bien joué — meaning in English

English meaning

• good job interjection Said to praise someone for doing something well or completing a task competently.
• way to go interjection Said to congratulate someone and show you are impressed by what they have just done.

Senses

bien joué is used for these senses in English:

• good job (idiomatic) Well done; congratulations!
• way to go An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval.
• well done (idiomatic) Performed well.

good job — full definition

1. interjection Said to praise someone for doing something well or completing a task competently.
2. noun phrase A fortunate thing; used with 'it's a' to say that something turned out lucky.
3. noun phrase Employment that pays well or is otherwise desirable.

way to go — full definition

1. interjection Said to congratulate someone and show you are impressed by what they have just done.
2. interjection Said sarcastically to someone who has just made an obvious mess of something.
3. noun phrase A distance still left to cover, or progress still to be made, in the phrase "a way to go".

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