jolly

joyeux, enjoué

Heureux, plein de bonne humeur et porté à s’amuser.

En anglais simple : Happy, cheerful, and full of fun.

• He is a jolly man.
• Everyone was in a jolly mood.
• We heard her jolly laugh from the kitchen.

Synonymes : cheerful, merry, happy

Contraires : gloomy, miserable

Expressions courantes : jolly person, jolly mood, jolly laugh

très, vraiment

Sert à renforcer une description en indiquant un degré élevé.

En anglais simple : Very; used to make a description stronger.

• That was jolly good.
• It's jolly cold outside today.
• You know jolly well what I mean.

Synonymes : very, extremely, really

Expressions courantes : jolly good, jolly well, jolly nice

voyage d'agrément

Voyage pour s’amuser, surtout aux frais de l’employeur et avec peu de travail réel.

En anglais simple : A trip taken for enjoyment, especially one paid for by an employer and involving little real work.

• They went on a jolly.
• The conference seemed like an expensive jolly.
• Who paid for all those overseas jollies?

Comment l'utiliser : on a jolly (The managers are on a jolly in Spain.)

Synonymes : pleasure trip, junket, outing

Expressions courantes : go on a jolly, a corporate jolly, another expensive jolly

joker

Carte supplémentaire représentant un personnage amusant, qui n’appartient à aucune des quatre couleurs habituelles.

En anglais simple : The extra playing card that shows a funny character and is outside the four usual card groups.

• This pack includes a jolly.
• She drew the jolly from the deck.
• Remove both jollies before dealing the cards.

Synonymes : joker

Expressions courantes : draw a jolly, the jolly card, deal a jolly

carte joker, carte libre

Carte qui peut remplacer n’importe quelle autre carte dans un jeu.

En anglais simple : A playing card that can take the place of any other card in a game.

• Use the jolly as an ace.
• In this game, every two is a jolly.
• She completed her winning hand with two jollies.

Synonymes : wild card

Expressions courantes : use a jolly, play a jolly, jolly in something

égayer, amuser

Rendre quelqu’un plus heureux en plaisantant ou en se montrant amical.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel happier by joking or being friendly.

• His jokes jollied us up.
• She jollied the children along during the wait.
• We spent the afternoon jollying him out of his gloomy mood.

Comment l'utiliser : jolly someone along (She jollied him along with stories about their friends.); jolly someone up (We tried to jolly him up after the disappointing news.)

Synonymes : cheer up, amuse, entertain

Expressions courantes : jolly someone along, jolly someone up