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1 bless
∎ God bless (you)!, bless you! que Dieu vous bénisse!;∎ Mary, bless her, has agreed to do it Mary, Dieu soit loué, a accepté de le faire;∎ he remembered her birthday, bless his heart! et il n'a pas oublié son anniversaire, le petit chéri!;∎ bless your heart! que tu es gentil!;∎ familiar old-fashioned bless me if I didn't forget her name! figurez-vous que j'avais oublié son nom!;∎ familiar I'm blessed if I know! que le diable m'emporte si je sais!;∎ I bless the day I learnt to swim béni soit le jour où j'ai appris à nager;∎ God bless America = phrase traditionnellement prononcée par le président des États-Unis pour terminer une allocution∎ to be blessed with sth jouir de qch, avoir le bonheur de posséder qch;∎ she is blessed with excellent health elle a le bonheur d'avoir une excellente santé;∎ Nature has blessed him with an extraordinary memory la nature l'a doué d'une mémoire extraordinaire;∎ they have been blessed with two fine children ils ont deux enfants adorables;∎ familiar he hasn't a penny to bless himself with il n'a pas le sou∎ to bless God bénir ou adorer Dieu -
2 bless
bless [bles](preterite, past participle blest or blessed) [blest]• Nature blessed him with... la Nature l'a doué de...• and Paul, bless him, had no idea that... et ce brave Paul ne savait pas que...* * *[bles] 1.transitive verb1) Religion bénirgoodbye, God bless! — au revoir!
2) (colloq) ( affectionately)bless her — ou
bless you! — ( after sneeze) à vos souhaits!
3) (colloq & dated) ( in surprise)bless me! — ou
bless my soul! — ou
4) ( favour)to be blessed with — jouir de [health, beauty]
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3 bless
A vtr1 Relig bénir [building, congregation, food, marriage, person, sacrament] ; God bless America/the Queen que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique/la Reine ; God bless you que Dieu vous bénisse ; we bless you for your great mercy nous vous rendons grâce pour votre grande miséricorde ; goodbye, God bless! au revoir! ;2 ○ ( affectionately) bless her ou bless her heart! c'est un ange! ; bless you! ( after sneeze) à vos souhaits! ;4 ( favour) to bless sb with doter qn de ; to be blessed with jouir de [health, luck, skill, intelligence, beauty] ; we were never blessed with children le ciel a voulu que nous n'ayons jamais eu d'enfants ; to be blessed with six children avoir le bonheur d'avoir eu six enfants ;5 ( be grateful to) bless you for answering so quickly merci d'avoir répondu si vite ; you paid the bill? bless you! tu as réglé la facture? tu es un ange!(I'm) blessed if I know je ne sais absolument pas ; (I'm) blessed if I can remember je ne m'en souviens absolument pas. -
4 inelastic
(demand) fixeThe telcos have one basic advantage over their suffering dot-com cousins: While many Internet firms were built on demand that has yet to materialize (people will love buying groceries over the Internet -- right?), the telecom sector is blessed with what economists call inelastic demand. In other words, people will always want to make phone calls and transmit data, regardless of how low the market sinks.
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blessed with something — blessed with (something) lucky to have a special quality or character. She s been blessed with the sort of slim figure and very good looks everyone else wishes they had. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of blessed with something (= to be… … New idioms dictionary
blessed with — (something) lucky to have a special quality or character. She s been blessed with the sort of slim figure and very good looks everyone else wishes they had. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of blessed with something (= to be given… … New idioms dictionary
To be blessed with — Bless Bless, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian, bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.] 1. To make or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blessed with — be favored with , be fortunate to have … English contemporary dictionary
be blessed with something — phrase to have something very good or special They were blessed with three lovely children. Woods is blessed with great natural ability as a player. Thesaurus: to have a particular quality or thingsynonym Main entry: bless … Useful english dictionary
(be) blessed with something — be blessed with sth/sb idiom to have sth good such as ability, great happiness, etc • She s blessed with excellent health. • We re blessed with five lovely grandchildren. Main entry: ↑blessidiom … Useful english dictionary
(be) blessed with somebody — be blessed with sth/sb idiom to have sth good such as ability, great happiness, etc • She s blessed with excellent health. • We re blessed with five lovely grandchildren. Main entry: ↑blessidiom … Useful english dictionary
be blessed with something — to have something very good or special They were blessed with three lovely children. Woods is blessed with great natural ability as a player … English dictionary
be blessed with — To have the good fortune to possess • • • Main Entry: ↑bless … Useful english dictionary
blessed with — Synonyms and related words: enfeoffed, having, having and holding, holding, in possession of, landed, landholding, landowning, master of, occupying, owning, possessed of, possessing, propertied, property owning, seized of, tenured, worth … Moby Thesaurus
Blessed John Ruysbroeck — Blessed John Ruysbroeck † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Blessed John Ruysbroeck Surnamed the Admirable Doctor, and the Divine Doctor, undoubtedly the foremost of the Flemish mystics, b. at Ruysbroeck, near Brussels, 1293; d. at Groenendael … Catholic encyclopedia