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1 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! -
2 bright
bright [braɪt]1. adjectivea. [colour, light] vif ; [room] clair ; [clothes, flowers] de couleur(s) vive(s) ; [star, eyes] brillantb. [day, weather] radieux ; [sunshine, sun] éclatant• to become brighter [weather] s'éclaircirc. ( = clever) intelligentd. ( = cheerful) joviale. [future, outlook, prospects] brillant• you're up bright and early this morning! tu es bien matinal aujourd'hui !2. compounds• the bright lights of New York les lumières fpl de New York ► bright spark (inf) noun petit (e) futé(e) (inf) m(f)* * *[braɪt] 1.1) ( vivid) [blue, red] vif/vive; [garment, carpet, wallpaper] ( of one colour) de couleur vive; ( of several colours) aux couleurs vives2) ( clear) [sunshine] éclatant; [room, day] clair; [weather] radieux/-ieuse; [sky] lumineux/-euse3) ( shiny) [star, eye, coin, metal] brillant; [jewel] étincelant4) ( clever) intelligent5) ( cheerful) [person, mood] joyeux/-euse; [smile, face] radieux/-ieuse6) ( promising) [future] brillant2.adverb [shine, burn] d'un vif éclat -
3 bright
A adj1 ( vivid) [colour, blue, red] vif/vive ; [garment, carpet, wallpaper] ( of one colour) de couleur vive ; ( of several colours) aux couleurs vives ; he went bright red il est devenu tout rouge ;2 ( clear) [sun, sunshine] éclatant ; [room, location, day] clair ; [weather] radieux/-ieuse ; [sky] lumineux/-euse ; bright spell éclaircie f ; it will become brighter later le temps doit s'éclaircir plus tard ;4 ( clever) intelligent ; that wasn't very bright (of you) ce n'était pas très malin (de ta part) ; a bright idea une idée lumineuse ;5 ( cheerful) [person, mood] joyeux/-euse ; [smile, face] radieux/-ieuse ; [greeting] chaleureux/-euse ; to look on the bright side voir le bon côté des choses ;6 ( promising) [future, prospect, outlook, picture] brillant ( never predic) ; one of our brightest hopes in athletics l'un de nos meilleurs espoirs en athlétisme ; in brighter days en des jours meilleurs. -
4 lighten
A vtrB vi1 ( grow brighter) [sky, colour, hair, wood, skin] s'éclaircir ;2 ( grow less heavy) [burden, pressure, workload] s'alléger ;3 ( become more cheerful) [mood] s'adoucir ; [atmosphere] se détendre ; [expression] s'éclairer ; his heart lightened il s'est senti soulagé. -
5 brighten
verb ((often with up) to make or become bright or brighter: The new wallpaper brightens up the room.) (s')aviver, (s')éclairer -
6 foil
I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) faire échouerII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) feuille/papier d'aluminium2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) repoussoirIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) fleuret -
7 lighten
lighten ['laɪtən](a) (make brighter) éclairer, illuminer;∎ a single candle lightened the darkness seule une bougie trouait l'obscurité(b) (make paler) éclaircir;∎ lighten the blue with a little white éclaircissez le bleu avec un peu de blanc;∎ to have one's hair lightened se faire éclaircir les cheveux(c) (make less heavy) alléger;∎ having an assistant will lighten my workload avec un assistant ma charge de travail sera moins lourde(a) (become light) s'éclairer, s'éclaircir;∎ the sky has lightened a little le ciel s'est légèrement éclairci;∎ her mood lightened sa mauvaise humeur se dissipa(b) (load, burden) s'alléger;∎ my heart lightened j'ai été soulagéfamiliar se remettre□ ;∎ oh come on, lighten up! allez, remets-toi ou ne fais pas cette tête!
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