dream
( dreamed or dreamt pt, pp )
[+sleeper] rêve m
→ I had a strange dream last night.
It was just a dream. Ce n'était qu'un rêve.
to have a dream about sb/sth rêver à qn/qch
→ He had a dream about Claire.
sweet dreams! faites de beaux rêves!
to be in a dream
(=not concentrating) être dans les nuages
it worked like a dream
(=perfectly)
[plan] ça a marché comme sur des roulettes
not in my wildest dreams même dans mes rêves les plus fous
→ I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would actually lose my job
→
bad dream
(=ambition) rêve m
a dream of doing sth le rêve de faire qch
→ his dream of becoming a pilot
of one's dreams
(=ideal) de ses rêves
beyond one's wildest dreams
(=better than one could have imagined) au-delà de toutes ses espérances
success beyond our wildest dreams un succès au-delà de toutes nos espérances
→ we both found success beyond our wildest dreams
to be beyond sb's wildest dreams être au-delà de toutes les espérances de qn, dépasser toutes les espérances de qn
→ the pay is beyond the wildest dreams of most young men
[sleeper] rêver
to dream that ... rêver que ...
→ I dreamt that I met Ernest Hemingway.
I dreamed I was in Belgium. J'ai rêvé que j'étais en Belgique.
(=wish) souhaiter
to dream that ... souhaiter que ...
→ I dream that my son will be successful.
[sleeper] rêver
to dream about rêver de
→ She dreamed about her baby.
(=fantasize)
to dream of doing sth rêver de faire qch
→ He dreamed of having a car.
dream on!
(=no chance) rêve!
I wouldn't dream of doing ...
(=I would never) jamais il ne me viendrait à l'idée de faire ...
→ I wouldn't dream of making fun of you.
modif
[car, holiday, home, date, lover, man, job] de rêve → Former Bond girl Fiona Fullerton's dream date is French star Gerard Depardieu. → Harris is setting her sights on a dream holiday in California
American Dream
n
the American Dream le rêve américain
bad dream
n cauchemar m
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dream up
vt sep inventer
→ I dreamed up a plan to solve this problem.
→ The event was dreamed up by Mick Jagger.
dream team
n
(=ideal group) équipe f de rêve
→ ... American basketball's dream team.
→ ... a dream team of lawyers and investigators.
dream ticket
n (POLITICS, ideal combination of candidates) ticket m de rêve
→ His deputy Roy Hattersley, elected as part of the dream ticket to succeed Michael Foot in 1983, had also resigned.
dream world
n (dream-like)
monde m onirique
→ The reader is drawn into a dream world
(unrealistic)
monde m d'illusion
→ This election is taking place in a dream world
to live in a dream world vivre dans un monde d'illusion
→ She lived in a dream world, desperate for fame and fortune
pipe dream
n projet m chimérique
→ It's only a pipe dream, but I wish I could meet him.
wet dream
n pollution f nocturne