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1 blessed
∎ Bible blessed are the poor in spirit heureux les pauvres d'esprit(c) (wonderful → day, freedom, rain) béni∎ every blessed day chaque jour que le bon Dieu fait;∎ the whole blessed day toute la sainte journée;∎ it's a blessed nuisance having to… quelle barbe d'avoir à…;∎ I can't see a blessed thing je n'y vois rien[blest] Religion the blessed les bienheureux mpl►► Religion the Blessed Trinity la Sainte Trinité;Religion the Blessed Virgin la Sainte Vierge -
2 favour
faveur ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c)-(f) service ⇒ 1 (b) préférer ⇒ 2 (a) être partisan de ⇒ 2 (b) favoriser ⇒ 2 (c), 2 (d) ressembler à ⇒ 2 (e)1 noun(a) (approval) faveur f, approbation f;∎ to be in favour (person) être bien en cour, être bien vu; (artist, fashion) être à la mode ou en vogue;∎ to be out of favour (person) être mal en cour, ne pas être bien vu; (artist, book) ne pas être à la mode ou en vogue; (fashion) être démodé ou dépassé;∎ she's in favour with the boss elle est bien vue du patron;∎ he speaks in their favour il parle en leur faveur;∎ to fall out of favour with sb perdre les bonnes grâces de qn;∎ this method has rather fallen out of favour in recent years cette méthode a été plus ou moins abandonnée au cours de ces dernières années;∎ to be restored or to return to favour rentrer en grâce;∎ to find favour with sb trouver grâce aux yeux de qn, gagner l'approbation de qn;∎ he is prepared to look with favour upon the suggestion il est prêt à approuver ou à examiner favorablement la proposition;∎ he looks with favour upon us il est bien disposé à notre égard;∎ to be in favour of sth être partisan de qch, être pour qch;∎ to be in favour of doing sth être d'avis de ou être pour faire qch(b) (act of goodwill) service m;∎ will you do me a favour or do a favour for me? voulez-vous me rendre (un) service?;∎ may I ask a favour of you or ask you a favour? puis-je vous demander un service?;∎ I did it as a favour to her je l'ai fait pour lui rendre service;∎ I ask you as a favour not to say anything je vous serais très reconnaissant de ne rien dire;∎ do me a favour and play somewhere else soyez gentil, allez jouer ailleurs;∎ she's not doing herself any favours by being so arrogant son arrogance la dessert;∎ thank God for small favours remercions le ciel pour ses petits bienfaits; ironic encore heureux!;∎ everything is in our favour tout joue en notre faveur, nous avons tout pour nous;∎ the odds are in his favour il est (donné) favori;∎ a point in her favour un bon point pour elle, un point en sa faveur;∎ the magistrates decided in his favour les juges lui ont donné raison ou gain de cause;∎ all those in favour raise your hand que tous ceux qui sont pour lèvent la main;∎ he dropped the idea in favour of our suggestion il a laissé tomber l'idée au profit de notre suggestion;∎ a will in favour of the children un testament en faveur des enfants;∎ a cheque in favour of Jill Adam un chèque payable à Jill Adam;∎ credit in your favour à votre crédit(d) (partiality) faveur f, partialité f(e) History (badge, ribbon) faveur f; old-fashioned (of sports fan) rosette f (aux couleurs d'une équipe)∎ a woman's favours les faveurs fpl d'une femme;∎ she was rather too free with her favours elle était un peu trop prodigue de ses faveurs(b) (support → suggestion, team) être partisan de, être pour; (→ candidate, project) favoriser, appuyer; (→ theory) soutenir;∎ I favour allowing more time for the planning stage je suis partisan d'accorder plus de temps au stade préparatoire∎ the ground is quite firm, which favours this horse le terrain est très ferme, ce qui est favorable à ce cheval ou ce qui avantage ce cheval;∎ circumstances that would favour a June election des circonstances (qui seraient) favorables à une élection en juin∎ she favoured him with a smile elle l'a gratifié d'un sourire;∎ he favoured us with his company il nous a fait l'honneur de se joindre à nous;∎ favoured with talent talentueux, doué;∎ favoured with good looks avantagé par la nature(e) (resemble) ressembler à;∎ he favours his mother il ressemble à ou tient de sa mère
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