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1 bless
A vtr1 Relig bénir [building, congregation, food, marriage, person, sacrament] ; God bless America/the Queen que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique/la Reine ; God bless you que Dieu vous bénisse ; we bless you for your great mercy nous vous rendons grâce pour votre grande miséricorde ; goodbye, God bless! au revoir! ;2 ○ ( affectionately) bless her ou bless her heart! c'est un ange! ; bless you! ( after sneeze) à vos souhaits! ;4 ( favour) to bless sb with doter qn de ; to be blessed with jouir de [health, luck, skill, intelligence, beauty] ; we were never blessed with children le ciel a voulu que nous n'ayons jamais eu d'enfants ; to be blessed with six children avoir le bonheur d'avoir eu six enfants ;5 ( be grateful to) bless you for answering so quickly merci d'avoir répondu si vite ; you paid the bill? bless you! tu as réglé la facture? tu es un ange!(I'm) blessed if I know je ne sais absolument pas ; (I'm) blessed if I can remember je ne m'en souviens absolument pas. -
2 bless
∎ God bless (you)!, bless you! que Dieu vous bénisse!;∎ Mary, bless her, has agreed to do it Mary, Dieu soit loué, a accepté de le faire;∎ he remembered her birthday, bless his heart! et il n'a pas oublié son anniversaire, le petit chéri!;∎ bless your heart! que tu es gentil!;∎ familiar old-fashioned bless me if I didn't forget her name! figurez-vous que j'avais oublié son nom!;∎ familiar I'm blessed if I know! que le diable m'emporte si je sais!;∎ I bless the day I learnt to swim béni soit le jour où j'ai appris à nager;∎ God bless America = phrase traditionnellement prononcée par le président des États-Unis pour terminer une allocution∎ to be blessed with sth jouir de qch, avoir le bonheur de posséder qch;∎ she is blessed with excellent health elle a le bonheur d'avoir une excellente santé;∎ Nature has blessed him with an extraordinary memory la nature l'a doué d'une mémoire extraordinaire;∎ they have been blessed with two fine children ils ont deux enfants adorables;∎ familiar he hasn't a penny to bless himself with il n'a pas le sou∎ to bless God bénir ou adorer Dieu
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