s'animer

Pedro était abattu, mais il s'est animé quand il a vu Eladia.
Pedro was down, but he livened up when he saw Eladia.
Juan s'est animé en entendant la bonne nouvelle.
Juan perked up when he heard the good news.
Le débat s'est animé quand un groupe de sept pays, présidé par l'Uruguay, a présenté un document de compromis incluant des éléments des propositions de Seattle et a proposé une façon de structurer l'examen de ces questions.
The debate was galvanized when a group of seven countries, chaired by Uruguay, put forward a compromise paper incorporating elements of the Seattle proposals and offered a structure for dealing with this issue.
Au moment où le sujet de la corruption politique a été abordé, le débat s'est animé.
The moment the topic of political corruption came up, the debate got going.
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