stroll

Promenade, flânerie, balade, vadrouille.

One evening he had left the house of a brother whom he was visiting, for a stroll in the country.

Ambrose Bierce, A Wireless Message, 1905, édition 2008, ISBN 978-0-141-03881-0

The alternative would be a stroll down the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos, and, patriotic though they might have been, only a fool would relish that thought.


stroll

to stroll (infinitive)
strolls (present third-person singular)
strolled (preterite)
strolled (participle past)
strolling (participle present)

Once our ancestors got moving on two legs, they kept on walking, and that journey has continued right up to today. In a lifetime, the average person will take about 150 million steps—enough to circle Earth three times. We stroll, stride, plod, traipse, amble, saunter, shuffle, tiptoe, lumber, tromp, lope, strut and swagger. After walking all over someone, we might be asked to walk a mile in their shoes. Heroes walk on water, and geniuses are walking encyclopedias. But rarely do we humans think about walking. It has become, you might say, pedestrian. The fossils, however, reveal something else entirely. Walking is anything but ordinary. Instead it is a complex, convoluted evolutionary experiment that began with humble apes taking their first steps in Miocene forests and eventually set hominins on a path around the world.

Jeremy DeSilva, “Walks of Life”, Scientific American, vol. 327, no. 5, novembre 2022, pages 72-81


succeed

to succeed (infinitive)
succeeds (present third-person singular)
succeeded (preterite)
succeeded (participle past)
succeeding (participle present)
succede (obsolete)

It was a difficult task, but I finally succeeded.

C’était une tâche difficile, mais je réussis finalement.

Upon the death of the king, his son succeeded him as the new king.

À la mort du roi, son fils lui succéda comme nouveau roi.


veal

(Fin XIVᵉ siècle) De l’ancien français veel.

Challenged by animal activists over the slaughter of newborn male calves, some dairy farmers are marketing older calves as veal to the ethical consumer.

Remis en cause par des défenseurs des droits des animaux à propos de l'abattage de veaux nouveaux-nés, certains producteurs laitiers vendent au consommateur éthique de la viande de veaux plus âgés sous le nom de viande de veau.

JaneMcNaughton, Dairy farmers urged to not slaughter newborn bobby calves but raise their value as veal, ABC News, 1ᵉʳ novembre 2019

I saw a veal running through the fields this morning.

J'ai vu un veau courir dans les champs ce matin.


youth

The policeman arrested the two youths who were causing a disturbance.

She spent all her time on the beach in a foolish attempt to regain her youth.


transplant

(Siècle à préciser) Du moyen anglais transplaunten, du français transplanter, lui-même du latin transplanto → voir trans- et plant.

to transplant (infinitive)
transplants (present third-person singular)
transplanted (preterite)
transplanted (participle past)
transplanting (participle present)

transplant a liver

transplant a tree, a bush

Because of her job, she was transplanted from New York to California.

À cause de son travail, elle a été transplantée de New York en Californie.

"I’ve arranged to be accommodated there, for as long as I shall stay," I answered. "I depart again to-morrow. And how are you transplanted here, Mrs. Dean? tell me that."

— Je me suis arrangé pour m’y installer pendant le peu de temps que j’y resterai ; je repars demain. Mais comment se fait-il que vous soyez transplantée ici, Mrs Dean ? Racontez-moi cela. — (Emily Brontë,Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent dans la bibliothèque Wikisource , traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Frédéric Delebecque, Chapitre XXXII, Payot, Paris, 1946, Paris, page 426)

Emily Brontë alias Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. II, Chapter XVIII, Thomas Cautley Newby (éd.), 1847 (1ʳᵉ éd.), Londres, page 349


weed

The weeds are ruining the lawn.


sulk

to sulk (infinitive)
sulks (present third-person singular)
sulked (preterite)
sulked (participle past)
sulking (participle present)

So she was going to sulk, I thought as I walked over to my cabin.

James Hadley Chase, Come easy, go easy, 1960


paddle

Du vieil anglais padell, lui-même issu du latin médiéval padela, issu du latin classique patella, diminutif de patina.

For boys who tease and girls who tattle there’s nothing more handy than grandma’s paddle.

Pour les garçons qui taquinent et les filles qui commèrent rien n’est plus utile que la palette de grand-mère.


bored

more bored (comparative)
most bored (superlative)

I’m bored in school.

People get bored easily these days.

Les gens s’ennuient facilement ces jours-ci.


sunny

sunnier (comparative)
sunniest (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-sunny.wav

His father was quite otherwise; of a sunny, jovial disposition, but with a quick temper like a sudden flame kindled in a wisp of straw, which consumes it in a flash and is no more.

Son père était tout à fait différent ; d’une disposition joyeuse, joviale, mais avec un tempérament vif comme une flamme soudaine embrasée d’une mèche de paille, qui la consume en un éclair et n’est plus.

Ambrose Bierce, The Thing at Nolan, 1891, éd. 2008, ISBN 978-0-141-03881-0


evidence

Donnée en faveur d'une certaine hypothèse ; preuve (dans un sens faible, très relatif)

Therefore, developing an AV-specific regulatory framework – such as requirements for: (1) driving control records, which should be required at all times during the use of automated driving systems; or (2) notifications or alerts given to the driver of potential risks requiring human intervention during the use of automated driving – would be necessary to fill these gaps and provide more precise determinations of liabilities in relation to AVs, as well as more practical and informative evidence to be presented to the court.

Drive toward driverless, Asia Business law journal, 17 May 2024


evidence

to evidence (infinitive)
evidences (present third-person singular)
evidenced (preterite)
evidenced (participle past)
evidencing (participle present)

For the first time, strong effects of the ¹¹Be halo structure on elastic-scattering and reaction mechanisms at energies near the Coulomb barrier are evidenced experimentally.

A. Di Pietro et al., Elastic Scattering and Reaction Mechanisms of the Halo Nucleus ¹¹Be around the Coulomb Barrier, prl.aps.org


sci-fi

You don't need any sci-fi or rocket science knowledge of Python (no prior knowledge of image processing, data processig, etc.) to dive into the ocean of Regular Expression.

Abhishek Singh, Zohaib Hasan, Simplifying Regular Expression Using Python, autoédition, 2019


algorithm

The recursive algorithm for computing Fibonacci numbers is compact, but it is slow, even when working with fairly modest values.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 129


squat

Du vieil anglais squatten, de l’ancien français esquatir, du latin coactus.

Accroupissement, squat (position du corps).

For the next exercise, we’re going to do some squats.

Pour le prochain exercice, nous allons faire quelques accroupissements.

I know squat about it!

Je sais que dalle là-dessus !, j’y connais rien !


squat

to squat (infinitive)
squats (present third-person singular)
squatted (preterite)
squatted (participle past)
squatting (participle present)

They found him just squatting.

Squat down, or he’ll see you!


homeless

The homeless are an important concern in large cities.

Les sans-abris constituent une importante préoccupation dans les grandes villes.


kindly

(1) Composé de kind et -ly dans son sens adverbial.

(2) Composé de kind et -ly dans son sens adjectival.

kindlier (comparative)
kindliest (superlative)

a kindly old man


jean

(XVᵉ siècle) Apparait sous la forme Geayne, Gene fustian (« futaine de Gênes »), apparenté à jane qui désigne une ancienne monnaie génoise.

After sheep could be protected from the wolves, the people fared better in the matter of clothing. Flannel and linsey were woven for the wear of women and children, while jeans was woven for the men. For want of other dye-stuffs, the wool for the jeans was almost invariably colored with the bark or young shoots of the walnut; hence the inevitable "butternut" worn so extensively in the West for many years.

History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois, 1879


by the way

By the way, did my son tell you about his new house?

Au fait, est-ce que mon fils vous a parlé de sa nouvelle maison ?


twice

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-twice.wav

You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why:
Santa CIaus is coming to town.
He’s making a list,
And checking it twice,
He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town.


on your marks

On your marks, get set, go!

On your mark, ready, set, go! (alternatif)


hit on

That dodgy bloke is hitting on me!


mourning

Période formelle de deuil et les coutumes, codes vestimentaires, etc. qui s'y rapportent.

Victorian widows would wear mourning for up to a year.

À l'époque victorienne, les veuves se vêtaient de deuil pendant jusqu'à un an.


police

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-police.wav

cobblers

police (synonymes pour flics) (argotiques)

la vieille série américaine « Hawaii 5-0 » ??

pig

policier (synonymes pour flic) (argotiques)

The police are there to protect us.

This time it is the worst kind of call a murder police can get.

David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, 2006, ISBN 0805080759, page 440


owe

to owe (infinitive)
owes (present third-person singular)
owed (preterite)
owed (participle past)
owing (participle present)

Devoir de l’argent, une faveur ou quelque chose.

I owe you.


plentiful

more plentiful (comparative)
most plentiful (superlative)

A plentiful supply of water.


sniff

to sniff (infinitive)
sniffs (present third-person singular)
sniffed (preterite)
sniffed (participle past)
sniffing (participle present)

Now I wanna sniff some glue
Now I wanna have somethin' to do
All the kids wanna sniff some glue
All the kids want somethin' to do

Ramones, Now I wanna sniff some glue, 1976


immobile

"You are lying." The man stared at him, perfectly immobile except for the glint in the ghostly eyes. "You and your brethren possess something that is not yours."


termite

Du français termite, lui-même issu du latin tardif termitis, correspondant au latin tarmitis, pluriel de tarmes

Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen.

Francis William Blagdon, Modern Discoveries, or a Collection of facts and observations, vol. IV, 1802, page 162


pray

De l’ancien français preier (« prier »).

to pray (infinitive)
prays (present third-person singular)
prayed (preterite)
prayed (participle past)
praying (participle present)

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.

So we pray to Him now for the vision to see our way clearly—to see the way that leads to a better life for ourselves and for all our fellow men—to the achievement of His will to peace on earth.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fourth Inaugural Address, 1945

(Vieilli)'I pray' you to join me in this walk.

(Vieilli)'I pray' you will sup with my family on Friday night.


pray

(XVIIᵉ siècle) Contraction de I pray, lui-même contraction de I pray you (« je vous prie »).

Pray don’t ask me why, pray don’t be sorry, pray don’t be vexed with me!

Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapitre X, 1841

Well, Major, pray tell us your adventures, for you have frightened us dreadfully.

Frederick Marryat, The Mission, Chapitre XXI, 1845


two left feet

He can't dance at all. He has two left feet.


albatross

Altération de l’espagnol alcatraz (« gannet ») sous l’influence du latin albus (« blanc »).

Le sens de « fardeau » dérive du poème de Samuel Taylor Coleridge intitulé La Complainte du vieux marin, de l’oiseau de mer.

ˈæl.bə.ˌtɹɔs

[…] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.

[…] l’énergie est le boulet de la sécurité nationale des États-Unis.


avant-garde

avant-gardes (plural)
avantgarde
avant garde (obsolete)

\æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑː(ɹ)d\

\̩æv.ɑ̃n.ˈɡɑːd\

Avant-garde, tout groupe qui invente ou promeut de nouveaux concepts, idées ou techniques.

An intellectual avant-garde emerged in the comparative freedom of Holland and England.

Robert Tombs, The English and their history, Penguin Books, 2015, page 277


schedule

De l’ancien français cedule (« cédule »), refait sur le latin schedula.

Schedule s’emploie plus aux États-Unis ; timetable s’emploie plus en Royaume-Uni.

(Tuyauterie industrielle) Dans la norme ANSI, le schedule d’un tube indique l’épaisseur du métal.

Schedule number is a dimensionless number that is widely used as a convenient designation for use in ordering pipe and fittings. It is normally associated with a group of standardized pipe wall thickness. Refer to ASME B36.10M and ASME B36.19M for complete details on pipe schedule numbers.

Le numéro de schedule est un nombre sans dimension qui est fréquemment utilisé pour référencer de manière simple les tuyauteries et raccords. Il est normalement associé à un groupe d’épaisseurs de paroi de tubes normalisées. Se reporter aux normes ASME B36.10M et ASME B36.19M pour des informations complètes sur les numéros de schedule.


schedule

to schedule (infinitive)
schedules (present third-person singular)
scheduled (preterite)
scheduled (participle past)
scheduling (participle present)

I’ll schedule you for three-o’clock then.

The next elections are scheduled on the 20th of November.

Les prochaines élections sont planifiées pour le 20 novembre / Les prochaines élections sont programmées pour le 20 novembre.


rebuke

He only knew that, whereas he had meant to terminate the interview with a grave yet stinging rebuke to her, she had given the effect of terminating the interview with a graceful yet stinging rebuke to him.

Il savait seulement que, alors qu’il avait eu l’intention de terminer l’entretien par une réprimande grave mais cinglante, elle lui avait donné l’effet de terminer l’entretien par une réprimande gracieuse mais cinglante.

Henry Sydnor Harrison, Queed, 2008 [édition en gros caractères, volume 1), Booksurge Publishers, collection « Read How You Want », 2008, page 344.


rebuke

to rebuke (infinitive)
rebukes (present third-person singular)
rebuked (preterite)
rebuked (participle past)
rebuking (participle present)

The man, the influential governor of the province, sits and trembles before Paul as Paul talks to him about righteousness and rebukes him for his intemperance and warns him of the coming judgment for sinners.

L’homme, le gouverneur influent de la province, s’assied et tremble devant Paul alors que Paul lui parle de la justice et le réprimande pour son intempérance et l’avertit du jugement à venir pour les pécheurs.

John R. Rice, The Woman Thou Gavest Me, Sword of the Lord Foundation, 1966 (réimpression 2000), page 21.


woo

to woo (infinitive)
woos (present third-person singular)
wooed (preterite)
wooed (participle past)
wooing (participle present)

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how.

George Harrison, Something, in Abbey Road, Apple Records, 1969

State attempts to woo Yahoo. : L’État (de New York) tente de courtiser Yahoo.


clipboard

(Date à préciser)Composé de clip (« pince ») et de board (« planche »).

Copy to clipboard / paste from clipboard.

Copier dans le presse-papier / coller depuis le presse-papier.


coast

Du moyen anglais coste < ancien français coste < latin costa.

to coast (infinitive)
coasts (present third-person singular)
coasted (preterite)
coasted (participle past)
coasting (participle present)

Do not coast with the furnace unless you are dipping metal continuously.

Il est inutile de chauffer sans interruption à moins d’avoir à tremper continuellement.


dim

dimmer (comparative)
dimmest (superlative)

The sun had set, and the streets were dim in the dusty twilight, when the figure so long unused to them hurried on its way.

Le soleil était couché et le crépuscule assombrissait les rues tandis que la ci-devant recluse les traversait à la hâte.


cancel

De l'anglo-normand canceler, du latin cancello (« biffer ») qui a donné chanceler, canceller en français. Le sens a évolué de « barrer », « raturer » vers « annuler ».

to cancel (infinitive)
cancels (present third-person singular)
canceled ou cancelled (preterite)
canceled ou cancelled (participle past)
canceling ou cancelling (participle present)

to cancel a contract, a subscription


one’s days are numbered

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-one's days are numbered.ogg

On remplace one par un pronom personnel.

But I realized my days at the magazine were numbered.

Mais je me rendis compte que mes jours au magazine étaient comptés.

Joseph Sobran, « How I Was Fired By Bill Buckley »


inborn

Motdérivé de born (« né »), avec le préfixe in-.

inborn errors of steroid metabolism


remote control

Who has the remote control for the TV?

(Indénombrable)'I can fly this toy plane by remote control'.


tease

Du vieil anglais tæsan « séparer, peigner » en parlant de fibres telles la laine ou le lin.

to tease (infinitive)
teases (present third-person singular)
teased (preterite)
teased (participle past)
teasing (participle present)

“I hope she will not tease my poor pug,” said Lady Bertram; “I have but just got Julia to leave it alone.”

« J’espère, dit lady Bertram, qu’elle ne tracassera pas mon pauvre petit carlin. Il n’y a que peu de temps que j’ai obtenu de Julie qu’elle le laissât tranquille. »


quench

to quench (infinitive)
quenches (present third-person singular)
quenched (preterite)
quenched (participle past)
quenching (participle present)

Apaiser, étancher.
to quench one’s thirst : Se désaltérer.

That drink really quenched my thirst.


pregnant

(Date à préciser) Du moyen français (à rapprocher du terme archaïque prégnant en français moderne), du latin classique praegnans, variante de praegnas, probablement de prae- (pré-) et de gnasci (être né).

more pregnant (comparative)
most pregnant (superlative)
pregnaunt
prægnant

Enceinte (pour une femme) ou gravide (pour une femelle d’une autre espèce).

She’s pregnant.


comforting

more comforting (comparative)
most comforting (superlative)

Although studying or changing a programming language's implementation is'nt everyones's idea of fun, it's comforting to know that you can do so if you need to.

Mark Lutz, Learning Python,O'Reilly, 2013, p. 17


get lost

Littéralement « que tu te perdes », → voir get et lost.

La phrase au présent, « I'm lost. », se traduit en français par le passé : « Je me suis perdu. ».

I was wandering in the woods, and I got lost.


stronghold

ˈstɹɔŋˌhoʊld

The Hebrides can be described as the last stronghold of the Scottish Gaelic language.

Les Hébrides peuvent être décrit comme le dernier bastion de la langue gaélique écossaise.


cuddle

(XVIᵉ siècle) Probablement issu de cull, coll, ou peut-être issu du moyen anglais couthelen, dérivé de couth.

to cuddle (infinitive)
cuddles (present third-person singular)
cuddled (preterite)
cuddled (participle past)
cuddling (participle present)

The young lovers cuddled on the couch.

She cuddled the infant before bedtime.

I’m cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?


epic

The Iliad and the Odyssey is a famous epic.

La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)


epic

The movie portrayed the hero in epic proportions.


burner

oil burner, coal burner, gas burner

This stove has four burners on it.

Do you have a DVD burner that I could attach to my laptop?


postpone

to postpone (infinitive)
postpones (present third-person singular)
postponed (preterite)
postponed (participle past)
postponing (participle present)

Initially planned for the 16th of November, our first alpha ISOs for Mageia 2 are postponed to the 25th of November.

Initialement prévu pour le 16 novembre, nos premiers ISOs en version alpha de Mageia 2 ont été repoussés au 25 novembre.

rda, First alpha ISOs for Mageia 2 due on the 25th of November, 19 novembre 2011


snuggle

to snuggle (infinitive)
snuggles (present third-person singular)
snuggled (preterite)
snuggled (participle past)
snuggling (participle present)

Sometimes my girlfriend and I snuggle.

The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.

The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.


giggle

(XVIᵉ siècle) Ce terme est probablement d’origine onomatopéique.

Ricanement (giggle at the misfortune of others).

Shame really Eurystheus thought to himself with a giggle. I shan’t get ten years out of him.

Stephen Fry, Heroes, Penguin Books, 2019, p. 65


how’s tricks

He was smoking a cigar (a most unusual occurrence), and a smile of satisfaction lit up his serene countenance. "How’s tricks, Harry my boy?" I asked of that gentleman.


whisper

"Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible.

Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, 1883


swarm

For a swarm to develop the locusts must transform from a solitary phase into a gregarious phase.

Pour qu’un essaim se forme, les criquets doivent passer d’une phase solitaire à une phase grégaire.


nod

He gave his colleague a nod as he passed by.


nod

This was a nod towards the name of the shop of someone I admired.

NEKOPARA vol.1, Neko Works/Sekai Project, 2014


nod

to nod (infinitive)
nods (present third-person singular)
nodded (preterite)
nodded (participle past)
nodding (participle present)

nod one's head yes, nod

She nodded to give her assent.

He nodded to the colleague as he passed by.


wiggle

(XIIIᵉ siècle) (Verbe) Peut-être du moyen néerlandais wigelen, fréquentatif du verbe wiegen (« bercer, remuer »), dérivé de wiege (« berceau »), lui-même issu de l’indo-européen wegh- (« bouger »). Le nom est attesté depuis 1816.

Tremblement ; mouvement rapide et chaloupé.

She walked with a sexy wiggle.


wiggle

to wiggle (infinitive)
wiggles (present third-person singular)
wiggled (preterite)
wiggled (participle past)
wiggling (participle present)

His belly wiggles as he walks on the beach.


warning

They gave him a warning that the enemy is approaching.

The enemy attacked without warning.


warning

Warning! The bridge can be slippery when wet.


pluck

to pluck (infinitive)
plucks (present third-person singular)
plucked (preterite)
plucked (participle past)
plucking (participle present)

Plucking the strings with the fingers is the principal technique of producing a sound on the harp.

La principale technique pour produire des sons sur une harpe et de pincer les cordes avec les doigts.

(anglais) Plucked sounds sur Harp notation. Consulté le 2023-05-09


suffer

sufferance

souffrance (tolérance en vertu de laquelle on accepte certaines choses que l’on pourrait empêcher)

suffering

souffrance (douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre)

He does not suffer fools lightly.


on purpose

That was no accident. She did it on purpose!


seduce

to seduce (infinitive)
seduces (present third-person singular)
seduced (preterite)
seduced (participle past)
seducing (participle present)

Richard has just managed to seduce Anne thanks to his ability of manipulation.


improve

to improve (infinitive)
improves (present third-person singular)
improved (preterite)
improved (participle past)
improving (participle present)

Painting the woodwork will improve this house.

Buying more servers would improve performance.

In many cases, rewriting a piece of code as a Python one-liner will improve readability and make the code more Pythonic.

Christian Mayer, Python One-Liners, No Starch Press, 2020, page xxi

I have improved since taking the tablets.

The error messages have improved.


blueprint

Plan détaillé de quelque chose ; utilisé aussi bien littéralement que figurativement.

This demonstrated serious intent, and the result is a report that should be a blueprint for subsequent assessments when road schemes are being put forward.


sickle

The hammer and sickle was the symbol of the Soviet Union.

La faucille et le marteau était l'emblème de l'U.R.S.S.


cathedral

Par ellipse de la locution cathedral church, du moyen anglais chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, lui-même du latin.

kə.ˈθiː.dɹəl

En Angleterre, le mot minster, dérivé du latin monasterium, est utilisé au lieu de cathedral pour désigner les cathédrales anglaises de York et de Southwell.

Motif des lignes dans le bois lorsque la planche est débitée sur dosse.

If it runs more horizontally across the board, that is known as flat-sawn timber, which is more prone to cupping and twisting, but can yield beautiful patterns known as cathedrals.

Nick Offerman, Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop, Dutton, 352 pages, page 235


useful

Based on the performance of our Fibonacci numbers program you might be tempted to conclude that recursive solutions are too slow to be useful.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 129


furnish

The house is beautifully furnished. Where did you find all these wonderful paintings and ornaments?

I'd like to rent a furnished apartment. - Je voudrais louer un appartement meublé.

Could you furnish me with a rented car during my visit?


fault

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-fault.wav

Whose fault is this?

There is a fault in this electric circuit.

Il y a un défaut dans ce circuit électrique.

There is a geological fault that can lead to earthquakes.

Il y a une faille géologique pouvant conduire à des tremblements de terre.


occur

Du français moyen occurrer, du latin occurrō, « rencontrer, accourir, se présenter », du préfixe ob- (« contre ») et du verbe currō (« courir, se hâter, se déplacer »).

to occur (infinitive)
occurs (present third-person singular)
occurred (preterite)
occurred (participle past)
occurring (participle present)

When one list occurs inside another the inner list is said to be nested inside the outer list.

Lorqu'une liste se trouve à l'intérieur d'une autre, on dit que la liste intérieure est imbriquée à l'intérieur de la liste extérieure.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 137


corner

(Date à préciser) De l’ancien français corniere.

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After a brief, appalled glance at Lydia, Mrs Molesworth (Lil) sat down on a corner of the sofa and asked the doctor a question about the imminent agricultural show designed to exclude Lydia from the conversation, to reveal her close knowledge of this event and therefore to illustrate her important position in the local community.

Alice Thomas Ellis, Unexplained Laughter, 2012


proposition

to proposition (infinitive)
propositions (present third-person singular)
propositioned (preterite)
propositioned (participle past)
propositioning (participle present)

\ˌpɹɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən\

\ˌpɹɑp.əˈzɪʃ.ən\

\ˌpɹɒp.əˈzɪʃ.ən\

\ˌpɹɑp.əˈzɪʃ.ən\

ˌpɹɑp.əˈzɪʃ.ən

She walked away without saying a word when the older man propositioned her.

Elle s’en est allée sans dire un mot lorsque l’homme plus âgé lui a fait des avances.


mister

Variante inaccentuée de master. Influé par magister en latin, maistre en ancien français et Meister en allemand.

Homme beau, concernant un lauréat de beauté.

Mister France.


crocus

The first time she left her chamber, was at the commencement of the following March. Mr. Linton had put on her pillow, in the morning, a handful of golden crocuses; her eye, long stranger to any gleam of pleasure, caught them in waking, and shone delighted as she gathered them eagerly together.

Ce fut au début du mois de mars suivant qu’elle sortit pour la première fois de sa chambre. Mr Linton avait mis le matin sur son oreiller une poignée de crocus dorés. Son regard, depuis longtemps déshabitué de tout objet gracieux, tomba sur eux quand elle s’éveilla. Elle parut ravie et les ramassa avec empressement. — (Emily Brontë,Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent dans la bibliothèque Wikisource , traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Frédéric Delebecque, Chapitre XIII, Payot, Paris, 1946, Paris, pages 186-187)

Emily Brontë alias Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Chapter XIII, Vol. I, Thomas Cautley Newby (éd.), 1847 (1ʳᵉ éd.), Londres, page 302

Faux docteur ou médecin incompétent faisant de faux diagnostics ; imposteur pratiquant illégalement la médecine.

Knock is a crocus.


wash up

to wash up (infinitive)
washes up (present third-person singular)
washed up (preterite)
washed up (participle past)
washing up (participle present)

S’échouer, en parlant d’un objet marin qui arrive sur la terre ferme.

Tens of thousands of starfish wash up on British beach following extreme change in temperature


astride

The men ride their horses astride.

The valley sits astride the land of two different countries.


astride

The boy sat astride his father’s knee.


defensive

→ voir defense et -ive (États-Unis) ou → voir defence et -ive (Royaume-Uni)

Sur la défensive, au sens propre comme au figuré (susceptible).

Relationships are hard, and doubly so when defensive behavior makes it impossible to discuss issues.

Linda Carroll, « Here’s What To Do If Your Partner Always Gets Defensive » [en ligne], PsychCentral, 19 octobre 2019. (Consulté le 22 septembre 2024)


times

Ce mot n’est pas un nom, et on ne dit pas one time au singulier ni once, twice.

Fois. Produit des nombres précédent et suivant.

Four times five is twenty.

One times one is one.


times

to times (infinitive)
timeses (present third-person singular)
timesed (preterite)
timesed (participle past)
timesing (participle present)

I’ve taken the calories and the amount of food … and it’s 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which the answer was 2460 calories…

Harvey Mellar, Learning with artificial worlds: computer-based modelling in the curriculum, 1994

If you’re timesing that distance there by this height, it will disappear.

Psychology of mathematics education, Vol. 2, 1998


construct

to construct (infinitive)
constructs (present third-person singular)
constructed (preterite)
constructed (participle past)
constructing (participle present)

Romans numerals are constructed from the letters M, D, C, L, X, V and I which represent 1000, 500, 100, 50, 10, 5 and 1 respectively.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 134


reflect

to reflect (infinitive)
reflects (present third-person singular)
reflected (preterite)
reflected (participle past)
reflecting (participle present)

The water reflected the image of the boy.

I’ll have to reflect on this.

The logo reflected the company’s interest in wind energy.


wipe out

He wiped out what he had written.

The army wiped out the enemy.


son of a bitch

Composé de son (« fils ») et de bitch (« chienne, salope »).

sons of bitches (plural)
sonofabitch
son-of-a-bitch

\ˌsʌn əv ə ˈbɪtʃ\

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-son of a bitch.ogg

“Son of a bitch,” said the duenna, all aglow with anger, “whether I’m old or not, it’s with God I have to reckon, not with you, you garlic-stuffed scoundrel!” and she said it so loud, that the duchess heard it, and turning round and seeing the duenna in such a state of excitement, and her eyes flaming so, asked whom she was wrangling with.

« Fils de pute », dit la duègne, toute enflammée de colère, « que je sois vieille ou pas, c’est avec Dieu que je dois en juger, pas avec toi, scélérat rempli d’ail ! » et elle le dit si fort que la duchesse l’entendit, et se retournant et voyant la duègne dans un tel état d’excitation, et ses yeux s’enflammer tellement, demanda avec qui elle se querellait.

Miguel de Cervantes, traduction de l’espagnol à l’anglais de John Ormsby, Don Quixote - Volume 2 - Chapter XXXI

Nasri reportedly called the journalist a "son of a bitch" and repeatedly complained about the media’s behaviour.

Nasri aurait traité le journaliste de « fils de pute » et se serait plaint à plusieurs reprises du comportement des médias.

BBC Sport, Euro 2012 : Samir Nasri argues with journalist after France loss, 24 June 2012


instant

more instant (comparative)
most instant (superlative)

Instant coffee.


exponential growth

\ˌɛk.spəʊ.ˈnɛn.tʃəl ɡɹəʊθ\

More generally, when the position of the Fibonacci number being computed increases by 1, the number of recursive calls (nearly) doubles. This is referred to as exponential growth.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 131


blacken

Dérivé de black (« noir ») avec le suffixe -en.

to blacken (infinitive)
blackens (present third-person singular)
blackened (preterite)
blackened (participle past)
blackening (participle present)

You’ll have to blacken this portion if you don't want the underlying colored paint to come through.

He has blackened our good family name.


maverick

(Date à préciser) Du nom de l’avocat et homme politique texan Samuel Maverick, qui refusa de marquer au fer rouge son bétail. référence nécessaire (pourquoi ? résoudre le problème)

Le cheval sauvage est un animal grégaire qui vit en troupeau dirigé par un mâle dominant, et migre en groupe selon les ressources disponibles. Aux États-Unis, le nom de maverick est attribué aux chevaux semblant isolés d'un troupeau, mais qui, en fait, tout en restant à distance de celui-ci, en suivent la marche sans jamais s'en éloigner beaucoup. Ils font donc partie du groupe malgré leur apparente solitude.


realistic

\ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk\

\ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk\

ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk

ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk

Réaliste (au sujet d’une personne ou d’une pensée qui voit la réalité en face ou au sujet d’un travail très proche de la réalité).

This new video game will be very realistic.

Ce nouveau jeu vidéo sera très réaliste.


ombudsman

Ombudsmen identify organizational roadblocks running counter to constituent interests.

Les ombudsmans identifient les barrières organisationnelles qui vont à l'encontre des intérêts des électeurs.


bundle

Soit du moyen néerlandais bondel, soit du vieil anglais byndele avec l’allemand bind.

A bundle of sticks.

Liasse, paquet d’argent (amas de papiers liés ensemble).

You really made a bundle on that bet!

Tu t’es vraiment fait une liasse (de biffetons) avec ce pari !

fiber bundle, vector bundle, affine bundle, tangent bundle

fibré, fibré vectoriel, fibré affine, fibré tangent


bundle

to bundle (infinitive)
bundles (present third-person singular)
bundled (preterite)
bundled (participle past)
bundling (participle present)

I’ll bundle it all together in one package for you.

Je vais tous te les envelopper ensemble dans un paquet.

Now bundle up. It’s cold outside.

Habillez-vous chaudement maintenant. Il fait froid dehors.


slipper

Cinderella lost her glass slipper.

Cendrillon perdit sa pantoufle de verre.

I went away wondering why the green toe of her left slipper was dark and damp with something that could have been blood.


sensitive

more sensitive (comparative)
most sensitive (superlative)

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The C language is case sensitive.

She has a sensitive and delicate nature.

Be careful what you say to him. He's very sensitive, and he blows up easily.

Sensitive information is often removed, or redacted, from documents before they are released to the public.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, p. 124


minus

A minus.


extremely

more extremely (comparative)
most extremely (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-extremely.wav

The result will be computed quickly, even for huge numbers consisting of hundreds of digits, because Euclid's algorithm is extremely efficient.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 133


cramp

to cramp (infinitive)
cramps (present third-person singular)
cramped (preterite)
cramped (participle past)
cramping (participle present)

There's already not much space here. You're cramping me by staying so close.

Stop interrupting. You're cramping my style.


presume

to presume (infinitive)
presumes (present third-person singular)
presumed (preterite)
presumed (participle past)
presuming (participle present)

Présumer ; supposer que ; faire preuve de ; prendre des libertés (avec quelqu’un).

Dr. Livingstone, I presume?


wobble

D’origine au 17e siècle, onomatopée basée sur le mot wave (vague).

Mouvement irrégulier, comme celui d’une vague.

The telescope has a special instrument which splits light to find wobbles in different wavelengths. Those wobbles can reveal the existence of other worlds.

Associated Press, Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet, avril 2009


mourn

to mourn (infinitive)
mourns (present third-person singular)
mourned (preterite)
mourned (participle past)
mourning (participle present)

« If I were to speculate, I would guess that, like people, some dogs mourn and others don’t. »

Maryann Mott, Dogs may mourn as deeply as humans do, site web Phy.Org,(2012).


dodgy

There’s no question that it’s a dodgy picture, but it’s an artistic protest made many years ago.

Jimmy Wales, à propos de l’affaire de la pochette du disque Virgin Killer de The Scorpions, décembre 2008


thwart

to thwart (infinitive)
thwarts (present third-person singular)
thwarted (preterite)
thwarted (participle past)
thwarting (participle present)

The double treats Golyadkin Senior with a contemptuous disrespect and he thwarts all the bureaucratic and amorous projects into which Golyadkin Senior enters.

Le double traite Goliadkine senior avec une méprisante désinvolture et il contrecarre tous les projets administratifs ou amoureux que forme celui-ci.— (René Girard, Dostoïevski : du double à l’unité, page 9. Librairie Plon, 1963.)

René Girard (traduit du français en anglais par James G. Williams), Resurrection from the Underground: Feodor Dostoevsky, page 23. Michigan State University Press, 1997 (1ʳᵉ édition française : Dostoïevski : du double à l’unité, 1963).

Intel Corp., the world’s biggest computer-chip maker, was fined a record 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion) by the European Union and ordered to stop using illegal rebates to thwart competitors.

Both forms are infectious and the latter allows HIV to persist in long-lived reservoirs, thwarting efforts to clear HIV from the body.

Lynn Morris et Tonie Cilliers,chapitre « Viral structure, replication, tropism, pathogenesis and natural history », page 87, dans HIV/AIDS in South Africa (sous la direction de S. S. Abdool Karim et Q. Abdool Karim). Cambridge University Press, 2010 (1ʳᵉ édition : 2005).

Parliament thwarted Johnson’s attempt to secure backing for his EU divorce deal on Saturday, withholding their approval in order to trigger a law passed last month to force him to send a letter to the bloc asking to push back the deadline to Jan. 31.

Paul Sandle et Kylie MacLellan (avec la collaboration de Guy Faulconbridge et Jane Merriman), dépêche« Britain is going to leave the EU by October 31 - Gove says ». Reuters, 20 octobre 2019.

The attack, which occurred at around 06:20 Moscow time, was thwarted by members of the Russian National Guard and army aviation.

L’attaque, qui s’est produite vers 6 h 20, heure de Moscou, a été déjouée par des membres de la Garde nationale russe et de l’aviation de l’armée.

Agence Tass, « Over 15 boats with armed people on way to Energodar from Ukraine — official », 3 septembre 2022.


summary

summary execution, summary judgment


malfunction

(1827)Dérivé de function, avec le préfixe mal-.

The show also explored the themes of shame and vulnerability, and this is an interesting concept when it comes to clothes. Yes, if you are out in public and you have a wardrobe malfunction you feel vulnerable and exposed, but I’m not sure that you as the customer necessarily feel ashamed?

Le défilé a également exploré les thèmes de la honte et de la vulnérabilité, un concept intéressant lorsqu’il s’agit de vêtements. Oui, si vous êtes en public et que l’un de vos vêtements a un problème, vous vous sentez vulnérable et exposé, mais je ne suis pas sûr que vous, en tant que client, ayez nécessairement honte ?

Amelia Gregory, « Can AVAVAV’s Milan Show Be Seen as a Critique of Fast Fashion? », Voir Fashion, avril 2023


closely

Dérivé de close (« proche ») avec le suffixe -ly utilisé pour former les adverbes.

more closely (comparative)
most closely (superlative)

Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages.

Le finnois et l’estonien sont des langues étroitement reliées.


flora

What are the characteristics of the flora of this island?

Intestinal flora.


commend

Du latin commendare (« louer, vanter, faire valoir ») de com- + mandare (« charger, confier, ordonner »), de manus (« main ») + dare (« donner »).

Confier, se fier à, recommander (3: désigner à l’attention, à la bienveillance, à la protection de quelqu’un ; 7: rendre recommandable).

commend him to posterity

Applaudir (2: Donner son complet assentiment à une chose).

I commend you for your honesty.


languish

(XIVᵉ siècle) De l’ancien français languir, languissant.

to languish (infinitive)
languishes (present third-person singular)
languished (preterite)
languished (participle past)
languishing (participle present)

He languished without his girlfriend.

He languished in prison for years.

Il languissait en prison depuis des années.

The case languished for years before coming to trial.

L’affaire a piétiné pendant des années avant d’arriver en procès.


procedure

Can you tell me the procedure for obtaining a driver's license?

The new procedure for manufacturing steel will result in savings of millions of dollars.


virtual reality

(1958)Composé de virtual et de reality, calque du français réalité virtuelle.

The idea of a “virtual reality” such as the Metaverse is by now widespread in the computer-graphics community and is being implemented in a number of different ways.

Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992 (éd. 1993)


belittle

Inventé en 1782 par Thomas Jefferson dans Notes on the State of Virginia : « So far the Count de Buffon has carried this new theory of the tendency of nature belittle her productions on this side the Atlantic. ».

to belittle (infinitive)
belittles (present third-person singular)
belittled (preterite)
belittled (participle past)
belittling (participle present)

My older brother used to belittle anything I did.


wallet

De l'anglo-normand golette ou goulette (petite gueule).

MADRID, Spain — A man who lost his wallet in 1961 got it back, thanks to an honest construction worker who found it and returned it to him — just days ago! Juan Garcia, 72, says he hed forgotten all about the wallet until he got a call from Tomas Diego, 28, who had found the weathered billfold as his company was clearing a field to build a house.

MADRID, Espagne — Un homme qui avait perdu son portefeuille en 1961 l'a récupéré, grâce à un honnête ouvrier du bâtiment qui l'a trouvé et le lui a rendu — il y a quelques jours à peine ! Juan Garcia, 72 ans, dit qu'il avait tout oublié du portefeuille jusqu'à ce qu'il reçoive un appel de Tomas Diego, 28 ans, qui avait trouvé le portefeuille abîmé alors que son entreprise défrichait un champ pour construire une maison.

Article « Lost wallet returned after 35 years! », Weekly World News, 20 août 1996, vol. 17 nᵒ 47, page 27.

The Linux Foundation has announced plans for a new collaborative initiative designed to support interoperability across digital wallets, built on an open source bedrock. (...)
 Indeed, the OWF’s stated goal is to eventually achieve “feature parity with the best available wallets.”

La Fondation Linux a annoncé des plans pour une nouvelle initiative collaborative conçue pour soutenir l’interopérabilité entre les portefeuilles numériques, construite sur un socle open source. (...)
 En effet, l’objectif déclaré de l’OWF est d’atteindre à terme “la parité des fonctionnalités avec les meilleurs portefeuilles disponibles”.
 Note : l’article emploie beaucoup le nom “wallet” précédé de l’adjectif “digital”, mais ne méconnaît pas la désignation sans adjectif.

Paul Sawers, « Linux Foundation announces the OpenWallet Foundation to develop interoperable digital wallets », TechCrunch, 13 septembre 2022.


lick

to lick (infinitive)
licks (present third-person singular)
licked (preterite)
licked (participle past)
licking (participle present)

Are you hinting Mr Butler that the yankees can lick us? — Prétendez vous, M. Butler, que les yankees peuvent nous battre ? (Autant en emporte le vent)

My dad can lick your dad. — Mon père bat le tien quand il veut


lick

Un endroit où les animaux lèchent les minéraux sur le sol.

The birds gathered at the clay lick.


ridge

Du moyen anglais rigge, rygge apparenté au scots rig (« dos, épine dorsale »), frison septentrional reg (« dos »), allemand Rücken (« dos, crête »), néerlandais rug (« dos »), suédois rygg (« dos, crête »), frison rêch (« dos »), islandais hryggur (« épine dorsale »). Plus avant, de l’indo-européen *(s)ker- (« tourner, fléchir »), *(s)kreuk- qui donne le proto-germanique *hrugjaz → voir crux et circus en latin.

À noter la proximité du mot latin arista (arête de poisson, sens à partir du 4ᵉ siècle après JC) qui a donné notamment arête en français et arièse, riess en wallon.

Crête, ligne d’intersection élevée entre deux surfaces inclinées.

They live just over the ridge, in that direction.

The leak is coming from near the ridge of the roof, where the two sides come together.

mountain ridge

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge extends from south of Iceland to the South Atlantic Ocean.

There is a high-pressure ridge pushing the air south.


pill

Is she on the pill?


benefactive case

Basque and Quechua are languages with a benefactive case.


windmill

De mill (« moulin ») et wind (« vent »).

to windmill (infinitive)
windmills (present third-person singular)
windmilled (preterite)
windmilled (participle past)
windmilling (participle present)

Tourner librement, sans contrainte en parlant d’une pièce rotative.

The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.

She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.


adventitious

(c. 1600) Du latin médiéval adventitius, par corruption du latin adventicius (« venant du dehors, étrange, accidentel »).

more adventitious (comparative)
most adventitious (superlative)

The Velloziaceae have evolved a woody stem which is covered with a layer of adventitious roots mingled with the fibres of the old leaf sheaths;

R. M. T. Dahlgren, H. T. Clifford, & P. F. Yeo, The Families of the Monocotyledons, page 101, 1985


glance

to glance (infinitive)
glances (present third-person singular)
glanced (preterite)
glanced (participle past)
glancing (participle present)

Voyez peek pour la différences entre peek, glance, et look.

Jeter un coup d’œil (sur quelqu’un, sur quelque chose)

He only glanced at her, and walked on.


glance

After a brief, appalled glance at Lydia, Mrs Molesworth (Lil) sat down on a corner of the sofa and asked the doctor a question about the imminent agricultural show designed to exclude Lydia from the conversation, to reveal her close knowledge of this event and therefore to illustrate her important position in the local community.

Alice Thomas Ellis, Unexplained Laughter, 2012


revenge

I will revenge my injuries

Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, page 115, édition de 1869


henceforth

When the unfortunate schism took place under Roboam only the tribe of Juda and of Benjamin remained faithful to the House of David (III Kings, xii, 20), and henceforth the Southern Kingdom was known as that of Juda.

Lorsque l’infortuné schisme eut lieu sous Roboam, seules les tribus de Juda et de Benjamin restèrent fidèles à la maison de David (III Rois, xii, 20), et depuis lors le royaume du Sud fut connu sous le nom de Juda.


heraldry

(XIVᵉ siècle) Anciennement heraldy, de l’ancien français heraudie ; (XVIᵉ siècle) forme heraldry, équivalente dudérivé de herald, avec le suffixe -ry.

In heraldry, a wyvern is a winged dragon with eagle's feet and a serpent's barbed tail.


doubtful

It's doubtful that he really did serve in the army.


get in

Get in the car.


vulnerability

Google cybersecurity researchers have helped patch a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Mozilla’s cross-platform Network Security Services (NSS) set of cryptography libraries.

Mozilla patches critical security flaw that impacts several popular software offerings, Mayank Sharma, Tech Radar


provision

to provision (infinitive)
provisions (present third-person singular)
provisioned (preterite)
provisioned (participle past)
provisioning (participle present)

She provisioned for a long winter.

The quartermaster provisioned the troops with enough food to last for two months.


day after tomorrow

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-day after tomorrow.wav

The day after tomorrow is a big day for me.


day after tomorrow

I'll meet you the day after tomorrow.


unavoidable

Dérivé de avoidable, avec le préfixe un-.

A rigorous logical axiomatisation seems to be unavoidable in this case, as it accounts not only for the relationships between terms, but — most importantly — for the formal structure of the domain to be represented.

Une axiomatisation rigoureuse et logique apparaît comme inévitable dans ce cas, car cela représente non seulement les relations entre les termes, mais surtout la structure formelle du domaine à représenter.

ClaudioMasolo et al., Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web, 31/12/2003


dumb

Du vieil anglais dumb (« silencieux, muet »), du proto-germanique *dumbaz.

Le sens de « idiot » est une influence de l’allemand dumm, du vieux haut allemand tumb.

dumber (comparative)
dumbest (superlative)

Dumb dad sorry for his bet.

The Simpsons, Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words, 20-6

I-I go dumb
But she know just what I want
Really, go run
Let the money double up
Got a air force one
When they see me in the club


marshal

to marshal (infinitive)
marshals (present third-person singular)
marshaled (preterite)
marshaled (participle past)
marshaling (participle present)
marshall

The general marshaled his forces before the big battle.

Le général mobilisa ses troupes avant la grande bataille.


eruption

volcano eruption

There was an eruption of violence.


suspicious

more suspicious (comparative)
most suspicious (superlative)

He’s always suspicious of others.

I’m suspicious of his intentions.

Je me méfie de ses intentions. / Je suis méfiant à l’égard de ses intentions.

These are extremely suspicious circumstances.

He’s a suspicious person. Watch him.

C’est une personne suspecte. Surveille-le.

She gave me a suspicious look.


stuffed

Gavé (dans l’impossibilité de manger de plus).

After dinner, I felt completely stuffed.


shoddy

shoddier (comparative)
shoddiest (superlative)

So Beethoven makes things seem classy, and Girls Aloud makes them seem cheap. Cheap as in shoddy, not cheap as in inexpensive – that’s the sort of cheap Beethoven makes them seem.

David Mitchell, Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By, Guardian Faber Publishing, 2019, p. 77


realize

Se rendre compte (que), s'aviser (de), s'apercevoir (que).

Realizing his mischance, he smiled; central New York is not a region of perils, nor does one long remain lost in it.

Ambrose Bierce, A Wireless Message, 1905

He realized that he had made a mistake.

After a decade of effort, she finally realized her grand dream.


irrational number

√2 et π are irrational numbers.


discourse

Du moyen anglais discours, du moyen français discours.

I listened to this discourse with the extremest agony.

Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, page 73, édition de 1869


discourse

to discourse (infinitive)
discourses (present third-person singular)
discoursed (preterite)
discoursed (participle past)
discoursing (participle present)

The professor discoursed with the greatest fluency of potassium and boron

Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, page 33, édition de 1869


claw

(Date à préciser) Du moyen anglais clawen, du vieil anglais clawan lui-même du proto-germanique *klawjanq.

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Griffe (ongle courbé et pointu d’un animal).

Linton can play the little tyrant well. He’ll undertake to torture any number of cats if their teeth be drawn, and their claws pared.

Linton peut très bien jouer le petit tyran. Il se chargera de torturer autant de chats qu’on voudra, pourvu qu’on leur ait arraché les dents et rogné les griffes. — (Emily Brontë,Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent dans la bibliothèque Wikisource , traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Frédéric Delebecque, Chapitre XXVII, Payot, Paris, 1946, Paris, page 379)

Emily Brontë alias Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. II, Chapter XIII, Thomas Cautley Newby (éd.), 1847 (1ʳᵉ éd.), Londres, page 271


claw

to claw (infinitive)
claws (present third-person singular)
clawed (preterite)
clawed (participle past)
clawing (participle present)

Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.

John Branch, « Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek », dans New York Times

I cannot hide what I am: I must be sad when I have cause, and smile at no man's jests; eat when I have stomach, and wait for no man's leisure; sleep when I am drowsy, and tend on no man's business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no man in his humour.

William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespears Comedies, Histories, & Tragédies […] : Much Adoe about Nothing, Isaac Iaggard, Londres (1ʳᵉ édition 1623) (OCLC 606515358)

To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and despiſe.

Plutarch, traduit par Philemon Holland, The Philisophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […] : Of the Novritvre and Edvcation of Children, Arnold Hatfield, Londres, 1603 (OCLC 1051546006), page 15


scouting

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest scouting organizations in the United States.

He led a scouting party into the woods to make sure that the enemy wasn't hiding there.


pronounceable

Composé de pronounce et du suffixe -able.

more pronounceable (comparative)
most pronounceable (superlative)

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Anyway, one of the things I wanted to get done while in Randa was to rename KTTSD (Kde Text To Speech Daemon) to something with a meaning that is pronounceable.

JPWhiting, Renaming kttsd, blog, 31 mai 2010


favourable

The most plausible explanations are that Cromwell had shown himself too favourable to religious reformers, forbidding ‘idolatry’ in the form of statues and the cult of saints, pushing the provision of English bibles, and favouring alliance with Lutheran states.

Robert Tombs, The English and their history, Penguin Books, 2015, page 170


authoritarian

Dérivé de authority, avec le suffixe -arian.

more authoritarian (comparative)
most authoritarian (superlative)

ɔː.θɒ.rɪ.tɛər.ɪən

Some political scientists distinguish between authoritarian and totalitarian.

She acts very authoritarian. - Elle est très autoritaire.


pier

Proprement « jetée de pierres » → voir pierre en français.

A floating pier built by the US military for seaborne humanitarian deliveries to Gaza has proved itself to be fragile in the face of rougher seas than expected, and the future of the whole $230m project is now in question. The pier has been usable for just 12 days since it began operations on 17 May.

Julian Borger in Washington, ‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas, the Guardian, 23 juin 2024


collector

He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.

C’est un collectionneur avide de timbres postaux du dix-neuvième siècle.

That old piano is just a big dust collector.

Ce vieux piano est juste un gros collectionneur de poussière.

She works for the government as a tax collector.

Elle travaille pour le gouvernement comme perceptrice.


lozenge

De l’ancien français losenge (« losange »), issu de l’ancien occitan lausa (« pierre plate »), issu du gaulois ; apparenté à l’espagnol losa.

Concernant la pastille : ce type de pastille avait à l’origine cette forme (du moins en Angleterre)

(Moins courant) Losange qui n’est pas un carré.

Wherein the decussis is made within a longilaterall square, with opposite angles, acute and obtuse at the intersection; and so upon progression making a Rhombus or Lozenge figuration

Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, page 167), 1658

Pastille contre l’irritation de la gorge.

My throat was sore, so I bought some lozenges.


pretend

to pretend (infinitive)
pretends (present third-person singular)
pretended (preterite)
pretended (participle past)
pretending (participle present)

feindre, simuler, faire semblant de, faire mine de, affecter de, faire comme si

pretend to = faire semblant de = faire mine de

He pretended not to know what they were talking about.

Children love to pretend.

They pretended they were happier than they were.

He pretends an affection that he does not feel.

He pretends to enter the nobility.


tiptoe

to tiptoe (infinitive)
tiptoes (present third-person singular)
tiptoed (preterite)
tiptoed (participle past)
tiptoeing (participle present)

The sense that anyone saying anything publicly needs to tiptoe round the sensibilities of dozens of interest groups […]

David Mitchell, Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By, Guardian Faber Publishing, 2019, p. 37

Once our ancestors got moving on two legs, they kept on walking, and that journey has continued right up to today. In a lifetime, the average person will take about 150 million steps—enough to circle Earth three times. We stroll, stride, plod, traipse, amble, saunter, shuffle, tiptoe, lumber, tromp, lope, strut and swagger. After walking all over someone, we might be asked to walk a mile in their shoes. Heroes walk on water, and geniuses are walking encyclopedias. But rarely do we humans think about walking. It has become, you might say, pedestrian. The fossils, however, reveal something else entirely. Walking is anything but ordinary. Instead it is a complex, convoluted evolutionary experiment that began with humble apes taking their first steps in Miocene forests and eventually set hominins on a path around the world.

Jeremy DeSilva, “Walks of Life”, Scientific American, vol. 327, no. 5, novembre 2022, pages 72-81


hangover

(1894)Composé de hang et de over. Le sens de « gueule de bois » est apparu en 1902.

And then there is the outer-suburban creeping Jesus, a hangover from the William Morris period, …

George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, page 146

I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.

J’ai vraiment apprécié la fête d’hier, mais j’ai maintenant la plus grosse gueule de bois que j’ai jamais eue — je ne recommencerai pas de si tôt.


bellyache

Quit your bellyaching. It's not that bad.


tuple

Like strings and lists, items in a tuple are accessed by offset (not by key); they support all the offset-based operations, such as indexing and slicing.

Mark Lutz, Learning Python (5ème édition),O'Reilly, 2013, page 284


used to

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I am not used to driving.

I am getting used to his way.


used to

À ne pas confondre avec l’aspect progressif montré par be …-ing.

! !! Passé !! Présent
|-
! Habituel
| I used to drink coffee every day.
(Je buvais du café tous les jours.)
| I drink coffee every day.
(Je bois du café tous les jours.)
|-
! Progressif
| I was drinking coffee at that time.
(Je buvais du café à ce moment-là.)
| I am drinking coffee now.
(Je bois du café maintenant.)
|}

Les formes négative et interrogative ne sont pas fixes.
:* I used not to drink coffee. (Littéraire)
:* I didn’t use to drink coffee. (Populaire)
:* I didn’t used to drink coffee. (Populaire) (Plus courant) (considéré fautif par certains)
:* I never used to drink coffee. (avec emphase)

Did you use to drink coffee? (Populaire)

Did you used to drink coffee? (Populaire) (Plus courant) (considéré fautif par certains)

À noter la différence avec used to dans les autres sens (e.g. « utilisé afin de » : the hammer was used to pound nails), où on prononce \ˈjuzd.tu\ (États-Unis), \ˈjuːzd.tu\ (Royaume-Uni) sans contraction.

(Australie) : écouter « used to https://wiki.local/w/index.php?action=edit&title=used+to Prononciation ? »

Auxiliaire de l’aspect habituel du passé, traduit par l’imparfait en français.

I used to drive every weekend.

I used to be much fatter.


dishwasher

Composé de dish (« plat, vaisselle ») et de washer (« laveur »).

\ˈdɪʃ ˌwɑʃ.ɚ\

\ˈdɪʃ ˌwɒʃ.ə\

Plongeur, personne qui fait la vaisselle à titre professionnel.

Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a young Texan, works as a dishwasher.

Wikipédia en anglais, Midnight Cowboy, 2014


daylight

Composé de day (« jour ») et de light (« lumière »), littéralement « lumière du jour ».

daytime

Jour ; période entre le lever et le coucher du soleil.

“Five seconds under nominal, Captain.” Kelly held up the watch. “These boys are pretty good.”
“Except we’re not doing it in daylight, are we, Mr. Clark?” Albie, like Kelly, knew the nature of the mission.

He could barely see daylight through the complex clockwork.

Lumière ; espace entre les plateaux d’une presse ou d’un mécanisme analogue.

The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.


stake out

to stake out (infinitive)
stakes out (present third-person singular)
staked out (preterite)
staked out (participle past)
staking out (participle present)

to stake out the area

Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

The police staked out the house, watching for criminal activity.

to stake out a position in the negotiations


detain

to detain (infinitive)
detains (present third-person singular)
detained (preterite)
detained (participle past)
detaining (participle present)

We’ll have to detain you while we ask you a few questions.

We’re sorry we were late. We were detained by an unexpected traffic jam.


ghostly

ghostlier (comparative)
ghostliest (superlative)

"You are lying." The man stared at him, perfectly immobile except for the glint in the ghostly eyes. "You and your brethren possess something that is not yours."


penknife

(1922) Du moyen anglais penknife, de son usage premier, au début du XVᵉ siècle, « couteau pour affûter les plumes à écrire ».

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Perhaps in today’s hectic news environment, America will have forgotten by Election Day that the Democrats knowingly armed themselves with a penknife for a gunfight — and won’t ask whether such a party should be trusted on its promises to reconfigure the entire society.

La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)

David Von Drehle, A strike at Trump must succeed. Democrats are ensuring it won’t., The Washington Post, 6 décembre 2019

I did discover that, as well as the penknife, Emma also carried a ball of string, which is a marvellous idea.

J'ai découvert qu'en plus du canif, Emma portait aussi une pelote de ficelle avec elle, ce qui est une idée merveilleuse.

Sandi Toksvig, Between the stops: a most wonderful memoir, 2019, 320 pages, p. 236


balcony

(c. 1610) De l’italien balcone (même sens).

Balcon, galerie d’une salle de spectacle.

After nearly a year of work, Milton Theatre formally unveiled its new balcony to the public April 11. […] The balcony had existed in the 110-year old theater for much of its life before it was removed in the 2000s.

Après près d’un an de travaux, le théâtre Milton a officiellement dévoilé son nouveau balcon au public le 11 avril. […] Le balcon était présent dans ce théâtre vieux de 110 ans pendant la majeure partie de son existence avant d’être retiré dans les années 2000.

Ryan Mavity, « Milton Theatre unveils new balcony », Cape Gazette, 14 avril 2023


bonnet

It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow basket swung to her arm.

C’était Zillah, vêtue de son châle écarlate, un chapeau de soie noire sur la tête et un panier d’osier au bras. — (Emily Brontë,Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent dans la bibliothèque Wikisource , traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Frédéric Delebecque, Chapitre XXVIII, Payot, Paris, 1946, Paris, page 383)

Emily Brontë alias Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. II, Chapter XIV, Thomas Cautley Newby (éd.), 1847 (1ʳᵉ éd.), Londres, page 278


mathematically

Dérivé de mathematical, avec le suffixe -ly.

a Flat universe to evolve, and it is just about mathematically impossible.

R. C. Martin, Astronomy on Trial: A Devastating and Complete Repudiation of the Big Bang Fiasco, p. 160, 1999


circulate

The Medieval Academy of America has been asked to circulate the following open letter addressed to the President of France, urging patience and care as plans take shape for the repair and renovation of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

« Open Letter to the President of France », The Medieval Academy Blog, 24 avril 2019.


long live

Du subjonctif du verbe live (« vivre ») et de l’adverbe long (« longuement »).

Long live the King!


satisfied

more satisfied (comparative)
most satisfied (superlative)

ˈsæɾ.ɪsˌfaɪd

Two questions arise from this: are the police satisfied that this way of dealing with domestic violence is sufficient to protect women? […]

Deux questions ressortent de cela : la police est-elle convaincue que cette façon de s’occuper de la violence domestique est suffisante pour protéger les femmes ? […]

« Sharia law challenges British justice », The Daily Telegraph, 21 septembre 2008


ability

Richard has the abillity to succeed

The ability to analyze real-world data is one of the most sought-after skills in the 21st century.

Christian Mayer, Python One-Liners, No Starch Press, 2020, page 41


acclivity

1614. Du latin acclivitas. De acclivis/acclivus ^([1]).

With some blind instinct which impelled to action he struggled through the undergrowth about him and came to a more open ground — on his right the brook, to the left a gentle acclivity studded with infrequent trees; over all, the gathering gloom of twilight.

Ambrose Bierce, Chickamauga, 1889, éd. 2008, ISBN 978-0-141-03881-0


hamper

(Nom commun et verbe 1) Du moyen anglais hamper.

Blockchains, however, are distributed databases that often seek to achieve decentralisation by replacing a unitary actor with many different players. The lack of consensus as to how (joint-) controllership ought to be defined hampers the allocation of responsibility and accountability.

Blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation, Brussels, European Union, 2019, PE 634.445, ISBN: 978-92-846-5044-6, doi: 10.2861/535, QA-02-19-516-EN-N


careful

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Be careful, or you'll fall in.

careful atention

Careful. You'll drop it!


skill

(Verbe) Du vieux norrois skilja (« découper, diviser ») ; apparenté à schelen, schillen en néerlandais.

(Nom) Nominalisation de skill ; apparenté à shell, shilling en anglais ou encore skäl en suédois.

to skill (infinitive)
skills (present third-person singular)
skilled (preterite)
skilled (participle past)
skilling (participle present)

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I should have given’t you to-day morning, but as a madman’s epistles are no gospels, so it skills not much when they are delivered.


gag

to gag (infinitive)
gags (present third-person singular)
gagged (preterite)
gagged (participle past)
gagging (participle present)

Avoir un haut le cœur, déclencher un réflexe vomitif.

she gagged when she saw the victim

To order a recruit to exercise until he gags.

He was gagged.


efficacy

We demonstrate the efficacy of the methods using sediment obtained from Beppu Bay, Japan, and a coral from Ishigaki Island, Japan.

Nous démontrons l’efficacité des méthodes en utilisant des sédiments obtenus dans la baie de Beppu, au Japon, et un corail de l’île d’Ishigaki, au Japon.

Yusuke Yokoyama et al.’', Plutonium isotopes in the North Western Pacific sediments coupled with radiocarbon in corals recording precise timing of the Anthropocene, Scientific Reports, volume 12, 10068 (2022)


design

(1712) De l’ancien français designer, du latin designare (« marquer, indiquer, décrire, concevoir ») (infinitif du verbe « designo »,dérivé de signo (« marquer »), avec le préfixe de-).

Note : Le mot même de design aurait été créé en 1712 par le comte de Shaftesbury qui contracte le "dessein" et le "dessin", la conception et la mise en forme de l’œuvre. — (Cécile Jaurès, La modernité du XVIII siècle, Journal La Croix, page 21, 5 janvier 2015)

"Is that his design in settling here?"
"Design! nonsense, how can you talk so! But it is very likely that he may fall in love with one of them, and therefore you must visit him as soon as he comes."

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. 1, chapitre 1, 3ᵉ éd., T. Egerton, Whitehall, Londres, 1817, pages 2-3


league

Du moyen anglais ligg, qui vient de l'ancien français ligue.

Justice League of America


adroit

adroiter (comparative)
adroitest (superlative)
more adroit (comparative)
most adroit (superlative)

With women, however, he was less adroit.

Robert Tombs, The English and their history, Penguin Books, 2015, page 170


handsome

Dérivé de hand, avec le suffixe -some. Le sens d'origine était « docile, serviable, facile à utiliser », ensuite « utile, habile, adroit »; les sens modernes sont apparus au XVIe siècle.

more handsome (comparative)
most handsome (superlative)
handsomer (comparative)
handsomest (superlative)

L’utilisation de handsome au lieu du mot pretty pour une femme est possible et connote une beauté inhabituelle, androgyne ou masculine.

Joli, beau, belle ; généralement en parlant d’un homme. (voir notes)

About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward […] had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram […] and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income.

Il y a une trentaine d’années, Mademoiselle Maria Ward […] eut le bonheur de captiver sir Thomas Bertram […] et de se trouver par-là élevée au rang d’épouse d’un baronnet, avec tous les agréments et l’importance d’une belle maison et d’un grand revenu.


expression

(Date à préciser) Du latin expressio, apparenté à express.

ɪk.ˈspɹɛʃ.ən

Expression of belief, expression of content.

Expression de foi, expression de contement.

I couldn’t help laughing at the expression on your face.

Je ne pus m’empêcher de rire en voyant votre air.

In the United States, there is a popular expression, “Get out of here!”, which means “Tu blagues !”.

Aux États-Unis, il existe une locution populaire, « Get out of here! », qui signifie « Tu blagues ! ».


quagmire

Du moyen anglais quabbe (« marais, marécage »).

Is there a way out of this bloody quagmire? he wondered.


hack

, (Nom commun 1) (XIIIᵉ siècle) Du vieil anglais haccian (« tailler en pièces »), apparenté à hacken (« fendre, hacher ») en allemand, hakken (« hacher, couper, tailler ») en hollandais ; (1955) le sens de « tenir le coup » apparu en anglais américain, provient de celui de « se tailler un chemin [dans la jungle] ».

to hack (infinitive)
hacks (present third-person singular)
hacked (preterite)
hacked (participle past)
hacking (participle present)

They hacked the brush down and made their way through the jungle.

Ils ont coupé les broussailles et se sont frayés un chemin à travers la jungle.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, chapitre 6, 1912

Among other things he found a sharp hunting knife, on the keen blade of which he immediately proceeded to cut his finger. Undaunted he continued his experiments, finding that he could hack and hew splinters of wood from the table and chairs with this new toy.

Entre autres choses, il trouva un couteau de chasse aiguisé, sur la lame tranchante duquel il commença immédiatement à se taillader les doigts. Sans se laisser démonter il continua ses expériences, découvrant qu’il pouvait tailler des éclats de bois dans la table et les chaises avec son nouveau jouet.

Can you hack it out here with no electricity or running water?

Pourras-tu tenir le coup ici sans électricité ni eau courante ?

Frapper la jambe d’un adversaire avec sa crosse.

He's going to the penalty box after hacking the defender in front of the goal.

Il va aller en prison après avoir frappé dans la jambe le défenseur devant le gardien.

Gesticuler pour tenter de frapper le palet avec sa crosse.

There's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.

Il y une mêlée devant le filet alors que les avants font voler leur crosse vers le palet qui rebondit.

He went to the batter's box hacking.

Il est allé vers le rectangle des frappeurs en faisant des mouvements de batte.

Frapper d’un mouvement brusque et paniqué.

Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out.

L’arrière centre Branislav Ivanovic a alors lancé un grand coup de pied dans le ballon mais son capitaine John Terry a sauvé la peau de Chelsea en détournant frénétiquement la balle en corner, alors que Kevin Davies était prêt à frapper à juste six mètres.

Chris Whyatt, « Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton », dans BBC Sport, 29 décembre 2010


hack

(1802) Peut-être du précédent ou d’une onomatopée.

This cold is awful. I can't stop hacking.

Ce rhume est horrible. Je ne peux pas m’empêcher d’éternuer.


hack

, (Nom commun 3) (Vers 1960) Dérivé régressif de hacker. Le mot apparait dans l’argot estudiantin du Massachusetts Institute of Technology avec le sens de « bachotage intelligent » (voir citation), ce qui pourrait être une extension de sens du mot suivant.

Obtenir un accès non autorisé à un système informatique.

When I logged into the social network, I discovered I'd been hacked.

Lorsque je me suis connecté au réseau social, j’ai découvert que mon compte avait été piraté.

Accomplir une tâche complexe de programmation.

He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.

Il hacke comme personne et fait tourner le programme comme il doit tourner.

Réécrire rapidement une portion de code pour modifier un programme informatique, souvent de manière inélégante et problématique pour sa maintenance.

I hacked in a fix for this bug, but we'll still have to do a real fix later.

J’ai ajouté une rustine pour ce bogue, mais on devra faire un vrai correctif plus tard.

Travailler avec un haut niveau de technicité sur un sujet.

I'm currently hacking distributed garbage collection.

Je suis en train de hacker un ramasse-miettes distribué.


hack

Look you what hacks are on his helmet !

Regardez quelles entailles il y a sur son casque !

William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida, 1602


hack

(Vers 1300) De hackney, lui-même de Hackney.

A cold wind, a piercing rain, and a bad road, with a worse hack (for his own horses had been knocked up), rendered more acute the misery which he, as a parted lover, was bound to feel.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Arrived at Home, 1837

Travailleur, le plus souvent un journaliste ou un écrivain, chargé d’un travail routinier.

Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller's hack.

Ici repose le pauvre Ned Purdon, libéré de ses misères
Qui a longtemps été le nègre d’un libraire.

Oliver Goldsmith, Epitaph on Edward Purdon, 1767

I got by on hack work for years before I finally published my novel.

J’ai fait des piges pendant des années avant d’avoir pu publier mon premier roman.

Dason is nothing but a two-bit hack.


hack

Prouesse plaisante, bachotage intelligent.

A Hack differs from the ordinary college prank in that the event usually requires careful planning, engineering and finesse, and has an underlying wit and inventiveness," Ryan writes. "The unwritten rule holds that a hack should be good-natured, non-destructive and safe. In fact, hackers sometimes assist in dismantling their own handiwork.

Un hack diffère d'une farce universitaire ordinaire dans la mesure où l'événement nécessite généralement une planification minutieuse, de l'ingénierie et de la finesse, et est sous-jacent à l'esprit et à l'inventivité", écrit Ryan. "La règle non écrite veut qu'un hack doit être de plaisantin, non destructeur et sûr. En fait, les hackers aident parfois à démanteler leur propre œuvre.

Sam Williams, « Hack, Hackers, and Hacking » dans Free as in Freedom, 2002

Valleysoft released a hack yesterday to fix the "crashes".


quarterly

The coat of arms of the Hohenzollerns is quarterly argent and sable.


primrose

\ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz\

The minute after, she had sidled to him, and was sticking primroses in his plate of porridge.

Une minute après, elle était à côté de lui et piquait des primevères dans son assiette de porridge. — (Emily Brontë,Les Hauts de Hurle-Vent dans la bibliothèque Wikisource , traduit de l’anglais (Royaume-Uni) par Frédéric Delebecque, Chapitre XXXIII, Payot, Paris, 1946, Paris, page 438)

Emily Brontë alias Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) , Vol. II, Chapter XIX, Thomas Cautley Newby (éd.), 1847 (1ʳᵉ éd.), Londres, page 369


handmaid

The Handmaid's Tale.


handout

A handout is something given freely or distributed gratis (without compensation).

Give a hand up, not a handout.


soak

D’une racine indo-européenne *seu (« prendre un liquide » source) dont sont issus —avec suffixation en « k » — sucer en français via le latin sugere ou suc via le latin succus, to suck en anglais, via une origine germanique ou — avec suffixation en « b/p » — soupe en français ou to sip en anglais, sát en tchèque.

to soak (infinitive)
soaks (present third-person singular)
soaked (preterite)
soaked (participle past)
soaking (participle present)

The baby’s diaper is soaked.


breath

The moisture in her breath condensed in the cold air.

a breath of fresh air


graft

(Greffe, greffer) (XVᵉ siècle) De l’ancien français grafe avec ajout d’un \t\ inexpliqué.

(Corruption) (1865) Argot américain, probablement du néerlandais graft (« canal »), pour le sens, à rapprocher de siphon, siphonner (« soutirer de l’argent »). Le sens de « labeur » qui apparait à peu près en même temps au Royaume-Uni est à rapprocher du sens de « creuser » qui est dans grave (« tombe ») qui lui est apparenté.

skin graft, bone graft.


graft

The mayor's office is full of graft.

The politican was accused of taking graft.

Cet homme politique a été accusé de toucher des pots-de-vins.


motorway

Cars with ‘Level 2’ driver assistance systems will be able to be operated ‘hands-off’ and allow lane changes initiated by the system when the driver has their hands on the wheel – but these features will only be allowed on motorways for now.

UN working party cautious on driving features that blur the lines between human and automated driving, ETSC, January 31, 2025


deem

to deem (infinitive)
deems (present third-person singular)
deemed (preterite)
deemed (participle past)
deeming (participle present)

She dismissed concerns about his behaviour, deemed high-handed by Household and staff, as "very wrong".


surfeit

We had enough sailing. We did not want to overdo the thing and get a surfeit of it.

Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat, XV, 1889


give birth

Composé de give (« donner ») et de birth (« naissance »).

to give birth (infinitive)
gives birth (present third-person singular)
gave birth (preterite)
given birth (participle past)
giving birth (participle present)

\ˌɡɪv ˈbɜːθ\

She gave birth to a beautiful baby.


environment

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Samuel Muldoon (Muldoonsamuel55)-environment.wav

The primary prompt is changed to help us remember that this session is inside a chroot environment.

Installing the Gentoo base system, Gentoo's Handbook (guide d'installation de Gentoo), version du 02/01/2015


dismal

Du latin diēs, jour et malus, mauvais : littéralement "jour sombre".

Dismal weather.

Dismal mood.

We came in sight of Reading about eleven. The river is dirty and dismal here. One does not linger in the neighbourhood of Reading.

Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat, XVI, 1889

You're a dismal failure!


arise

to arise (infinitive)
arises (present third-person singular)
arose (preterite)
arisen (participle past)
arising (participle present)

It's not impossible that new program launch options may arise over time.

Mark Lutz, Learning Python (5ème édition),O'Reilly, 2013, p. 85


burst

to burst (infinitive)
bursts (present third-person singular)
bursting (participle present)

The balloon burst.

The bomb burst.

The water pipe burst.

The blood vessel burst.

The water burst out of the dam.

She used a pin to burst the balloon.

Elle a utilisé une épingle pour faire éclater le ballon.


burst

The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.

There was a sudden burst of activity.


catch

De l’ancien français cachier. Le nom est le déverbal de catch.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-catch.wav

In 1968 the catch of cod fish from the Grand Banks reef was 810,000 tons, but in 1974 it was only 34,000 tons.

That second baseman made a great catch at the baseball game last night.

Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) (jeu d’enfants).

I have a ball. Let’s play catch.

I went out fishing, and came back with a large catch.

What a catch!

It may seem simple, but there’s a catch.

The catch on my suitcase is broken.


catch

to catch (infinitive)
catches (present third-person singular)
caught (preterite)
caught (participle past)
catching (participle present)

They caught the thief.

I caught a cold.

I think I caught your cold.

My sleeve caught on the nail, and it ripped.

We were only fooling, but she never caught on.

He never caught on to what we were implying.

Sorry. I didn't catch what you said.


creep

Personne déplaisante, en particulier étrange ou excentrique, créant un malaise ou de la crainte.

But I’m a creep / I’m a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here? / I don’t belong here.

Mais je suis un pauvre type / Je suis un mec zarbi / Qu’est-ce que je fous ici / Je suis pas à ma palce.

Thom Yorke, Creep, Radiohead, album Pablo Honey (1992).

Compartiment de dérobée, enceinte aménagée de sorte que seuls les petits animaux y ont accès.

In a pig farm, pig creeps allow the piglets to escape being crushed by the sows.

Dans une porcherie, le compartiment de dérobée protège les porcelets contre les écrasements par la truie.


creep

to creep (infinitive)
creeps (present third-person singular)
crept (preterite)
crept (participle past)
creeping (participle present)

Fluer, glisser ; se déplacer insensiblement et discrètement.

He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.

Il a essayé de se faufiler devant le garde sans se faire voir.

After eating we crept back to the scullery, and there I must have dozed again, for when presently I looked round I was alone.

Après avoir mangé, nous regagnâmes la laverie, et je dus m’assoupir de nouveau, car, m’éveillant tout à coup, je me trouvai seul.

The interest rates creeped up over time.


dwell

to dwell (infinitive)
dwells (present third-person singular)
dwelt ou dwelled (preterite)
dwelt ou dwelled (participle past)
dwelling (participle present)

Don't dwell on it. It's not important.


flesh

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Samuel Muldoon (Muldoonsamuel55)-flesh.wav

Ce terme est généralement utilisé au singulier.

five Pieces of dry’d Goat’s Flesh

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, 1719, page 57


account

An account of a battle.

I’m glad to see that the accounts seem to be in order.

Je suis heureux de voir que les comptes semble être en ordre.

To keep one’s account at the bank.


account

to account (infinitive)
accounts (present third-person singular)
accounted (preterite)
accounted (participle past)
accounting (participle present)

Accounting that God was able to raise him up.

How do you account that the prisoner escaped?


entertain

If you have any illusions that the entertainment business is anything more or less than that, you've got another thing coming. Okay fine, you weren't born yesterday. Movies have to entertain, scripts have to entertain first. But - how?

Julie Gray, Just Effing Entertain Me: A Screenwriter's Atlas, 2013

House brand to entertain guests. Here are 3 essential tips to help you create these magnificent scones

P. Foster, Abbey Cooks Entertain, ca 2000

She entertained the notion that he could be right, but later dismissed it.

I visited the US-Canada border back in August. I saw a hard Border with physical infrastructure, with customs posts, people in uniforms with arms and dogs. That is definitely not a solution that we can entertain.

(...) Ce n'est clairement pas une solution qui nous plait. Note : on peut aussi le traduire comme « cette solution ne nous amuse pas du tout », antiphrase du sens 1 « nous amuse ». Au vu du contexte politique au moment de cette déclaration, il est très probable que Leo Varadkar ait joué avec les différents sens du mot pour faire passer son message.

Leo Varadkar [1er ministre de l'Irlande], cité par The Independent, 2018-03


hurt

Probablement de l’ancien français hurter, variante de heurter ; apparenté à hart.

to hurt (infinitive)
hurts (present third-person singular)
hurting (participle present)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-hurt.wav

I hurt my toe.

The ones you hurt, harmed, frightened and targeted will forever be a million times the person you will ever be.

DʳᵉJessica Taylor, « Dear Abuser, A letter from your victim », What Would Jess Say?, Substack, Royaume-Uni, 1ᵉʳ novembre 2024. Consulté le 2 novembre 2024

You hurt my feelings.

It hurts!

This hurts me more than it hurts you.

It’s been a long battle, but I can feel that the enemy must be hurting.

La bataille a été longue, mais je sens que l’ennemi a dû subir de lourdes pertes.


input

(XVIIIᵉ siècle)Dérivé de put, avec le préfixe in-.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-input.wav

Comparing the function calls made to compute these results for different input values illustrates the difference in efficiency for these problems.

Ben Stephenson, The Python Workbook (2nde édition),Springer, 2019, page 130


learned

more learned (comparative)
most learned (superlative)
learnèd (poetic)

A learned teacher.


verbal

In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

En anglais, les infinitifs, participes et gérondifs sont les formes de verbe non prédicat.


bright

Du vieil anglais bryht, venu de beorht, issu du proto-germanique berhtaz, berxiaz, évolution de berkhiaz, lui-même issu de l’indo-européen bʰereg.

brighter (comparative)
brightest (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-bright.wav

bright light

bright color

Your child is very bright.


condition

Du latin condicio (« condition, état »).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-condition.wav

I have a heart condition.


condition

to condition (infinitive)
conditions (present third-person singular)
conditioned (preterite)
conditioned (participle past)
conditioning (participle present)

The changed QTimeZone API now only conditions the backend-based aspects on feature timezone; all the rest is always present.

L’API QTimeZone modifiée ne conditionne plus que les aspects basés sur le backend de la fonctionnalité du fuseau horaire ; tout le reste est toujours présent.

Edward Welbourne,Unifying Qt::TimeSpec within QTimeZone, www.qt.io, 25 avril 2023


branch

(Date à préciser) De l’ancien français branche (« branche »).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-branch.wav

Which branch of the organization is in charge of foreign currency?

Quelle section de l’organisation s’occupe-t-elle de la monnaie étrangère ?

Bank branch.

Branch of science.

The line from London to Edinburgh has a branch that goes to Leeds.

La ligne de Londres à Édimbourg a un embranchement qui va à Leeds.


tendency

He was suspected of having fascist tendencies.

Ce terme est généralement utilisé au pluriel


overlay

\ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ\

Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

To reduce the burden on main Gentoo repository, older versions of Wine will be available only in the wine overlay.

NP-Hardass, Old Wine versions moving to wine-overlay, gentoo.org, 21/11/2017


override

to override (infinitive)
overrides (present third-person singular)
overrode (preterite)
overridden (participle past)
overriding (participle present)

The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.

Les besoins du moulin doivent l’emporter sur tout le reste, dit-il.


rebound

She's on the rebound already.

The economy's on the rebound.


rid

to rid (infinitive)
rids (present third-person singular)
ridding (participle present)

get rid of

se débarrasser (de quelque chose ou quelqu'un)

She wants to rid the world of evil.


rid

Libéré, débarrassé, quitte (de quelque chose, quelqu'un).

I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.

Je suis content d'être débarrassé de ce stupide surnom.


rise

to rise (infinitive)
rises (present third-person singular)
rose (preterite)
risen (participle past)
rising (participle present)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-rise.wav

The flood waters rose.

The water rose from the spring.

Her highest goal was to rise in society.

The sports team rose to the next division.


shot

The rifle shot could be heard for hundreds of yards around.

Le tir de fusil pouvait s’entendre à des centaines de mètres alentour.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
And fired the shot heard round the world.

He’s a good shot.

You’ll need an anti-tetanus shot in order to travel into the jungle.

Tu auras besoin d’une piqûre anti-tétanos pour voyager à travers la jungle.

I don’t know if this will work, but let’s give it a shot.

Je ne sais pas si cela va marcher, mais tentons le coup.

The basketball player is crossing the halfcourt line, and… Yes! He takes the shot!

A shot glass.


strive

to strive (infinitive)
strives (present third-person singular)
strove (preterite)
striven (participle past)
striving (participle present)

The two greatest schools of cinema in the silent era were the American and the German. Because he was trained by the Americans and the Germans, he understood that telling a story visually was what movies were about. So you can see, in all his films, he’s striving to tell the story visually.

Les deux plus grandes écoles de cinéma à l’époque du muet étaient l’américaine et l’allemande. Parce qu’il avait été formé par les Américains et les Allemands, il a compris que raconter une histoire visuellement était le but des films. Vous pouvez donc voir, dans tous ses films, qu’il s’efforce de raconter l’histoire visuellement.

Peter Bogdanovich, vers 19 minutes 35 secondes dans le documentaire vidéo Rear Window Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2000), écrit, produit et réalisé par Laurent Bouzereau, fourni avec une réédition DVD du film Rear Window (1954), d'Alfred Hitchcock


tread

Du moyen anglais treden, du vieil anglais tredan, du proto-germanique *tredaną, *trudaną.

rise

Partie horizontale d'une marche d'escalier.

He heard the sound of jingling keys first of all, like small bells rattling to the measured tread of a walking man.

Giron d'une marche d'escalier ; partie horizontale d'une marche d'escalier ou de restanque.

If the land has continued to be cultivated in recent times, the medieval risers and treads will have been ploughed out.

Mary-Ann Ochota, Hidden Histories: A spotter's guide to the British landscape, Quarto Publishing, 20017, page 53


tread

to tread (infinitive)
treads (present third-person singular)
trod (preterite)
trodden (participle past)
treading (participle present)

trample

Fouler aux pieds, marcher sur, piétiner.

There’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail.

Il y a un marsouin juste derrière moi, et il me marche sur la queue.

Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lobster Quadrille

I am resolved to forsake Malta, tread a pilgrimage to fair Jerusalem, for my lady’s soul, and will not be deverted.

John Fletcher, The Knight of Malta, acte V, 1647


uphold

to uphold (infinitive)
upholds (present third-person singular)
upheld (preterite)
upheld (participle past)
upholding (participle present)

Similarly, both the Government and the EU argued at the time the deal was agreed that they were upholding the Good Friday Agreement by implementing the Protocol.

Has the Northern Ireland Protocol undermined the United Kingdom? Wednesday June 02, 2021


upset

to upset (infinitive)
upsets (present third-person singular)
upsetting (participle present)

Our argument upset me so much, that I couldn't sleep last night.

The sudden news upset all of our earlier plans.

The underdogs in the match upset the other team in a surprising victory.


upset

more upset (comparative)
most upset (superlative)

I think I have an upset stomach.


charm

(Date à préciser) De l’ancien français charme (« sortilège, maléfice ; incantation, chant »), venant lui-même du latin carmen.

If tears dropped into a trunk were charms to preserve its owner from sorrow and misfortune, Nicholas Nickleby would have commenced his expedition under most happy auspices.

Si des larmes versées dans une masse étaient un talisman capable de défendre son propriétaire contre le chagrin et le malheur, Nicolas Nickleby aurait commencé son expédition sous les plus heureux auspices.

Charles Dickens, The Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby


crush

Du vieil anglais cruschen, crousshen de l’ancien français cruisir, croissir, du vieux norrois kryste.

The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot.

AlexisThomson et Alexander Miles, Manual of Surgery, 1921

to have a crush on


relaxed

There was a relaxed atmosphere.


join

to join (infinitive)
joins (present third-person singular)
joined (preterite)
joined (participle past)
joining (participle present)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-join.wav

I've decided to join the club.

The instructions say that these pieces should be joined, but I don't see how to do it.

Today, we are joining forces to fight for this cause.

Se joindre (à quelque chose, à quelq'un).

We wish to join this petition.


short

Du vieil anglais scort (« court »), du proto-germanique *skurtaz, apparenté à shirt, skirt ; scort est équivalent, via l’indo-européen, au latin s-curtus (« court, coupé »).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-short.wav

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Samuel Muldoon (Muldoonsamuel55)-short.wav

I thought the car was going to hit me, but it stopped short.


rough

rougher (comparative)
roughest (superlative)

He has a rough manner, but he’s very nice when you get to know him.

This cloth feels very rough.

rough road

rough seas


rough

There are a certain number of riverside roughs who make quite an income, during the summer, by slouching about the banks and blackmailing weak-minded noodles in this way.

Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat, VIII, 1889


stab

Take a stab at answering.

Girl, 11, dies after being found with multiple stab wounds and head injury in house

Une fille de 11 ans meurt après avoir été retrouvée avec de multiples blessures par coups de couteau et blessée à la tête dans une maison


rotten

more rotten (comparative)
most rotten (superlative)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-rotten.wav

This fruit is rotten. Throw it away.

Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Marcellus : Il y a quelque chose de pourri dans le royaume du Danemark.

William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, acte I, scène 4

He has a rotten character.


rotten

He fancies her something rotten.


attachment

Dérivé de attach, avec le suffixe -ment.

fore more specific debugging requirements, you can find additional tools in the open source domain, including support for multithreaded programs, embedded code, and process attachment.

Mark Lutz, Learning Python (5ème édition),O'Reilly, 2013, p. 87


settle

(Banc, siège) (XVIᵉ siècle) Du moyen anglais setle ; apparenté à settee (« siège »), seat (« siège »), au néerlandais zetel (« siège »), à l’allemand Sessel (« siège, fauteuil »), au latin sedile (« siège, banquette »).

(Verbe) Déverbal du précédent ; apparenté à l’allemand siedeln (« s’établir »).

… my eye caught a picture embodying that very thought. It was that of an ancient Puritan interior—a heavily beamed room with lattice windows, a settle, and clumsy Seventeenth Century furniture, with the family sitting about while the father read from the Scriptures.

… mon œil fut attiré par une image incarnant cette pensée. C’était celle d’un ancien intérieur puritain : une pièce aux poutres apparentes avec des fenêtres en treillis, une banquette et des meubles encombrants du XVIIe siècle, où la famille était assise pendant que le père lisait les Écritures.