asleep

endormi

Qui est en train de dormir.

En anglais simple : Sleeping rather than awake.

• The baby is asleep.
• I fell asleep during the film.
• Were you still asleep when I called?

Comment l'utiliser : be asleep (The children are asleep.); fall asleep (I fell asleep on the train.)

Synonymes : sleeping

Contraires : awake

Expressions courantes : fall asleep, fast asleep, sound asleep

engourdi

Qui a perdu sa sensibilité normale, souvent avec des fourmillements dans une partie du corps.

En anglais simple : Unable to feel normally, often with an uncomfortable feeling like tiny sharp points in a body part.

• My foot is asleep.
• Her arm fell asleep during the long journey.
• Both legs were asleep when he finally stood up.

Comment l'utiliser : a body part falls asleep (My foot fell asleep after I sat on it.)

Synonymes : numb

Expressions courantes : foot is asleep, arm falls asleep, leg is asleep

inattentif, distrait

Qui ne fait pas attention à ce qui se passe.

En anglais simple : Not paying attention to what is happening.

• Were you asleep during that discussion?
• The referee seemed asleep and missed the foul.
• Officials were asleep at the wheel as the crisis grew.

Comment l'utiliser : be asleep at the wheel (The managers were asleep at the wheel while costs rose.)

Synonymes : inattentive, unaware

Contraires : alert, attentive

Expressions courantes : asleep at work, asleep at wheel