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mellow ['meləʊ](b) (bricks) patiné; (light) doux (douce), tamisé; (colour) doux (douce); (voice, music) doux (douce), mélodieux(c) (person, mood) serein, tranquille;∎ to become or to grow mellow s'adoucir; (with age) mûrir;∎ mellow thoughts des pensées langoureuses∎ to be mellow être parti, planer∎ see you at six? -- yeah, that's mellow on se voit à six heures? -- ouais, ça marche!(of age, experience) adoucir, faire mûrir; (of food, alcohol) détendre, décontracter(b) (light, colour) s'adoucir; (stone, brick, building) se patiner; (sound, music) s'adoucir, devenir plus mélodieux;∎ her voice has mellowed sa voix s'est adoucie∎ he's mellowed a lot since those days il s'est beaucoup adouci depuis cette époque;∎ after the second whisky he began to mellow après le deuxième whisky, il a commencé à se décontracter4 noun -
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A adj2 ( soft) [colour, light, sound] doux/douce ;3 ( juicy) [fruit] fondant ;4 ( weathered) [stone] patiné par l'âge ;5 ( calm) [atmosphere, behaviour, person] serein ; to get ou grow mellow with age s'assagir avec l'âge ;B vtrC vi2 ( tone down) [attitude] s'adoucir ;■ mellow out ○ décompresser ○, se détendre. -
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mellow [ˈmeləʊ]1. adjective[+ wine] donner du moelleux à ; [+ person] adoucir[wine] se velouter ; [voice, person] s'adoucir* * *['meləʊ] 1.1) [wine] moelleux/-euse; [flavour] suave; [tone] mélodieux/-ieuse; [colour, light, sound] doux/douce; [fruit] fondant2) ( weathered) [stone] patiné par l'âge3) ( calm)to get ou grow mellow with age — s'assagir avec l'âge
4) ( relaxed) [person] détendu; [atmosphere] serein2.transitive verb1) ( calm) [experience] assagir [person]; [music, wine] détendre [person]2) ( ripen) faire mûrir [fruit]; donner du moelleux à [wine]3.1) ( calm down) [person, behaviour] s'assagir2) ( tone down) [attitude] s'adoucir3) ( ripen) [fruit] mûrir; [taste] prendre du moelleux -
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A ○ nB adj1 ( not cold) [place, bed, clothing, food, temperature, air, water, day, climate, fire, sun] chaud ; [scent, trail] (encore) frais/fraîche ; in warm weather quand il fait chaud ; to be warm [person] avoir chaud ; [weather] faire chaud ; it's warm today il fait bon or chaud aujourd'hui ; it's nice and warm in here on est bien au chaud ici ; are you warm enough? as-tu assez chaud? ; in a warm oven Culin à four très doux ; ‘serve warm’ Culin ‘servir tiède’ ; this soup is only warm, not hot cette soupe est tiède, pas chaude ; it's warm work c'est un travail qui donne chaud ; to get warm [person, weather, object] se réchauffer ; you're getting warmer! ( in guessing game) tu chauffes! ; to get sb/sth warm réchauffer qn/qch ; to get oneself warm se réchauffer ; to keep (oneself) warm ( wrap up) ne pas prendre froid ; ( take exercise) se tenir chaud ; ( stay indoors) rester au chaud ; to keep sb warm [extra clothing, blanket] tenir chaud à qn ; [nurse] tenir qn au chaud ; to keep sth warm tenir [qch] au chaud [food] ; chauffer [qch] (en permanence) [room] ; we got the sitting-room warm nous avons chauffé le salon ;2 (cordial, enthusiastic) [person, atmosphere, applause, congratulations, feeling, reception, smile, thanks, welcome] chaleureux/-euse ; [admiration, support] enthousiaste ; to have a warm heart être chaleureux/-euse ; warm(est) regards meilleures amitiés ; to give sb/get a warm welcome accueillir qn/être accueilli chaleureusement ;C vtr chauffer [plate, dish, food, water] chauffer ; réchauffer [implement] ; réchauffer [bed] ; se réchauffer [part of body] ; she was warming her hands by the fire elle se réchauffait les mains près du feu ; to warm sb's heart réchauffer le cœur de qn.D vi [food, liquid, object] chauffer.to make things warm for sb ○ en faire voir de toutes les couleurs ○ à qn.■ warm to, warm towards:▶ warm to [sb/sth] se prendre de sympathie pour [acquaintance] ; s'enthousiasmer pour [artist, idea, cause] ; commencer à apprécier [artistic, literary style] ; s'attaquer avec enthousiasme à [task, work] ; ‘and then,’ he said, warming to his theme,… ‘ensuite,’ dit-il, de plus en plus enthousiaste,…■ warm up:1 [person, room, house] se réchauffer ; [food, liquid] chauffer ; Aut, Elec [car, engine, radio] chauffer ;2 fig ( become lively) [discussion, campaign, party, audience] s'animer ; things warmed up when the band arrived ça s'est animé quand le groupe est arrivé ; it took the audience a while to warm up il a fallu du temps pour chauffer ○ la salle ;3 Sport [athlete, player] s'échauffer ; Mus [singer] s'échauffer la voix ; [orchestra, musician] se préparer ;▶ warm up [sth], warm [sth] up
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