boon

aubaine, bienfait

Quelque chose de très utile ou qui améliore la vie.

En anglais simple : Something that is very helpful or makes life better.

• The extra money was a real boon.
• Online shopping has been a boon to many busy parents.
• Would cheaper transport be a boon for local businesses?

Comment l'utiliser : a boon to someone/something (The new bus route is a boon to local residents.); a boon for someone/something (The rain was a boon for farmers.)

Synonymes : benefit, blessing, advantage

Contraires : curse

Expressions courantes : a great boon, boon to someone, boon for something

faveur, don

Cadeau ou faveur que quelqu’un demande ou reçoit.

En anglais simple : A gift or favour that someone asks for or receives.

• The king granted her a boon.
• He asked one final boon before leaving.
• The knight received this boon as a reward for his service.

Synonymes : favour, gift, benefaction

Expressions courantes : grant a boon, ask a boon, boon from someone

bénédiction, don divin

Bénédiction ou pouvoir particulier qu’un dieu accorde à une personne menant une vie religieuse stricte.

En anglais simple : A special blessing or power given by a god to someone who lives a strict religious life.

• The goddess granted the ascetic a boon.
• He received a boon after years of meditation.
• The story describes a divine boon that made its recipient impossible to defeat.

Synonymes : blessing, divine gift

Contraires : curse

Expressions courantes : divine boon, grant a boon, boon of immortality

anas de lin

Parties dures et ligneuses retirées du lin lorsqu’on en sépare les fibres utiles.

En anglais simple : The hard, woody parts removed from flax plants when their useful threads are separated.

• The workers separated the boon from the flax fibres.
• Boon collected beneath the processing machine.
• The report suggests using flax boon as fuel.

Synonymes : shives

Expressions courantes : flax boon, remove the boon, boon waste

joyeux, jovial

Joyeux et aimable, surtout lorsqu’on apprécie la compagnie des autres.

En anglais simple : Cheerful and friendly, especially when enjoying other people’s company.

• He was my boon companion during those years.
• Her boon companions gathered for a feast.
• The two boon friends spent the evening singing.

Synonymes : jolly, merry, jovial, convivial

Contraires : gloomy

Expressions courantes : boon companion, boon companions, boon friends