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1. happy Adjective
(a) heureux m, heureuse f (about, with, de); she's ~ in life elle est heureuse dans la vie; I'm ~ to say that... j'ai le plaisir de vous dire que...
(b) (with specific sense of 'satisfied') content, satisfait (with, de); I hope you're ~ now j'espère que tu es content maintenant; (Infml) ~ now? t'es content maintenant?; he's not ~ with his new diet il n'est pas satisfait de son nouveau régime; I was not ~ with the decision la décision m'a déçu; I was ~ about the decision la décision m'a rendu heureux; I was not ~ about his behaviour ça conduite m'a fâché; the ~ couple les jeunes mariés
(c) (with sense of 'willing') to be ~ to do sth faire qch avec plaisir, bien vouloir faire qch; I'm ~ to help you je t'aiderai avec plaisir, je veux bien t'aider
(d) (rare: with sense of 'fortunate') heureux, privilégié, bienheureux (literary); the ~ few les bienheureux de la société; the ~ few who can... les quelques privilégiés qui peuvent...
(e) (with sense of 'showing happiness', 'giving happiness' etc) heureux, de bonheur; a ~ feeling un sentiment de bonheur, un sentiment heureux; a ~ smile un sourire de bonheur, un sourire heureux; the ~ moment l'évènement heureux; (Infml) ~ pill tranquilisant m
(f) (in greetings) bon m, bonne f, joyeux m, joyeuse f; ~ birthday (to you)! bon anniversaire!; I wish you a ~ birthday je te souhaite un bon anniversaire; "~ 30th!" "tu as 30 ans! bon anniversaire!"; (have a) ~ Christmas! joyeux Noël!, bon Noël!; (Slang) ~ Chrimbles! joyeux nono!; (have a) ~ Easter! bonnes Pâques!, joyeuses Pâques!; (have a) ~ New Year! bonne année!; ~ shopping! bon shopping!
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