very

very
very [ˈverɪ]
1. adverb
   a. ( = extremely) très
• very amusing très amusant
• to be very careful faire très attention
• I am very cold/hot j'ai très froid/chaud
• are you tired? -- very/not very êtes-vous fatigué ? -- très/pas très
• I'm very sorry je suis vraiment désolé
• very well, if you insist très bien, si vous insistez
• very little très peu
• very little milk très peu de lait
► very much beaucoup
• thank you very much merci beaucoup
• I liked it very much j'ai beaucoup aimé
• he is very much better il va beaucoup mieux
• very much bigger beaucoup plus grand
• he is very much the most intelligent il est de loin le plus intelligent
   b. ( = absolutely) tout(e)
• of the very best quality de toute première qualité
• very last/first tout dernier/premier
• at the very most tout au plus
• at midday at the very latest à midi au plus tard
• the very latest technology la toute dernière technologie
• the very last page of the book la toute dernière page du livre
   c. (for emphasis) the very same day le jour même
• the very same hat exactement le même chapeau
• the very next day le lendemain même
• I took the very next train j'ai pris le premier train
2. adjective
   a. ( = exact) même
• that very moment cet instant même
• his very words ses paroles mêmes
• the very thing I need exactement ce qu'il me faut
• you're the very person I wanted to see c'est justement vous que je voulais voir
   b. ( = extreme) tout
• at the very end [of play, year] tout à la fin ; [of garden, road] tout au bout
• at the very back tout au fond
• to the very end jusqu'au bout
   c. ( = mere) seul
• the very word offends them le mot seul les choquent
   d. (for emphasis) his very life was in danger sa vie même était en danger
• before my very eyes sous mes propres yeux
* * *
['verɪ] 1.
adjective
1) (actual) même (after n)

this very second — à la seconde même

2) (ideal)

the very person I need — exactement la personne qu'il me faut

the very thing I need — exactement ce qu'il me faut

3) (ultimate) tout

from the very beginning — depuis le tout début

at the very front — tout devant

to the very end — jusqu'au bout

on the very edge — à l'extrême bord

4) (mere) [mention, thought] seul (before n)

the very idea! — quelle idée!

2.
adverb
1) (extremely) très

I'm very sorry — je suis vraiment désolé

very well — très bien

she couldn't very well do that — elle ne pouvait pas vraiment faire cela

that's all very well but — c'est fort bien mais

very much — beaucoup

I didn't eat/find very much — je n'ai pas mangé/trouvé grand-chose

to be very much a city dweller — être un vrai citadin

2) (absolutely)

the very best thing — de loin la meilleure chose

in the very best of health — en pleine santé

at the very latest — au plus tard

at the very least — tout au moins

the very first — le tout premier

the very same words — exactement les mêmes mots

the very next day — le lendemain même

the very next person I met — la toute première personne que j'ai rencontrée ensuite

a car of your very own — ta propre voiture


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