dear

cher, adorable

Que l’on aime beaucoup.

En anglais simple : Loved or liked very much.

• She is a dear friend.
• We visited our dear grandmother yesterday.
• What a dear little baby!

Synonymes : beloved, much-loved

Expressions courantes : dear friend, dear mother, dear little child

cher, précieux

Très important pour quelqu’un parce qu’il y tient beaucoup.

En anglais simple : Very important to someone because they love or care about it.

• This place is dear to me.
• He keeps everything he holds dear in that box.
• Their family traditions remained dear to them.

Comment l'utiliser : dear to someone (These old photographs are dear to my mother.); hold someone/something dear (She holds her childhood friends dear.)

Synonymes : precious, cherished, treasured

Expressions courantes : dear to someone, dear to me, hold something dear

cher

Qui coûte beaucoup d’argent.

En anglais simple : Costing a lot of money.

• These apples are rather dear.
• The hotel was too dear for us.
• Is meat getting dearer here?

Comment l'utiliser : dear for something (The room is rather dear for a single night.)

Synonymes : expensive, costly

Contraires : cheap

Expressions courantes : too dear, rather dear, dear for something

affectueux, tendre

Qui exprime de l’amour ou une tendre affection.

En anglais simple : Showing warm love or affection.

• She greeted him with a dear embrace.
• He remembered the dear affection in her voice.
• The poem speaks of a mother’s dear tenderness.

Synonymes : affectionate, loving, tender

Contraires : cold

Expressions courantes : dear embrace, dear affection, dear tenderness

chéri, chérie

Mot employé pour s’adresser avec affection à quelqu’un qu’on aime ou qu’on veut traiter gentiment.

En anglais simple : A word used when speaking to someone you love or want to treat kindly.

• Come here, dear.
• Would you like some tea, my dear?
• Thank you, dear, for helping me.

Synonymes : darling, sweetheart, love

Expressions courantes : hello dear, my dear, thank you dear

amour, perle

Personne très gentille et toujours prête à aider.

En anglais simple : A person who is very kind and helpful.

• You are such a dear.
• The nurse was a dear and brought me tea.
• Be a dear and open the window.

Synonymes : sweetheart, angel

Expressions courantes : a dear, such a dear, be a dear

oh là là, mince

Exclamation qui exprime l’inquiétude, la surprise, la tristesse ou le mécontentement.

En anglais simple : Used to show that you are worried, surprised, sad, or unhappy about something.

• Oh dear, I forgot my keys.
• Dear me, that sounds painful!
• Dear, dear! What a terrible mess.

Synonymes : oh no, goodness

Expressions courantes : oh dear, dear me, dear dear