bubble

bulle

Petite poche ronde de gaz dans un liquide, ou entourée d’une fine pellicule liquide et pouvant flotter.

En anglais simple : A small round pocket of air or gas in liquid, sometimes floating with a thin liquid covering.

• A bubble floated past me.
• The children blew bubbles in the garden.
• Tiny bubbles rose to the surface of the water.

Synonymes : bull

Expressions courantes : soap bubble, air bubble, blow a bubble

bulle

Petit espace rond à l’intérieur d’une matière solide.

En anglais simple : A small round space inside a solid material.

• There is a bubble in the glass.
• Air bubbles weakened the plastic part.
• The jeweller spotted tiny bubbles inside the stone.

Comment l'utiliser : a bubble in something (A bubble in the lens distorted the image.)

Synonymes : cavity, void

Expressions courantes : bubble in something, glass bubble, trapped bubble

blague

Évocation d’une blague, surtout dans une question laissant entendre que quelqu’un plaisante ou dit quelque chose d’absurde.

En anglais simple : A laugh, especially in a question suggesting that someone is joking or being unreasonable.

• Are you having a bubble?
• You must be having a bubble if you expect me to pay that.
• He asked if she was having a bubble when she named her price.

Synonymes : laugh

Expressions courantes : have a bubble, having a bubble

bouillonner

Former des bulles de gaz, ou s’agiter sous l’effet du gaz qui traverse un liquide.

En anglais simple : To form small pockets of gas, or make a liquid rise and move as gas passes through it.

• The water began to bubble.
• Soup bubbled gently on the stove.
• Gas bubbles up through the warm liquid.

Synonymes : fizz

Expressions courantes : bubble gently, bubble away, bubble up, bubble on something

bouillonner, monter

Se développer avec force à l’intérieur de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, souvent jusqu’à devenir perceptible.

En anglais simple : To develop strongly inside someone or something, often becoming noticeable.

• Excitement began to bubble inside her.
• Old resentment bubbled up during the argument.
• New ideas were bubbling beneath the surface.

Comment l'utiliser : bubble up (Anger bubbled up as he read the letter.); bubble with something (The children were bubbling with excitement.)

Synonymes : well up, stir

Expressions courantes : bubble up, bubble with excitement, bubble beneath something