buck

dollar

Un dollar, dans le langage familier.

En anglais simple : One dollar.

• It costs one buck.
• I paid twenty bucks for this shirt.
• Can you lend me a few bucks until Friday?

Synonymes : dollar

Expressions courantes : one buck, a buck each, a buck apiece

argent, fric

Argent, surtout celui que l’on gagne ou que l’on espère gagner.

En anglais simple : Money, especially money someone earns or hopes to earn.

• He sells old furniture to make a buck.
• They were only interested in making a quick buck.
• She'll try any honest way to earn an extra buck.

Synonymes : money, cash

Expressions courantes : make a buck, a quick buck, a fast buck, earn a buck

cerf, bouc

Mâle du cerf ou de la chèvre.

En anglais simple : A male deer or goat.

• A buck stood beside the trees.
• The buck lowered his antlers and turned towards us.
• The farmer keeps one buck with her female goats.

Synonymes : stag

Contraires : doe

Expressions courantes : young buck, buck deer, buck goat, large buck

responsabilité, faute

Responsabilité ou faute liée à un problème ou une décision, notamment quand on cherche à la rejeter sur quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Responsibility for a problem or decision, especially when someone tries to give it to another person.

• Don't pass the buck to me.
• The buck stops with whoever made the decision.
• Every department passed the buck when the project failed.

Comment l'utiliser : pass the buck to someone (The manager passed the buck to his assistant.); the buck stops with someone (The buck stops with the team leader.)

Synonymes : responsibility, blame

Expressions courantes : pass the buck, the buck stops, buck stops here

lapin mâle, lièvre mâle

Mâle du lapin ou du lièvre.

En anglais simple : A male rabbit or hare.

• This rabbit is a buck.
• Keep the buck in a separate hutch.
• The breeder chose a healthy buck for mating.

Synonymes : male rabbit, male hare

Contraires : doe

Expressions courantes : rabbit buck, breeding buck, young buck, adult buck

mâle

Mâle de certains autres animaux, comme le furet ou le kangourou.

En anglais simple : A male of certain other animals, such as a ferret or kangaroo.

• The keeper identified the kangaroo as a buck.
• A large buck led the group of kangaroos.
• The breeder recorded this male animal as a buck.

Synonymes : male

Contraires : doe

Expressions courantes : kangaroo buck, adult buck, breeding buck

s'opposer, résister

Résister fermement à une règle, une décision ou une façon habituelle de faire les choses.

En anglais simple : To strongly resist a rule, decision, or usual way of doing things.

• She refused to buck the system.
• Sales rose, bucking the general downward trend.
• He bucked against the board's decision to close the factory.

Comment l'utiliser : buck something (The company bucked the trend by hiring more staff.); buck against something (The workers bucked against the new rules.)

Synonymes : resist, oppose, defy

Contraires : obey, accept

Expressions courantes : buck the trend, buck the system, buck convention, buck against something

ruer, faire des ruades

Pour un animal, faire des bonds brusques en levant le dos, au risque de faire tomber son cavalier.

En anglais simple : If an animal jumps sharply with its back raised, it may throw its rider off.

• The horse began to buck.
• A frightened pony bucked her off.
• The bull bucked wildly as the rider held on.

Comment l'utiliser : buck someone off (The horse bucked its rider off.)

Expressions courantes : buck wildly, buck someone off, begin to buck