[+glance] jeter « he kept casting worried glances over his shoulder. » [+shadow] projeter « The smoky fires cast shadows over the wide circle of faces. » (fig) to cast a shadow over sth = jeter une ombre sur qch « this case cast a shadow over the 2004 Olympics » to cast one's eye over sth = jeter un œil sur qch « early in the evening the men don't even cast an eye over the girls. » to cast doubt on sth = jeter le doute sur qch « the Minister had cast doubt on some of the beliefs of his party. » to cast a spell on sb = envoûter qn « she cast a spell on the whole audience. » to cast aside = rejeter « a notion which has been cast aside in anger and indignation. »
hourra, bravo I heard a cheer go up = j'ai entendu des acclamations three cheers for the winner! = un hourra pour le gagnant! bonne humeur, gaieté to cheer = acclamer, pousser des acclamations cheering Crowd remonter le moral à, réconforter
froid → she turned on the fire to take the chill from the air. coup de froid → she caught a bad chill. frisson → The sound sent a chill down my spine. faire frissonner → the marble floor was beginning to chill me. spine-chilling : à vous glacer le sang
chill out = se relaxer chilled out = décontracté → « I'm a lot more chilled out now than I used to be. → a club with a chilled-out atmosphere. »
froid « he turned on the fire to take the chill from the air. » coup de froid « she caught a bad chill. » frisson « the sound sent a chill down my spine. »
to chill = refroidir, faire frissonner « the marble floor was beginning to chill me. »« There was a coldness in her that chilled him. » to be chilled to the bone = être transi de froid
1- étouffer → Philip choked on his drink → he choked on a fishbone.
2- étrangler → a woman was found choked to death
3- boucher, obstruer → a canal choked with old tyres and dead dogs → the centre of the city was choked with cars.
4- starter → the car is on full choke and it still won't start.
dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre → « he pushed the bolt (verrou) back in and twisted it clockwise. » counterclockwise (direction) = dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre → « the dance moves in a counterclockwise direction. »
trèfle
four-leaf clover = trèfle à quatre feuilles
to be in clover = être comme un coq en pâte
à ne pas confondre avec "clubs"(aux cartes) « the king of clubs »
étreinte, prise serrer fort the boy's mother was sitting clutching a handkerchief. to clutch at sth = se cramponner à qch Ella stood outside, vainly trying to clutch at the door handle (fig) sauter sur qch She would have clutched at any excuse to miss school for the day. [+car] embrayage (clutch pedal) « Gently release the clutch pedal until you feel the car trying to pull away. »
grossier, épais, dru. Coarse cloth, skin, hair, grass.
grossier, vulgaire (=foul-mouthed) « He objected to her coarse and offensive remarks »« A rather coarse fellow. » coarse fishing = pêche à la ligne.
to coax sb into doing sth = amadouer qn pour qu'il fasse qch You just coax them into doing it. » he'd finally been coaxed into leaving the armed forces »
1- complètement → the house was comprehensively rebuilt → the government has comprehensively rejected the UN resolution
2- à plate couture → England were comprehensively beaten by South Africa. L'Afrique du Sud a battu l'Angleterre à plate couture.
to con = arnaquer, escroquer she's been conned. to con sb into doing sth = tromper qn pour lui faire faire qch to con sb out of sth = soutirer qch à qn he goes around conning people out of their money. He conned investors out of up to $1000 each.
con man = conman = escroc A few years ago she was the victim of a con man.
faussement effarouché, faussement timide séducteur a coy little smile. évasif to be coy over sth, to be coy about sth « The Chancellor was coy over the deal with the Prime Minister. »
crampe « I had the most excruciating cramp in my leg. » génant (=awkward) « when u get 2 people in a room who dont like each other, its cramp, for u and for them. »« I caught my brother havin sex... ahhhh, cramp! » to cramp sb's style = priver qn de ses moyens « He thinks marriage would cramp his style. »
[idea] excentrique, loufoque grincheux, revêche (=bad-tempered) there was no point in being cranky and not talking to him Why are you so cranky today? Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
1-(=nonsense) conneries → What a load of crap!
2- nul → Their new album is really crap
3- to have a crap = to crap = chier → Someone had crapped on the doorstep.
se glisser « they watched the boy creep towards the bush. » to creep across sth = traverser qch à pas de loup
saligaud, sale type « leave me alone, you creep » he's a creep (c'est un sale type)
to give sb the creeps = donner la chair de poule, faire froid dans le dos It gives me the creeps (ça me fait froid dans le dos). to creep up = grimper « interest rates were creeping up »
creepy = qui fait frissonner, qui donne la chair de poule (=frightening) « his creepy old house may be haunted » [person] sinistre « what secrets is their creepy landlord hiding? »
boiteux (=lame), infirme
handicaper, paralyser (sens propre et figuré) « Several painful falls that crippled him. »« Much of the developing world is crippled by debts. »
petit (d'un animal). Lion cub, fox cub, bear cub. « A lion and her cubs. » cub reporter = journaliste stagiaire. « He had been a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star. »
rusé, malin « on their second raid they were more cunning. » [device, idea] astucieux astuce , ruse (péj.) « they achieved their aim by stealth and cunning. »
malédiction they believe that there is a curse fallen on their village to call down / to put a curse on = maudire quelqu'un the town is under a curse = la ville est sous le coup d'une malédiction