(une) belle (occasion, réussite, collection) : a great, fantastic, nice (opportunity, success, collection)
(c'est un) beau (bordel) : (this is a) fine, real (mess)
(un) beau (paysage), (une) belle (image) : (a) beautiful (landscape, image)
- "Dans ce cimetière mondialement connu, Honoré de Balzac, Molière et Colette ont laissé une belle collection de livres."
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