beef

bœuf, viande de bœuf

Viande de vache ou d’autres bovins consommée comme aliment.

En anglais simple : Meat from a cow or other cattle, eaten as food.

• We had beef for dinner.
• She added beef to the stew.
• Would you prefer chicken or roast beef?

Synonymes : cowflesh, oxflesh

Expressions courantes : roast beef, ground beef, beef stew, minced beef

reproche, grief

Reproche concernant quelque chose ou raison d’en vouloir à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : A complaint about something, or a reason for being annoyed with someone.

• What's your beef with me?
• My main beef is the slow service.
• Several customers raised beefs about the new charges.

Comment l'utiliser : have a beef with someone/something (I have a beef with the way they charge customers.); a beef about something (Her main beef about the hotel was the noise.)

Synonymes : complaint, grievance

Expressions courantes : beef with someone, beef about something, main beef

substance, essentiel

Le contenu principal ou le plus important d’un document, d’un argument ou d’un projet.

En anglais simple : The main or most important content of a document, argument, or project.

• The introduction is short; the beef comes later.
• The beef of her paper concerns local housing.
• Cut the empty promises and give the proposal some beef.

Comment l'utiliser : the beef of something (The beef of the report is its detailed cost analysis.)

Synonymes : substance, essence, core

Expressions courantes : beef of something, real beef

à viande, de boucherie

Se dit des bovins élevés pour leur viande plutôt que pour leur lait.

En anglais simple : Describing cattle raised for their meat rather than for their milk.

• They raise beef cattle.
• The farmer bought six beef calves.
• Which beef breeds grow well in this climate?

Contraires : dairy

Expressions courantes : beef cattle, beef calves, beef breeds

producteur de viande bovine

Qualifie un lieu ou une entreprise qui élève beaucoup de bovins pour leur viande.

En anglais simple : Describing a place or business that raises many cattle for meat.

• This is beef country.
• Several beef farms surround the town.
• His family owns a large beef ranch.

Expressions courantes : beef farm, beef country, beef ranch

péter

Laisser sortir des gaz intestinaux par l’anus.

En anglais simple : To release gas from your bottom.

• Someone beefed in the lift.
• He beefed loudly and laughed.
• Did you just beef under the blanket?

Synonymes : fart, break wind

Expressions courantes : beef loudly, beef in bed

pleurer, chialer

Verser des larmes parce qu’on est triste, blessé ou bouleversé.

En anglais simple : To shed tears because you are sad, hurt, or upset.

• He beefed after the argument.
• She was beefing because her favourite cup had broken.
• Don't beef; we can fix your bike.

Synonymes : cry, weep, sob

Expressions courantes : beef all night, beef about something