bend over

se pencher, se baisser

Incliner le haut du corps vers l’avant et vers le bas.

En anglais simple : To lean your upper body forward and down.

• Bend over and touch your toes.
• He bent over to tie his shoes.
• Does your back hurt when you bend over?

Comment l'utiliser : bend over to do something (She bent over to pick up her keys.); bend over something (He bent over the sink to wash his face.)

Synonymes : stoop, lean forward

Contraires : straighten up

Expressions courantes : bend over slowly, bend over a sink

se soumettre, céder

Accepter les exigences d’une autre personne sans résister.

En anglais simple : To accept another person’s demands without resisting them.

• I refuse to bend over.
• He bends over whenever his boss demands something.
• Why should we bend over for people who treat us badly?

Comment l'utiliser : bend over for someone (They expect us to bend over for every powerful client.)

Synonymes : submit, give in, knuckle under

Contraires : resist

Expressions courantes : bend over for someone, just bend over