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1 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.
См. также в других словарях:
jolly somebody into into doing something — ˌjolly sb ˈinto sth/into ˈdoing sth derived to persuade or encourage sb to do sth by making them feel happy about it Main entry: ↑jollyderived … Useful english dictionary
jolly somebody into something doing something — ˌjolly sb ˈinto sth/into ˈdoing sth derived to persuade or encourage sb to do sth by making them feel happy about it Main entry: ↑jollyderived … Useful english dictionary
jolly — 1 adjective jollier, jolliest especially BrE 1 happy and cheerful: Everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood. 2 old fashioned very pleasant and enjoyable: a very jolly occasion 2 adverb BrE old fashioned 1 very: Sounds like a jolly good idea … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
show — show1 W1S1 [ʃəu US ʃou] v past tense showed past participle shown [ʃəun US ʃoun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let somebody see)¦ 2¦(prove something)¦ 3¦(feelings/attitudes/qualities)¦ 4¦(explain with actions)¦ 5¦(picture/map etc)¦ 6¦(guide somebody)¦ 7¦(point at… … Dictionary of contemporary English
show — 1 verb past tense showed past participle shown /SUn/ 1 PROVE (T) to provide facts or information that make it clear that something is true or that something exists: show (that): The latest poll clearly shows that most voters are unaware of this.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English