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1 brilliant
brilliant [ˈbrɪljənt]a. [person, mind, performance] brillant ; [idea] génialc. ( = bright) éclatant* * *['brɪlɪənt] 1. 2.1) ( successful) [student, career, success] brillant2) ( bright) éclatant3) GB (colloq) ( fantastic) génial (colloq)3.exclamation super! (colloq) also iron -
2 great
great [greɪt]1. adjectivea. (in size, importance) grand• the greatest names in football/poetry les plus grands noms du football/de la poésie• you were great! tu as été sensationnel ! (inf)• he's the greatest! il est formidable !• that's great! c'est super ! (inf)c. ( = enthusiastic) he's a great angler il est passionné de pêche2. adverba. ( = excellently) super bien (inf)3. exclamation4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED KINGDOMDans l'usage courant, il est fréquent d'employer les mots Britain ou England pour désigner l'ensemble du Royaume-Uni, mais cet usage est impropre.La Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain ou Britain en anglais, est, strictement parlant, un terme géographique. Il désigne la plus grande des îles Britanniques et englobe donc l'Écosse et le pays de Galles. Avec l'Irlande, l'île de Man et les îles Anglo-Normandes, la Grande-Bretagne constitue les îles Britanniques ou British Isles, qui sont également une notion géographique puisqu'elles comprennent deux pays: le Royaume-Uni (capitale: Londres) et la République d'Irlande (capitale: Dublin).Le Royaume-Uni (de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord), en anglais United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) ou UK, est la désignation officielle d'une entité politique. Ses citoyens sont des Britanniques.* * *[greɪt] 1.2.the great — (+ v pl) les grands mpl
1) ( large) [height, speed, majority, object, danger, improvement] grand (before n); [number] grand (before n), important; [increase] fort (before n), important2) ( as intensifier) [excitement, surprise, relief, success, tragedy] grand (before n); [heat] fort (before n)a great many people — beaucoup de personnes, un grand nombre de personnes
you're a great help! — iron tu m'aides vraiment beaucoup!
3) ( remarkable) [person, name, painting, discovery] grand (before n)4) (colloq) ( excellent) [book, party, weather] génial (colloq), formidable (colloq); [opportunity] formidable (colloq)you look great! — ( healthy) tu as l'air en pleine forme!; ( attractive) tu es superbe!
that dress looks great on you — cette robe est géniale (colloq) sur toi
X is the greatest! — X est génial! (colloq)
5) (colloq) ( talented) génial (colloq), formidable (colloq)to be great at — être un as (colloq) à [tennis, football]
to be great with — être génial (colloq) avec [children, animals]
to be great on — être imbattable (colloq) sur [history, architecture]
6) (colloq) ( inveterate) [worrier, organizer] de première (colloq); [admirer, fan] grand (before n)3.(colloq) adverb••
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