beat down

taper, darder

Pour le soleil, briller très fort et rendre tout très chaud.

En anglais simple : If the sun does this, it shines strongly and makes everything very hot.

• The sun is beating down.
• We rested indoors while the sun beat down outside.
• The afternoon sun beat down on our bare shoulders.

Comment l'utiliser : beat down on someone/something (The sun beat down on the empty road.)

Synonymes : blaze

Expressions courantes : beat down fiercely, beat down on someone

tomber à verse, s’abattre

Tomber en frappant fort les surfaces, surtout en parlant de la pluie.

En anglais simple : Fall from above and hit things hard, especially when talking about rain.

• The rain beat down hard.
• Hail was beating down on the windows.
• We waited under a tree as the rain beat down.

Comment l'utiliser : beat down on something (Rain beat down on the roof all night.)

Synonymes : pelt down, pour down

Expressions courantes : beat down heavily, beat down on something

épuiser, décourager

Fatiguer ou décourager quelqu’un par des difficultés ou une pression répétées, jusqu’à le faire céder.

En anglais simple : Make someone tired, discouraged, or willing to give in through repeated trouble or pressure.

• The daily stress beat her down.
• His endless demands finally beat me down.
• Do not let a few failures beat you down.

Comment l'utiliser : beat someone down (Years of constant criticism had beaten him down.)

Synonymes : wear down, wear out, exhaust

Expressions courantes : beat down someone, beat someone down

réprimer, écraser

Affaiblir un groupe ou une idée opposée en utilisant la force ou la pression.

En anglais simple : Use force or pressure to make a group or opposing idea less powerful.

• The army beat down the rebellion.
• They used threats to beat down opposition.
• The rulers could not beat down the growing protest movement.

Comment l'utiliser : beat down something (The authorities tried to beat down all resistance.)

Synonymes : suppress, crush, quell

Expressions courantes : beat down opposition, beat down resistance

faire baisser le prix à

Convaincre un vendeur d’accepter un prix plus bas en marchandant.

En anglais simple : Persuade a seller to accept a lower price by arguing about it.

• Try to beat the seller down.
• She beat him down to half the asking price.
• They would not be beaten down any further.

Comment l'utiliser : beat someone down to an amount (We beat the seller down to fifty euros.)

Synonymes : haggle with, bargain with

Expressions courantes : beat someone down, beat down sellers

abattre

Faire tomber ou s’effondrer quelque chose en le frappant très fort.

En anglais simple : Make something fall or collapse by hitting it with great force.

• They beat down the old fence.
• The storm beat down several wooden towers.
• Workers beat the damaged wall down with hammers.

Comment l'utiliser : beat something down (The soldiers beat the gate down with heavy tools.)

Synonymes : knock down, batter down

Expressions courantes : beat down something, beat down walls