spruce up

rafraîchir, embellir

Améliorer l’apparence de quelque chose en le nettoyant, en le décorant ou en faisant de petits changements.

En anglais simple : Make something look better by cleaning, decorating, or making small changes.

• Let’s spruce up the garden.
• New cushions spruced up the old sofa.
• They are sprucing up the shop before it opens.

Comment l'utiliser : spruce something up (We spruced the kitchen up with new paint.)

Synonymes : freshen up, smarten up, improve

Expressions courantes : spruce up something, spruce up a room, spruce something up

se faire beau, pomponner

Rendre une personne plus soignée et élégante, notamment en arrangeant ses vêtements ou ses cheveux.

En anglais simple : Make yourself or someone else look neat and attractive, especially by improving clothes or hair.

• I need to spruce myself up.
• He spruced up with a clean shirt and a haircut.
• Can you help spruce the children up for the photo?

Comment l'utiliser : spruce oneself up (He spruced himself up before the party.); spruce up for something (She spruced up for the wedding.)

Synonymes : smarten up, tidy up

Expressions courantes : spruce up someone, spruce oneself up, spruce up for something