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1 fairy-tale
∎ fairy-tale castle château m de conte de fées;∎ a fairy-tale ending une fin digne d'un conte de fées;∎ a fairy-tale romance une histoire d'amour digne d'un conte de fées -
2 fairy tale
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3 fairy-tale
noun (a fairy-story: to tell fairy-tales; ( also adjective) the fairy-tale appearance of the countryside.) conte de fées -
4 fairy tale
1. 2.(also fairy-tale, fairytale) noun modifier [ romance, princess] de conte de fées -
5 fairy
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6 fairy
1 noun∎ the bad fairy la fée Carabosse;∎ familiar to be away with the fairies (senile) être complètement gaga; (eccentric) être farfelu; (daydreaming) être dans les nuages(enchanted) magique; (fairylike) féerique, de fée;∎ fairy voices des voix fpl de fées;∎ fairy footsteps des pas mpl légers►► British fairy cycle bicyclette f d'enfant;Australian fairy floss barbe f à papa;Literature & figurative fairy godmother bonne fée f;fairy lights guirlande f électrique;fairy queen reine f des fées;fairy ring cercle m ou rond m des sorcières;Zoology fairy shrimp artémia m;fairy story conte m de fées; (untruth) histoire f à dormir debout;fairy tale conte m de fées; (untruth) histoire f à dormir debout -
7 fairy
['feəri]plural - fairies; noun(an imaginary creature in the form of a very small (often winged) human, with magical powers: Children often believe in fairies; ( also adjective) fairy-land.) fée; (de) fée- fairy-tale -
8 pantomime
1. noun1) (a play performed at Christmas time, usually based on a popular fairy tale, with music, dancing, comedy etc.) spectacle de Noël2) ((also mime) a performance by an actor done without using words: He studied pantomime in acting school.)2. verb(to act out a scene without using words: Since she couldn't speak French, she had to pantomime her request for water.) -
9 happily
happily ['hæpɪlɪ]∎ I could live here very happily je serais très heureux ici;∎ we were sitting there quite happily watching television nous étions installés tout tranquillement devant la télévision;∎ they lived happily ever after (at end of fairy tale) ≃ ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants;∎ I thought that when you got married you lived happily ever after je croyais que quand on se mariait, on vivait heureux jusqu'à la fin de ses jours;∎ I always thought you two were happily married j'ai toujours pensé que vous étiez un couple heureux∎ she said she would happily give her consent elle a dit qu'elle donnerait volontiers son accord ou qu'elle serait heureuse de donner son accord;∎ I could quite happily live here je me verrais très bien vivre ici;∎ I could quite happily strangle him j'ai bien envie de l'étrangler;∎ he'll quite happily say one thing and do the opposite ça ne le gêne pas de dire une chose et de faire exactement le contraire∎ happily, no one was hurt heureusement, il n'y a pas eu de blessés(d) (appropriately) heureusement, avec bonheur;∎ a very happily chosen turn of phrase une tournure de phrase très heureuseⓘ And they all lived happily ever after Il s'agit de la formule qui clôt tous les contes de fées en anglais ("et tous vécurent heureux pour toujours"), dont l'équivalent français est "ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants". Aujourd'hui on utilise cette phrase de façon allusive et parfois sur le mode sarcastique, comme dans l'exemple suivant: Neil and Maggie were supposed to live happily ever after but actually divorced after six months ("Neil et Maggie étaient censés vivre heureux et avoir beaucoup d'enfants mais finalement ils ont divorcé au bout de six mois"). -
10 story
(a) (tale, work of fiction → spoken) histoire f; (→ written) histoire f, conte m; Literature (short story) nouvelle f;∎ to tell sb a story raconter une histoire à qn;∎ ghost/murder story histoire f de fantômes/de meurtre;∎ fairy story conte m de fées;∎ he stopped halfway through his story il s'interrompit en plein milieu de son récit;∎ this is a true story c'est une histoire vraie;∎ a collection of her poems and stories un recueil de ses poèmes et nouvelles;∎ there is a story that…, the story goes that… on raconte que…;∎ figurative the stories this old castle could tell! les murs de ce château en ont vu de belles!;∎ there's a story behind or attached to every exhibit in the museum chacune des pièces du musée a sa propre histoire∎ the story of the film is very complicated l'intrigue du film est très compliquée;∎ I like a play with a good story to it j'aime les pièces qui ont une bonne intrigue;∎ the story is set in wartime London l'histoire se passe à Londres, pendant la guerre∎ I got the inside story from his wife j'ai appris la vérité sur cette histoire par sa femme;∎ let me tell you my side of the story laisse-moi te donner ma version de l'histoire;∎ humorous well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it c'est la version officielle;∎ the witness changed his story le témoin est revenu sur sa version des faits;∎ but that's another story mais ça, c'est une autre histoire;∎ that's not the whole story, that's only part of the story mais ce n'est pas tout;∎ we'll probably never know the whole or full story nous ne saurons peut-être jamais le fin mot de l'histoire;∎ it's always the same old story, it's the old, old story c'est toujours la même histoire ou chanson;∎ these bruises tell their own story ces meurtrissures en disent long;∎ each photo tells its or a story toutes les photos racontent une histoire;∎ it's a long story c'est toute une histoire, c'est une longue histoire;∎ his life story l'histoire de sa vie;∎ humorous that's the story of my life! ça m'arrive tout le temps!∎ are you telling stories again? est-ce que tu racontes encore des histoires?∎ there's a story going about that they're getting divorced le bruit court qu'ils vont divorcer;∎ or so the story goes c'est du moins ce que l'on raconte∎ there's a front-page story about or on the riots il y a un article en première page sur les émeutes;∎ the editor refused to run her story le rédacteur en chef a refusé de publier son article;∎ all the papers ran or carried the story tous les journaux en ont parlé;∎ have you been following this corruption story? est-ce que vous avez suivi cette affaire de corruption?;∎ what's the story? quelle nouvelle?;∎ the story broke just after the morning papers had gone to press on a appris la nouvelle juste après la mise sous presse des journaux du matin
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