussion, campaign, party, audience] s'animer ; things warmed up when the band arrived ça s'est animé quand le groupe est arrivé ; it took the audience a while to warm up il a fallu du temps pour chauffer ○ la salle ;3 Sport [athlete, player] s'échauffer ; Mus [singer] s'échauffer la voix ; [orchestra, musician] se préparer ;▶ warm up [sth], warm [sth] up -
4 animated
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5 dry
1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) sec2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) aride3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) pince-sans-rire4) ((of wine) not sweet.) sec2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) essuyer, sécher- dried- drier - dryer - drily - dryly - dryness - dry-clean - dry land - dry off - dry up -
6 bright
bright [braɪt](a) (weather, day) clair, radieux; (sunshine) éclatant; (room) clair; (fire, light) vif; (colour) vif, éclatant;∎ Meteorology the weather will get brighter later le temps s'améliorera en cours de journée;∎ Meteorology cloudy with bright intervals nuageux avec des éclaircies;∎ Meteorology to become brighter s'éclaircir;∎ Meteorology the outlook for tomorrow is brighter on prévoit une amélioration du temps pour demain;∎ bright red rouge m vif;∎ figurative bright and early tôt le matin, de bon ou grand matin;∎ 'All Things Bright And Beautiful' = chant religieux souvent chanté par les enfants∎ she likes the bright lights elle aime la grande ville;∎ the bright lights of London les attractions de Londres∎ he's not very bright ce n'est pas une lumière, il n'est pas très futé ou malin;∎ a bright idea une idée géniale ou lumineuse∎ you're very bright this morning! tu es bien gai ce matin!;∎ to be bright and breezy avoir l'air en pleine forme;∎ it was the only bright spot in the day c'était la seule chose positive de la journée(e) (promising) brillant;∎ there are brighter days ahead des jours meilleurs nous attendent;∎ to have a bright future avoir un brillant avenir;∎ the future's looking bright l'avenir est plein de promesses ou s'annonce bien;∎ to look on the bright side prendre les choses du bon côté, être optimiste2 adverbliterary (burn, shine) avec éclat, brillamment∎ to put the brights on se mettre en pleins phares►► British familiar bright spark (clever person) lumière f;∎ ironic you're a bright spark! gros malin!
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