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1 beauté
beauté [bote]feminine nounbeauty ; [d'un homme] handsomeness* * *botenom féminin beautycommencer/finir en beauté — to start/to end with a flourish
* * *bote nfen beauté [terminer] — with a flourish, brilliantly
être en beauté; Marjolaine est en beauté ce soir. — Marjolaine is looking beautiful tonight.
* * *beauté nf1 ( esthétique) beauty; la beauté idéale ideal beauty; la beauté d'un paysage/d'une femme the beauty of a landscape/of a woman; la beauté d'un homme a man's good looks (pl); éblouissant/étonnant de beauté dazzlingly/amazingly beautiful; d'une beauté remarquable/surprenante amazingly/strikingly beautiful; d'une grande beauté very beautiful; de toute beauté exquisite; être en beauté to look really good; avoir la beauté du diable to be in the bloom of youth; mise en beauté beauty treatment; se faire une beauté to do oneself up;2 ( qualité) (de geste, sacrifice, sentiments) nobility; ( d'œuvre) beauty; beauté de la vie beauty of life; les beautés de la rhétorique/la Grèce/la nature the beauties of rhetoric/Greece/nature; faire qch pour la beauté du geste to do sth because it is a nice thing to do; commencer/s'achever or finir en beauté to start/to end with a flourish;3 (belle personne, belle chose) elle se prend pour une beauté she thinks she's a great beauty; les beautés du village the local lovelies; ta voiture est une beauté your car is a beauty; salut, beauté○ hello, love○ GB, hi, doll○ US.[bote] nom féminin[d'un homme] handsomenessje vous offre un verre, beauté? can I get you a drink, darling?pour la beauté du geste ou de la chose for the beauty of it————————beautés nom féminin pluriel[d'une œuvre] beauties————————de beauté locution adjectivale[concours, reine] beauty (modificateur)de toute beauté locution adjectivale————————en beauté locution adverbialefinir en beauté to end with a flourish ou on a high note -
2 foudroyant
foudroyant, e [fudʀwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective[progrès, vitesse, attaque] lightning ; [poison, maladie] violent ; [mort] instant ; [succès] stunning* * *foudroyante fudʀwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif [attaque, progrès] lightning (épith), sudden; [succès] meteoric; [regard] furious; [mort] sudden* * *fudʀwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj foudroyant, -e(puissance, attaque, effets) devastating, (maladie, poison) violent* * *foudroyant, foudroyante adj [attaque, riposte, progrès] lightning ( épith), sudden; [succès, révélation] meteoric; [regard] furious; [mort] sudden; il a été victime d'une leucémie/crise foudroyante he was struck down by leukemia/a heart attack.( féminin foudroyante) [fudrwajɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif1. [soudain] violent3. [furieux - regard] -
3 régaler
régaler [ʀegale]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb► se régaler ( = bien manger) to have a delicious meal ; ( = éprouver du plaisir) to have a wonderful time* * *ʀegale
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verbe transitif [personne] to treat [somebody] to a delicious mealrégaler quelqu'un de — lit to treat somebody to [vin, mets]; fig to regale somebody with [anecdotes]
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se régaler verbe pronominal1) ( de nourriture)2) figse régaler avec — to enjoy [something] thoroughly [film, personnage]
se régaler de — to love [anecdote]
* * *ʀeɡale vt* * *régaler verb table: aimerA vtr [personne] to treat [sb] to a delicious meal; régaler qn de lit to treat sb to [vin, mets]; fig to regale sb with [anecdotes].B ○vi ( payer l'addition) to pay the bill GB ou check US; laisse, c'est moi qui régale leave it, it's my treat.C se régaler vpr1 ( de nourriture) je me régale it's delicious; les enfants se sont régalés avec ton dessert the children really enjoyed your dessert; Jean fait un gâteau, je me régale à l'avance Jean is making a cake, I can taste it already;2 fig le spectacle était grandiose, ils se sont régalés the show was stunning, they thoroughly enjoyed it; se régaler avec to enjoy [sth] thoroughly [film, spectacle, personnage]; se régaler de to love [anecdote, histoire, personnage]; se régaler à l'avance de qch to look forward to sth.[regale] verbe transitif1. [offrir à manger, à boire] to treatelle régalait ses collègues d'anecdotes croustillantes she regaled her colleagues with ou treated her colleagues to spicy anecdotes3. [terrain] to level————————se régaler verbe pronominal intransitif1. [en mangeant]je me suis régalé it was a real treat, I really enjoyed it2. (figuré) -
4 splendide
splendide [splɑ̃did]adjective* * *splɑ̃didadjectif [objet, journée, victoire] splendid; [villa, pays] magnificent; [yeux, personne] stunning* * *splɑ̃did adj(temps, ville, vue, paysage, film) magnificent* * *splendide adj [objet, exposition, journée, victoire] splendid; [villa, pays] magnificent; [yeux, personne] stunningly beautiful.[splɑ̃did] adjectif3. [rayonnant - soleil] radiant4. (littéraire) [glorieux] splendid
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