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1 jollies
jollies ['dʒɒlɪz]∎ to get one's jollies (doing sth) prendre son pied (à faire qch) -
2 jolly
A adj1 ( cheerful) [person] enjoué ; [tune] joyeux/-euse ; [bunting, party hats] qui donne un air de fête ;2 ○ †( enjoyable) amusant ; what a jolly time we had! qu'est-ce qu'on s'est bien amusé! ;3 ○ ( drunk) éméché ○.B ○ adv GB ( emphatic) drôlement ; she's a jolly good singer elle chante drôlement bien ; he was jolly lucky il a eu une sacrée veine ○ ; ‘I'm not going’-‘you jolly well are!’ ‘je n'y vais pas’-‘c'est ce qu'on va voir!’ ; jolly good ○ ! formidable!C vtr to jolly sb along amadouer qn ; we jollied him into staying nous avons fini par le convaincre de rester avec nous. -
3 jolly
∎ what are you so jolly about? qu'est-ce qui te met de si bonne humeur?∎ we had a very jolly time nous nous sommes bien amusés;∎ jolly hockey sticks = expression parodique utilisée en parlant d'une femme bourgeoise, éduquée dans une "public school", caractérisée par un enthousiasme débordant et une certaine naïveté2 adverbBritish rudement, drôlement;∎ it's a jolly good thing he came c'est rudement bien qu'il soit venu;∎ jolly good! formidable!;∎ and a jolly good job too! et c'est tant mieux!;∎ a jolly good fellow un chic type;∎ you'll jolly well do what you're told! tu feras ce qu'on te dit de faire, un point c'est tout!;∎ it jolly well serves them right! c'est vraiment bien fait pour eux!∎ she jollied me into going avec ses paroles enjôleuses, elle a fini par me convaincre d'y aller;∎ he'll come if you jolly him along a bit il viendra si tu le pousses un peu4 nounfamiliar pejorative voyage m aux frais de la princesse►► jolly boat chaloupe f, canot m;Jolly Roger pavillon m noir, drapeau m de pirateBritish égayer;∎ we jollied up the room with some posters nous avons égayé la pièce avec des affiches
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