barge

péniche, barge

Grand bateau à fond plat, généralement utilisé pour transporter des marchandises lourdes sur les fleuves et les canaux.

En anglais simple : A large boat with a flat bottom, usually used to carry heavy goods on rivers and canals.

• A barge carried coal down the river.
• The tug towed two barges through the canal.
• Workers loaded the barge with sand.

Expressions courantes : cargo barge, canal barge, loaded barge

faire irruption, passer en force

Entrer ou avancer brutalement en poussant les personnes ou les objets sur son passage.

En anglais simple : To enter or move somewhere roughly, pushing past people or things.

• He barged into the kitchen.
• A man barged past me at the door.
• Please do not barge through the queue.

Comment l'utiliser : barge into something (He barged into the room without knocking.); barge past someone (She barged past the guard.); barge through something (They barged through the crowd.)

Synonymes : push, burst

Expressions courantes : barge into something, barge past someone, barge through something