smarten in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for smarten in the English»French Dictionary

smarten [Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n, Am ˈsmɑrtn] VB intr

I.smarten up VB [Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n -, Am ˈsmɑrtn -] (smarten [sth/sb] up, smarten up [sth/sb])

smarten up premises, room:

smarten up

embellir

we'll have to smarten you up

il va falloir qu'on te fasse beau

he's really smartened himself up

il s'est beaucoup arrangé

Translations for smarten in the French»English Dictionary

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faire beau qn

to smarten sb up

smarten in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for smarten in the English»French Dictionary

I.smarten [ˈsmɑ:tn, Am ˈsmɑ:r-] VB trans

to smarten up

arranger qc

II.smarten [ˈsmɑ:tn, Am ˈsmɑ:r-] VB intr

to smarten up

se faire beau

Translations for smarten in the French»English Dictionary

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décrasser qn (rendre moins ignorant)

to smarten sb up

se décrasser

to smarten up

smarten Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to smarten up

arranger qc

to smarten up

se faire beau

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Farming on this large estate was profitable, and made it possible to create and permanently smarten an ornamental garden on 28 hectares here.

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So ya had 10 people trying to smarten you up instead of 2.

www.thewesternstar.com

Possibly this is exaggerated nowadays, and steps are being taken to smarten up the area.

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In which case good for them; if we look bad by contrast then shame on us, we should smarten up.

kingsofwar.org.uk

Now (2006) the council is trying to smarten up the shopping district by pedestrianising more of it and putting in fountains etc.

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Bringing all these technologies into the built environment and smartening up our cities is going to be a rapidly evolving public sector.

www.scoop.co.nz

Read: if you can't eliminate the great unwashed, better get them to smarten up, eh old chap?

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Co-op (has to) smarten up and start listening to the growers.

www.castanet.net

Okay now if they can just figure out a way to smarten the lights up.

www.gizmag.com

He stabilized the city budget, fought corruption and bureaucracy, smartened up the city.

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