dorer
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verb
to gild; to coat something in gold
to brighten up, to brighten something to give it a golden colour
to brown, to give food a golden colour by adding an egg yolk
Used in the library
- «Rêves dorés! s’écria Aramis."Golden dreams! exclaimed Aramis.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- – Comment nommez-vous ces îles qui s'étendent à notre gauche, demanda Mornac à sa cousine qui grignotait des dents blanches une croûte de pain dorée."What do you call these islands that stretch to our left," asked Mornac, his cousin, who was snacking white teeth with a crust of golden bread.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Ces pensées, toutes dorées qu’elles étaient par un dernier reflet d’amour, n’en étaient pas moins tristes.These thoughts, all golden as they were by a last reflection of love, were no less sad.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Jeanne passa superbe à côté de lui, en l'écrasant de toute l'expression de mépris dont la fille des comtes de Richecourt aurait su accabler ce sauvage bandit, sous les lambris dorés du château de Kergalec.Jeanne passed over superbly next to him, crushing him with all the expression of contempt which the daughter of the Counts of Richecourt would have been able to overwhelm this savage bandit, under the gilded walls of the castle of Kergalec.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
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