jolly

fröhlich, vergnügt

Glücklich, gut gelaunt und voller Spaß.

In einfachem Englisch: Happy, cheerful, and full of fun.

• He is a jolly man.
• Everyone was in a jolly mood.
• We heard her jolly laugh from the kitchen.

Synonyme: cheerful, merry, happy

Gegenteile: gloomy, miserable

Häufige Wendungen: jolly person, jolly mood, jolly laugh

sehr, wirklich

Verstärkt eine Beschreibung und bedeutet sehr.

In einfachem Englisch: Very; used to make a description stronger.

• That was jolly good.
• It's jolly cold outside today.
• You know jolly well what I mean.

Synonyme: very, extremely, really

Häufige Wendungen: jolly good, jolly well, jolly nice

Vergnügungsreise, Ausflug

Eine Reise zum Vergnügen, besonders wenn der Arbeitgeber sie bezahlt und kaum gearbeitet wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A trip taken for enjoyment, especially one paid for by an employer and involving little real work.

• They went on a jolly.
• The conference seemed like an expensive jolly.
• Who paid for all those overseas jollies?

So benutzt man es: on a jolly (The managers are on a jolly in Spain.)

Synonyme: pleasure trip, junket, outing

Häufige Wendungen: go on a jolly, a corporate jolly, another expensive jolly

Joker

Eine zusätzliche Spielkarte mit einer lustigen Figur, die zu keiner der vier üblichen Kartenfarben gehört.

In einfachem Englisch: The extra playing card that shows a funny character and is outside the four usual card groups.

• This pack includes a jolly.
• She drew the jolly from the deck.
• Remove both jollies before dealing the cards.

Synonyme: joker

Häufige Wendungen: draw a jolly, the jolly card, deal a jolly

Joker

Eine Spielkarte, die im Spiel jede andere Karte ersetzen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: A playing card that can take the place of any other card in a game.

• Use the jolly as an ace.
• In this game, every two is a jolly.
• She completed her winning hand with two jollies.

Synonyme: wild card

Häufige Wendungen: use a jolly, play a jolly, jolly in something

aufheitern, erheitern

Jemanden durch Scherze oder freundliches Verhalten fröhlicher machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To make someone feel happier by joking or being friendly.

• His jokes jollied us up.
• She jollied the children along during the wait.
• We spent the afternoon jollying him out of his gloomy mood.

So benutzt man es: jolly someone along (She jollied him along with stories about their friends.); jolly someone up (We tried to jolly him up after the disappointing news.)

Synonyme: cheer up, amuse, entertain

Häufige Wendungen: jolly someone along, jolly someone up