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1 kindly
A adj [person, nature] gentil/-ille ; [smile, interest] bienveillant ; [voice] plein de gentillesse ; [face] sympathique ; she's a kindly soul elle est très gentille.B adv1 (in a kind, nice way) [speak, look, treat] avec gentillesse ; to speak kindly of sb avoir un mot gentil pour qn ; thank you kindly† tous mes remerciements ;2 ( obligingly) gentiment ; she kindly agreed to do elle a gentiment accepté de faire ; would you kindly do/refrain from doing auriez-vous l'amabilité de faire/de ne pas faire ; ‘would visitors kindly do’, ‘visitors are kindly requested to do’ GB ‘les visiteurs sont priés de faire’ ;3 ( favourably) to look kindly on approuver [activity] ; to think kindly of avoir une bonne opinion de [person] ; to take kindly to apprécier [idea, suggestion, person] ; I don't think he'll take kindly to being kept waiting je ne crois pas qu'il va apprécier qu'on le fasse attendre. -
2 soul
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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