beach

plage

Étendue de sable ou de petits cailloux au bord de la mer ou d’un lac.

En anglais simple : An area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake.

• We walked along the beach.
• The children built castles on the sandy beach.
• Are there any quiet beaches near your hotel?

Synonymes : shore, seashore

Expressions courantes : sandy beach, on the beach, go to the beach

s’échouer, échouer

Arriver sur le rivage et y rester bloqué, ou y amener volontairement un bateau.

En anglais simple : To move onto a shore and become stuck there, or deliberately bring a boat onto it.

• We beached the boat before sunset.
• A whale had beached itself near the harbor.
• The damaged ship beached during the storm.

Comment l'utiliser : beach something (They beached the boat on a sandy shore.)

Synonymes : run aground, strand

Expressions courantes : beach a boat, beach itself