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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
bless [bles](preterite, past participle blest or blessed) [blest]• Nature blessed him with... la Nature l'a doué de...• and Paul, bless him, had no idea that... et ce brave Paul ne savait pas que...* * *[bles] 1.transitive verb1) Religion bénirgoodbye, God bless! — au revoir!
2) (colloq) ( affectionately)bless her — ou
bless you! — ( after sneeze) à vos souhaits!
3) (colloq & dated) ( in surprise)bless me! — ou
bless my soul! — ou
4) ( favour)to be blessed with — jouir de [health, beauty]
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3 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
См. также в других словарях:
bless his heart — bless him/her/them/bless his heart her heart their hearts spoken phrase used for talking about someone in a loving or sympathetic way She’s just learned to say her name, bless her! … Useful english dictionary
bless her — bless him/her/them/bless his heart her heart their hearts spoken phrase used for talking about someone in a loving or sympathetic way … Useful english dictionary
her heart — bless him/her/them/bless his heart her heart their hearts spoken phrase used for talking about someone in a loving or sympathetic way She’s just learned to say her name, bless her! … Useful english dictionary
bless one's heart — {v. phr.} To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened. * /Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
bless one's heart — {v. phr.} To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened. * /Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
bless\ one's\ heart — v. phr. To thank someone; consider one the cause of something good that has happened. Aunt Jane, bless her heart, left me half a million dollars! … Словарь американских идиом
bless — [ bles ] (past tense and past participle blessed or blest [ blest ] ) verb transitive * 1. ) to say a prayer asking God to help and protect someone or something: a ceremony to bless the harvest a ) if God blesses someone or something, he helps… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bless him — bless him/her/them/bless his heart her heart their hearts spoken phrase used for talking about someone in a loving or sympathetic way … Useful english dictionary
bless them — bless him/her/them/bless his heart her heart their hearts spoken phrase used for talking about someone in a loving or sympathetic way … Useful english dictionary
heart — [ hart ] noun *** ▸ 1 organ that pumps blood ▸ 2 area of chest with heart ▸ 3 your feelings ▸ 4 inner central part ▸ 5 shape representing love ▸ 6 suit of playing cards ▸ 7 most important part ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the organ in your chest that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bless — I UK [bles] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bless : present tense I/you/we/they bless he/she/it blesses present participle blessing past tense blessed or blest UK [blest] / US past participle blessed or blest * 1) a) to say a prayer asking God… … English dictionary
