beauty

beauté

Qualité de ce qui est agréable à regarder.

En anglais simple : The quality of being pleasing to look at.

• The garden has great beauty.
• We stopped to admire the beauty of the mountains.
• Her paintings capture the beauty of ordinary places.

Comment l'utiliser : beauty of something (We admired the beauty of the coast.)

Synonymes : attractiveness, loveliness

Contraires : ugliness

Expressions courantes : natural beauty, beauty of something, great beauty

avantage, intérêt

Ce qui rend une idée ou une situation particulièrement utile ou agréable.

En anglais simple : The feature of an idea or situation that makes it especially useful or pleasing.

• The beauty of the system is its simplicity.
• That is the beauty of working from home.
• The beauty of this recipe is that it takes minutes.

Comment l'utiliser : the beauty of something is that… (The beauty of this plan is that everyone benefits.)

Synonymes : advantage, appeal

Expressions courantes : beauty of something, the beauty is

beauté

Personne ou chose particulièrement agréable à regarder.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that is very pleasing to look at.

• That horse is a beauty.
• The old car was a real beauty.
• These roses are absolute beauties.

Expressions courantes : a real beauty, a rare beauty, a natural beauty

petite merveille, perle

Exemple particulièrement frappant de quelque chose, parfois même de quelque chose de mauvais.

En anglais simple : An especially impressive example of something, sometimes something bad.

• That goal was a beauty.
• The bruise on his arm was a real beauty.
• She caught two huge fish, both absolute beauties.

Comment l'utiliser : a beauty of a something (He scored a beauty of a goal.)

Expressions courantes : a real beauty, an absolute beauty, beauty of something

super, génial

Se dit pour exprimer sa satisfaction ou son enthousiasme.

En anglais simple : Used to show that you are pleased or excited about something.

• Beauty! We won!
• You found the tickets? Beauty!
• Beauty! We have tomorrow off.

Synonymes : great, brilliant

Expressions courantes : oh beauty, beauty mate

excellent, super

Très bon ou très bien réalisé.

En anglais simple : Very good or done very well.

• That was a beauty pass.
• She scored a beauty goal.
• He made a beauty shot from the edge of the ice.

Synonymes : excellent, great

Contraires : poor

Expressions courantes : beauty pass, beauty goal, beauty shot