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brave [breɪv](a) (courageous) courageux;∎ be brave! sois courageux!, du courage!;∎ you'll have to be brave and tell him tu vas devoir prendre ton courage à deux mains et le lui dire;∎ to put on a brave face, to put a brave face on it faire bonne contenance;∎ it was a brave effort nonetheless néanmoins c'était un bel effort∎ a brave new world une ère nouvelle(person) braver, défier; (danger, storm) braver, affronter∎ the bravest of the brave les plus braves d'entre les braves4 nounHistory (Indian warrior) brave m, guerrier m indienfaire face à;∎ we'll just have to brave it out! nous devrons tout simplement faire face à la situation!ⓘ Brave new world Il s'agit du titre d'un roman de science-fiction de l'écrivain anglais Aldous Huxley (publié en 1932) et d'une allusion à un vers de Shakespeare dans La Tempête. Il est intéressant de noter que le titre français du roman est Le Meilleur des mondes, une allusion au Candide de Voltaire. L'expression brave new world s'utilise à propos de tout changement de société provoqué par les progrès de la science. On parlera par exemple de the brave new world of genetic manipulation ("l'ère de la manipulation génétique"").
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