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A n1 ( liking) to catch ou take sb's fancy [object] faire envie à qn ; he had taken her fancy ( sexually) il lui avait tapé dans l'œil ○ ; ( not sexually) il lui plaisait bien ; have whatever takes your fancy prenez tout ce qui vous chante ; to take a fancy to sb ( sexually) GB s'enticher de qn ; ( non-sexually) s'attacher à qn ; I've taken a fancy to that dress/car cette robe/voiture m'a tapé dans l'œil ○ ;2 ( whim) caprice m ; a passing fancy un caprice passager ; as/when the fancy takes me comme/quand ça me prend ;3 ( fantasy) imagination f ; is it fact or fancy? c'est vrai ou c'est une invention? ; a flight of fancy une lubie ;B adj2 ○ péj ( pretentious) [place] snobinard ○ ; [price] exorbitant ; [idea, project] fantaisiste ; [name] tordu ; [food, gadget, equipment] compliqué ; [clothes] chic ;3 ( decorative) [paper, box] fantaisie inv ;4 Comm [food] de luxe ;5 Zool [breed] d'agrément.C vtr1 ○ ( want) avoir (bien) envie de [food, drink, object, plan, entertainment] ; fancy a coffee? tu veux un café? ; what do you fancy for lunch? qu'est-ce qui te plairait pour le déjeuner? ; to fancy doing avoir envie de faire ; do you fancy going to the cinema/coming out with me? ça te dirait ○ d'aller au cinéma/de sortir avec moi? ; I don't fancy the idea of sharing a flat l'idée de partager un appartement ne me dit rien ;3 ( expressing surprise) fancy her remembering my name! figure-toi qu'elle se souvenait de mon nom! ; fancy anyone buying that old car! tu imagines quelqu'un acheter cette vieille bagnole ○ ! ; fancy seeing you here ○ ! tiens donc, toi ici? ; fancy that ○ ! pas possible ○ ! ;D v refl1 ○ péj ( be conceited) he fancies himself il ne se prend pas pour rien ; she fancies herself in that hat elle n'arrête pas de frimer ○ avec ce chapeau ; she fancies herself with a tennis racquet elle se croit très bonne au tennis ;2 ○ ( wrongly imagine) to fancy oneself as se prendre pour ; he fancies himself as James Bond il se prend pour James Bond.E fancied pp adj Sport, Turf [contender] favori ; to be fancied for [competitor, horse] être donné favori dans [competition] ; [candidate, party] être donné gagnant de [election].a little of what you fancy does you good ça ne peut pas te faire de mal ; to fancy one's chances ○ GB être très sûr de soi ; I don't fancy his chances ○ à mon avis il n'a aucune chance.
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