buddy

copain, pote

Personne que l’on connaît et avec qui l’on aime passer du temps.

En anglais simple : A friend or someone you know and enjoy spending time with.

• Sam is my buddy.
• I met an old buddy at the station.
• Do you still see your school buddies?

Synonymes : friend, mate, pal

Contraires : enemy

Expressions courantes : my buddy, old buddy, best buddy, school buddy

partenaire, binôme

Personne avec qui l’on pratique une activité précise.

En anglais simple : Someone who does a particular activity with you.

• I need a study buddy.
• Her diving buddy checked her equipment.
• We became workout buddies last summer.

Synonymes : partner, companion

Expressions courantes : study buddy, workout buddy, travel buddy, diving buddy

mon pote, l'ami

Mot pour s’adresser à quelqu’un, souvent un homme dont on ne connaît pas le nom.

En anglais simple : A word used to speak to someone, often a man whose name you do not know.

• Hey, buddy, you dropped your keys.
• Thanks, buddy, that really helped.
• Listen, buddy, you're standing in my way.

Synonymes : mate, pal, man

Expressions courantes : hey buddy, thanks buddy, listen buddy

binôme, collègue

Personne désignée pour travailler étroitement avec vous ou vous aider au travail.

En anglais simple : A person chosen to work closely with you or help you at work.

• Each new employee gets a buddy.
• My buddy showed me how to use the equipment.
• The manager assigned buddies to help the new staff.

Synonymes : partner, workmate

Expressions courantes : work buddy, assigned buddy, buddy system

faire équipe, mettre en binôme

Devenir le partenaire de quelqu’un ou réunir des personnes par deux pour travailler ensemble.

En anglais simple : To become someone's partner or put people together as partners.

• Let's buddy up.
• She buddied up with me for the trip.
• The teacher buddied the younger children with older students.

Comment l'utiliser : buddy up with someone (I buddied up with Lee for the exercise.); buddy someone with someone (We buddy each new worker with an experienced colleague.)

Synonymes : pair up, team up

Expressions courantes : buddy up, buddy with someone, buddy someone up

il, celui-là

Mot qui désigne une personne ne participant pas à la conversation.

En anglais simple : A word referring to a person who is not taking part in the conversation.

• Buddy left his phone here.
• I found a wallet; buddy must be worried.
• Look at that parked car; buddy clearly missed the lines.

Expressions courantes : buddy must have, buddy probably forgot