brick

brique

Bloc dur et rectangulaire, généralement en argile, utilisé pour construire des murs et des maisons.

En anglais simple : A hard rectangular block, usually made from clay, used to build walls and houses.

• The house has red brick walls.
• He laid the first brick carefully.
• Several bricks fell from the old chimney.

Expressions courantes : brick wall, red brick, lay a brick

bloc

Morceau solide d’une matière, ayant la forme d’une petite brique.

En anglais simple : A solid piece of something shaped like a small rectangular building block.

• He cut a slice from the brick of cheese.
• The butter came in a wrapped brick.
• We stacked the plastic bricks on the table.

Comment l'utiliser : brick of something (She bought a brick of cheese for the party.)

Synonymes : block

Expressions courantes : brick of cheese, brick of butter, plastic brick

vidéo courte

Vidéo de courte durée partagée sur internet.

En anglais simple : A short video shared online.

• She posted a brick about her morning walk.
• That funny brick appeared in my feed.
• He watched several bricks while waiting for the bus.

Synonymes : clip, short video, reel

Expressions courantes : post a brick, watch a brick, new brick

rendre inutilisable

Rendre un appareil électronique inutilisable, généralement définitivement, en modifiant son logiciel ou ses réglages.

En anglais simple : To make an electronic device stop working, usually permanently, by changing its software or settings.

• This update could brick your phone.
• I accidentally bricked my tablet yesterday.
• A failed software installation bricked the console.

Synonymes : disable

Expressions courantes : brick a phone, brick a device, brick a console

murer, briqueter

Construire, recouvrir ou fermer quelque chose avec des briques.

En anglais simple : To build or cover something using small, hard rectangular building blocks.

• They plan to brick up the doorway.
• The old windows were bricked over.
• Workers bricked the sides of the well.

Comment l'utiliser : brick something up (They bricked the doorway up last year.)

Expressions courantes : brick up something, brick over something, brick a wall