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 | beau {adj} | 32 beautiful | |
| beau {adj} [homme, garçon] | 2 handsome | |
| beau {adj} [temps, spécimen, discours, projet] | fine | |
| beau {adj} [succès, avenir, optimisme] | great | |
| beau {adj} [enfant, physique, objet, décor] | lovely | |
| beau {adj} [travail, cadeau, effort, victoire] | nice | |
| Nouns |
| bellâtre {m} [péj.] | beau | |
| galant {m} [vieux] | beau [dated] | |
| dandy {m} | beau [dated] [dandy] | |
| beau gosse {m} [fam.] | hunk [coll.] [good-looking guy] | |
| beau-père {m} [nouveau conjoint de la mère] | stepdad [coll.] | |
| beau-père {m} [nouveau mari de la mère] | stepfather | |
| beau-fils {m} | stepson | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| beau {adj} | good-looking | |
| beau {adj} | nice-looking | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| porter beau [personne] | to look elegant | |
| avoir un beau physique | to look fit | |
| porter beau [loc.] [avoir belle allure] | to look good | |
| avoir un beau physique | to look well | |
| faire le beau [loc.] | to preen (oneself) [fig.] [male: be vain] | |
| se fair beau | to preen (oneself) [male person: take care of appearance] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| vêt. beau costume {m} | fancy outfit | |
| beau brin {m} de fille | gorgeous girl | |
| beau geste {m} | nice gesture | |
| (du) beau travail {m} | nice work | |
| beau-père {m} [nouveau conjoint de la mère] | step-dad [coll.] | |
| beau geste {m} | token gesture | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| beau à se damner {adj} [fam.] | drop-dead gorgeous [coll.] | |
| Après la pluie, le beau temps ! [loc.] | Hang in there! [coll.] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| avoir un beau physique | to be good-looking | |
| avoir le beau rôle [loc.] | to be sitting pretty [idiom] | |
| faire la pluie et le beau temps [fig.] | to call the shots [coll.] | |
| avoir beau faire qc. | to do sth. in vain [however hard one tries] | |
| réussir un beau coup [loc.] | to make a killing [idiom] | |
| parler de la pluie et du beau temps | to make small talk | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| un beau gâchis {m} | an absolute mess | |
| beau-frère {m} | brother-in-law | |
| pluie {f} et du beau temps | everything and anything | |
| beau-père {m} [père du conjoint] | father-in-law | |
| hist. Philippe {m} le Beau [1478-1506] [Philippe de Habsbourg] | Philip the Handsome [1478-1506] [ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506 and the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I)] | |
| beau-fils {m} | son-in-law | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| au beau milieu de qc. {adv} | in the midst of sth. | |
| au beau milieu de qc. {adv} | in the thick of sth. | |
| C'est un beau brin de fille ! [fam.] | She's a real corker! [coll.] | |
| Il fait beau (temps). | The weather is fine. | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| être beau joueur [loc.] | to be a good sport [idiom] | |
| travailler jusqu'au beau milieu de la nuit [loc.] | to burn the midnight oil [idiom] | |
| faire un beau rêve | to dream of something nice | |
| avoir un beau physique | to have a good appearance | |
| donner beau jeu à qn. | to make it easy for sb. | |
| zool. faire le beau [chien] | to sit up and beg | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| beau morceau {m} [fam.] [femme] | nice bit of stuff [coll.] [Br.] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| Il a beau être riche, il n'est pas heureux. | Although he is rich, he is not happy. | |
| Après la pluie le beau temps. [loc.] | Every cloud has a silver lining. [idiom] | |
| si le temps est beau | if the weather is fine / nice | |
| Il avait beau jeu de le faire alors que .... [loc.] | It was all very well for him to do it when ... [idiom] | |
| J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas. | No matter how hard I try, I don't succeed. | |
| Il a beau dormir, il est toujours fatigué. | No matter how much he sleeps, he is always tired. | |
| Il a beau être fatigué, il ne manque jamais ses exercices. | Regardless of how tired he is, he never misses doing his exercises. | |
| au beau milieu de qc. {adv} | right in the middle of sth. | |
| au beau milieu de qc. {adv} | slap bang in the middle of sth. | |
| Elles avaient beau être sœurs ... | They may well have been sisters (but) ... | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| être au beau milieu de qc. [foule, lutte] | to be in the thick of sth. | |
| être au beau milieu de faire qc. | to be in the throes of doing sth. | |
| trafic s'arrêter au beau milieu de la route | to halt bang in the middle of the road | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| météo. retour {m} du beau temps | return of the fine weather | |
