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∎ 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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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. -
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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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soul [səʊl]1. nouna. âme fb. ( = person) a village of 300 souls un village de 300 âmes• poor soul! le (or la) pauvre !2. adjective(US of black Americans) (inf) soul food cuisine f soul (cuisine traditionnelle des Noirs du sud des États-Unis)3. compounds* * *[səʊl]1) (immortal, essential) âme fto sell one's soul — fig donner n'importe quoi
bless my soul! — (dated)
upon my soul! — (dated) grand Dieu!
2) ( emotional appeal)to lack soul — [performance] être plat; [city] ne pas avoir d'âme
he has no soul! — hum il est trop terre-à-terre!
3) ( person)‘many people there?’ - ‘not a soul’ — ‘il y avait du monde?’ - ‘personne’, ‘pas un chat’ (colloq)
4) [U] Music (also soul music) soul m••it's good for the soul — hum ça forme le caractère
to be the life and soul of the party — être un or une boute-en-train
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5 soul
soul n1 Relig ( immortal) âme f ; to sell one's soul (to the devil) vendre son âme (au diable) ; to sell one's soul fig donner n'importe quoi (for pour ; to do pour faire) ; bless my soul†!, upon my soul†! grand Dieu! ;2 ( innermost nature) âme f ; a soul in torment littér une âme en peine ; to have the soul of a poet avoir l'âme d'un poète, être poète dans l'âme ;3 ( essence) âme f ; the soul of the British middle classes l'âme de la bourgeoisie britannique ; to be the soul of kindness/discretion être la gentillesse/discrétion même ;4 ¢ ( emotional appeal or depth) to lack soul [performance, rendition] être plat ; [building, city] ne pas avoir d'âme ; he has no soul! hum il est trop terre à terre! ;5 ( character type) a sensitive soul une âme sensible ; she's a motherly soul elle est très maternelle ;6 ( person) you mustn't tell a soul! ne le dis à personne! ; you can drive miles without seeing a soul on peut faire des kilomètres sans voir personne or sans voir âme qui vive ; ‘many people there?’-‘not a soul’ ‘il y avait du monde?’-‘personne, pas un chat ○ ’ ; she's too old, poor soul! elle est trop vieille, la pauvre! ; some poor soul will have to pay hum quelque malheureux devra payer! ;it's good for the soul hum ça forme le caractère ; to be the life and soul of the party être un or une boute-en-train ; to throw oneself into sth heart and soul se donner corps et âme à qch ; you can't call your soul your own here on n'est pas libre de faire ce qu'on veut ici.
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