Chapitre 30 : The pursuit of happiness (la recherche du bonheur)

Question 1

être à la recherche du bonheur

Answer 1

to be in pursuit of happiness

Question 2

chercher , rechercher le bonheur

Answer 2

to be looking for/ to seek happiness

Question 3

la quête du bonheur

Answer 3

the quest for happiness

Question 4

la Journée internationale du bonheur

Answer 4

the International Day of Happiness

Question 5

être heureux, se sentir heureux

Answer 5

to be happy/ to feel happy

Question 6

être heureux dans la vie/ au travail

Answer 6

to be happy in your life/ in your job

Question 7

être satisfait/ content de son sort

Answer 7

to be happy/ content with your lot

Question 8

rendre qn heureux

Answer 8

to make sb happy

Question 9

le bonheur parfait

Answer 9

bliss

Question 10

la joie, la gaieté/ la joie de vivre

Answer 10

joy/ joie de vivre

Question 11

la gaieté, la bonne humeur

Answer 11

cheerfulness

Question 12

être gai, joyeux

Answer 12

to be cheerful

Question 13

nager dans le bonheur

Answer 13

to be blissfully happy

Question 14

être fou de joie

Answer 14

to be overjoyed/ to be thrilled

Question 15

être aux anges

Answer 15

to be over the moon/ on cloud nine

Question 16

être plein de vie

Answer 16

to be full of life

Question 17

éprouver un sentiment de bien-être

Answer 17

to have a sense of well-being

Question 18

être optimiste/ pessimiste de nature

Answer 18

to be optimistic/ pessimistic by nature

Question 19

un optimiste/ un pessimiste

Answer 19

an optimist/ a pessimist

Question 20

l’optimisme/ le pessimisme

Answer 20

optimism/ pessimism

Question 21

positiver

Answer 21

to think positive

Question 22

avoir une approche positive de la vie

Answer 22

to have a positive attitude to life

Question 23

être heureux de vivre

Answer 23

to have a happy-go-lucky attitude

Question 24

voir le bon côté des choses

Answer 24

to look on the bright side

Question 25

prendre les choses comme elles viennent

Answer 25

to take everything in your stride/ to take the rough with the smooth

Question 26

faire contre mauvaise fortune bon coeur

Answer 26

to make the best of it

Question 27

le prendre sur soi

Answer 27

to grin and bear it

Question 28

relativiser les choses

Answer 28

to keep things in perspective

Question 29

voir la vie en rose

Answer 29

to view life through rose-coloured glasses

Question 30

avoir le moral à zéro, broyer du noir

Answer 30

to be down in the dumps

Question 31

ne pas avoir le moral

Answer 31

to be feeling down/ to be feeling blue

Question 32

garder le moral

Answer 32

to keep your spirits up

Question 33

remonter le moral à qn

Answer 33

to cheer sb up/ to lift sb’s spirit

Question 34

c’est bon pour le moral

Answer 34

it’s good for morale

Question 35

croquer la vie à belles dents

Answer 35

to make the most of life

Question 36

profiter de la vie au maximum

Answer 36

to enjoy every minute of life