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A n1 (desire, expectation) espoir m, espérance f (of de) ; ( cause for optimism) espoir m ; in the hope of sth/of doing dans l'espoir de qch/de faire ; she cherishes the hope that he is still alive elle nourrit l'espoir qu'il soit encore vivant ; my (only) hope is that he will be happy mon (seul) espoir est qu'il soit heureux ; to have high hopes of sb/sth fonder de grands espoirs sur qn/qch ; to have hopes of doing avoir l'espoir de faire ; to have great ou high hopes of doing avoir bon espoir de faire ; there is little/no hope left for them il y a peu/il n'y a plus d'espoir pour eux ; to pin ou set one's hopes on sth mettre tout son espoir dans qch ; to set one's hopes on doing espérer de tout cœur faire ; to be beyond (all) hope, to be without hope être sans espoir ; to live in hope vivre dans l'espoir ; to live in (the) hope of sth vivre dans l'espoir de qch ; to keep one's hopes high garder espoir ; there are grounds for hope il y a des raisons d'espérer ; to give sb new hope ranimer l'espoir de qn ; all hope is lost c'est sans espoir ; to raise sb's hopes faire naître l'espoir chez qn ; don't raise their hopes too much ne leur donne pas trop d'espoir ; to dash sb's hopes anéantir l'espoir de qn ; to lose/give up hope perdre/abandonner espoir ; a glimmer ou ray of hope une lueur d'espoir ; ‘hopes rise for a peace settlement in the Middle East’ journ ‘espoir de paix au Moyen-Orient’ ;2 ( chance) chance f, espoir m ; to have no hope of sth/of doing sth n'avoir aucune chance de qch/de faire qch ; there is little/no hope that he will come il y a peu de chances/il n'y a aucune chance qu'il vienne ; there is no hope of an improvement on ne peut pas s'attendre à une amélioration ; if the champion loses, what hope is there for me? si le champion perd, quelles sont mes chances à moi? ; our only hope is to fight on notre seule chance or seul espoir est de poursuivre la lutte ; his best hope is that the champion may be tired tout ce qu'il peut espérer est que le champion soit fatigué ; what a hope ○ !, some hope ○ ! il ne faut pas rêver! ; he hasn't got a hope in hell ○ il n'a pas la moindre chance ; it's/she's my last hope c'est/elle est mon dernier espoir ;3 ( promising person) espoir m.B vtr espérer (that que) ; to hope to do espérer faire ; it is to be hoped that il faut espérer que (+ indic) ; I hope (that) he'll come j'espère qu'il viendra ; we cannot hope to compete with big firms nous n'avons aucune chance de rivaliser avec de grosses entreprises ; I only ou just hope he remembers j'espère seulement qu'il s'en souviendra ; we had hoped to make a profit this year, but… nous espérions faire un bénéfice cette année, mais… ; I (do) hope so/not j'espère (bien) que oui/que non ; I won't forget’-‘I should hope not!’ ‘je n'oublierai pas’-‘j'espère bien que non!’ ; ‘I'm sure he'll recover’-‘I hope so’ ‘je suis sûr qu'il va se remettre’-‘je l'espère’ ; hoping to hear from you ( in letter) dans l'espoir d'avoir de vos nouvelles.C vi espérer ; to hope for sth attendre or espérer avoir qch ; I hoped for a letter/success j'attendais or j'espérais avoir une lettre/du succès ; don't hope for too much n'en attendez pas trop ; all we can do is hope il ne nous reste qu'à espérer ; to hope for the best être optimiste.abandon hope, all ye who enter here abandonnez toute espérance, vous qui entrez ; to hope against hope espérer en dépit de tout ; hope springs eternal (in the human breast) l'espérance est inépuisable.
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