great
/ˈɡɹeɪt/ adjectif A1En français : excellent, super, formidable, grand
- Taking up a lot of space; large.
- Much, more than usual. · great worry
- Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic. · Dinner was great.
- Important, consequential. · a great dilemma· a great decision
- Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). · great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather
- Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; commanding; illustrious; eminent. · a great deed· a great nature
- Impressive or striking. · a great show of wealth
- Much in use; favoured. · Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era.
Comparatif greater · Superlatif greatest
Dans la bibliothèque
At which the Mouse said, “The great do not always prevail.
As Danglars approached the disappointed lover, he cast on him a look of deep meaning, while Fernand, as he slowly paced behind the happy pair, who seemed, in their own unmixed content, to have entirely forgotten that such a being as himself existed, was pale and abstracted; occasionally, however, a deep flush would overspread his countenance, and a nervous contraction distort his features, while, with an agitated and restless gaze, he would glance in the direction of Marseilles, like one who either anticipated or foresaw some great and important event.
One more practiced in the arts of great cities would have hid her blushes beneath a veil, or, at least, have cast down her thickly fringed lashes, so as to have concealed the liquid lustre of her animated eyes; but, on the contrary, the delighted girl looked around her with a smile that seemed to say: “If you are my friends, rejoice with me, for I am very happy.”
“A great misfortune, M.
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