thank

thank
thank [θæŋk]
1. transitive verb
remercier (sb for sth qn de or pour qch) (for doing sth de faire qch, d'avoir fait qch)
• I can't thank you enough je ne saurais assez vous remercier
• do thank him for me remerciez-le bien de ma part
• thank goodness (inf) Dieu merci
• you've got him to thank for that c'est à lui que tu dois cela
• he's only got himself to thank il ne peut s'en prendre qu'à lui-même
• he won't thank you for that! ne t'attends pas à ce qu'il te remercie !
► thank you merci
• to say thank you dire merci
• thank you very much merci beaucoup
• thank you for helping us merci de nous avoir aidés
• no thank you non merci
2. plural noun
thanks
   a. ( = thank you) thanks! (inf) merci !
• thanks very much! (inf) merci beaucoup
• thanks a lot! (inf) merci beaucoup
• many thanks for all you've done merci mille fois pour ce que vous avez fait
• thanks for nothing! (inf) je te remercie ! (ironique)
   b. remerciements mpl
• with thanks avec tous mes (or nos) remerciements
• thanks be to God! Dieu soit loué !
• that's all the thanks I get! c'est comme ça qu'on me remercie !
   c. ► thanks to ... grâce à ...
• thanks to you grâce à toi
3. compounds
► thank-you noun
• and now a special thank-you to John et maintenant je voudrais remercier tout particulièrement John
• thank-you card carte f de remerciements
* * *
[θæŋk]
transitive verb remercier [person]

we've got Sue to thank for that — c'est à Sue que nous devons cela also iron

you've only got yourself to thank for that — tu ne peux t'en prendre qu'à toi-même!

I'll thank you to do — je te serais reconnaissant de faire

he won't thank you for doing — il ne va pas apprécier que tu fasses

thank God! —

thank goodness ou heavens! — Dieu merci!


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