buffet

buffet

Repas où plusieurs plats sont disposés pour que chacun choisisse et se serve.

En anglais simple : A meal with several dishes set out so that people can choose and take their own food.

• Breakfast is a buffet.
• We helped ourselves to food from the buffet.
• Does the hotel offer a dinner buffet?

Synonymes : smorgasbord

Expressions courantes : breakfast buffet, buffet lunch, buffet dinner, hot buffet

buvette, buffet

Comptoir ou salle où l’on peut acheter des boissons et de petits repas.

En anglais simple : A counter or room where you can buy drinks and small meals.

• We bought tea at the station buffet.
• The train's buffet was closed.
• She ordered a sandwich from the buffet.

Synonymes : snack bar, refreshment room

Expressions courantes : station buffet, buffet car, railway buffet

buffet

Meuble servant à ranger les assiettes, les verres et les nappes.

En anglais simple : A piece of furniture used to store plates, glasses, and tablecloths.

• The plates are in the buffet.
• We bought an antique buffet for the dining room.
• She stored the tablecloths in the buffet's drawers.

Synonymes : sideboard

Expressions courantes : antique buffet, wooden buffet, dining room buffet

coup, soufflet

Coup donné avec la main ou le poing.

En anglais simple : A hit with a hand or fist.

• He received a buffet to the head.
• One sharp buffet knocked her sideways.
• The guard answered with a buffet of his fist.

Synonymes : blow, punch, slap

Expressions courantes : a hard buffet, buffet to something, receive a buffet

secouer, malmener

Frapper ou pousser quelque chose fortement à plusieurs reprises, ou lui faire subir des difficultés répétées.

En anglais simple : To hit or push something repeatedly and strongly, or cause it repeated difficulties.

• Strong winds buffeted the house.
• The boat was buffeted by waves all night.
• Repeated crises have buffeted the economy.

Comment l'utiliser : be buffeted by something (The ship was buffeted by huge waves.)

Synonymes : batter, pound, pummel

Expressions courantes : buffet a boat, buffet the coast, buffet the economy

frapper, gifler

Frapper quelqu’un avec la main ou le poing.

En anglais simple : To hit someone with your hand or fist.

• The guard buffeted the prisoner.
• He buffeted the boy with his open hand.
• She raised her arms as he buffeted her head.

Synonymes : hit, strike, slap, punch

Expressions courantes : buffet someone, buffet someone's head

attaquer, accabler

Attaquer vivement quelqu’un par des critiques ou des questions difficiles.

En anglais simple : To attack someone strongly with criticism or difficult questions.

• His critics buffeted him relentlessly.
• The press buffeted the minister with accusations.
• She was buffeted by criticism throughout the debate.

Comment l'utiliser : buffet someone with something (The reporters buffeted him with hostile questions.)

Synonymes : assail, attack, berate

Expressions courantes : buffet someone, buffet with criticism