board

plateau, planche, tableau

Surface plate utilisée notamment pour écrire, couper des aliments ou jouer.

En anglais simple : A flat surface used for activities such as writing, cutting food, or playing games.

• Put the bread on the cutting board.
• The teacher cleaned the board.
• We placed the chess pieces on the board.

Comment l'utiliser : on the board (The teacher wrote our names on the board.)

Expressions courantes : cutting board, chess board, the game board

conseil, conseil d’administration

Groupe de personnes qui prend les décisions importantes pour une organisation.

En anglais simple : A group of people who make important decisions for an organization.

• The board approved the budget.
• She joined the school board last year.
• How many board members attended the meeting?

Comment l'utiliser : on the board (She serves on the board of a local charity.); board of something (The board of directors approved the plan.)

Synonymes : committee, council

Expressions courantes : board of directors, school board, board meeting

planche

Pièce longue et plate en bois ou matériau semblable, utilisée pour construire ou fabriquer des objets.

En anglais simple : A long, flat piece of wood or similar material used for building or making things.

• He nailed a board across the gap.
• The fence is made of wooden boards.
• One board in the floor is loose.

Synonymes : plank

Expressions courantes : wooden board, floor board, nail a board

dans tous les domaines, pour tous

Dans «across the board», qui concerne toutes les personnes ou toutes les choses d’un groupe.

En anglais simple : In “across the board,” affecting everyone or everything in a group.

• Prices rose across the board.
• The new rules apply across the board.
• We saw better results across the board this year.

Comment l'utiliser : across the board (The company raised wages across the board.)

Expressions courantes : across the board, across-the-board cuts

panneau d’affichage, forum

Endroit, souvent en ligne, où chacun peut publier des messages que les autres peuvent lire et commenter.

En anglais simple : A place, often online, where people post messages for others to read and answer.

• Check the board for new messages.
• She posted a reply on the discussion board.
• The notice board lists next week’s events.

Comment l'utiliser : post something on a board (I posted a question on the message board.)

Synonymes : forum, bulletin board

Expressions courantes : message board, notice board, discussion board

phase de conception, stade du projet

Dans «on the drawing board», encore en cours de préparation ou de conception, sans être utilisé.

En anglais simple : In “on the drawing board,” being planned or designed and not yet put into use.

• The project is still on the drawing board.
• Several new products are on the drawing board.
• The hotel never got beyond the drawing board.

Comment l'utiliser : on the drawing board (The new bridge is still on the drawing board.)

Expressions courantes : drawing board, on the drawing board

monter dans, embarquer

Monter dans un avion, un train, un bateau ou un autre véhicule.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you get onto a plane, train, ship, or other vehicle.

• We boarded the bus.
• She boarded a flight to Rome yesterday.
• Have all the passengers boarded yet?

Comment l'utiliser : board something (Passengers can board the train now.)

Synonymes : get on, embark

Contraires : disembark

Expressions courantes : board a plane, board a train, board the ship

embarquer, commencer l’embarquement

Pour un vol ou un véhicule, indique que les passagers peuvent maintenant monter à bord.

En anglais simple : If a flight or vehicle is doing this, its passengers can now get on.

• The flight is boarding now.
• Our train began boarding ten minutes ago.
• Which flight is boarding at gate six?

Expressions courantes : begin to board, ready to board