bully

brute, harceleur

Personne qui blesse, effraie ou maltraite volontairement les autres, surtout ceux qui peuvent difficilement se défendre.

En anglais simple : Someone who deliberately hurts, frightens, or treats other people badly, especially people who cannot easily defend themselves.

• That boy is a bully.
• The teacher stopped the bullies from hurting him.
• She stood up to the office bully.

Synonymes : tormentor

Expressions courantes : a school bully, a playground bully, a workplace bully

homme de main

Personne payée pour intimider ou attaquer d’autres personnes.

En anglais simple : Someone paid to frighten or attack other people.

• He hired a bully to threaten us.
• Two bullies guarded the landlord’s door.
• The merchant paid a bully to collect his debts.

Synonymes : thug, enforcer

Expressions courantes : a hired bully, employ a bully

corned-beef

Viande de bœuf conservée avec du sel, généralement vendue en boîte.

En anglais simple : Beef preserved with salt and usually sold in a tin.

• They ate bully beef with bread.
• The soldiers carried tins of bully.
• There was only bully beef left for supper.

Synonymes : corned beef

Expressions courantes : bully beef, tinned bully

harceler, intimider

Blesser ou effrayer volontairement quelqu’un, surtout une personne plus faible.

En anglais simple : To deliberately hurt or frighten someone, especially someone weaker than you.

• Do not bully your little brother.
• The older children bullied her at school.
• He refused to be bullied into silence.

Comment l'utiliser : bully someone into doing something (They bullied him into giving them his money.)

Synonymes : intimidate, harass

Expressions courantes : bully someone, bully someone into something

excellent, formidable

Qui est très bon ou excellent.

En anglais simple : Very good or excellent.

• That is a bully idea!
• We had a bully time at the fair.
• He thought it was a bully little boat.

Synonymes : excellent, splendid

Contraires : terrible

Expressions courantes : a bully idea, a bully time, a bully fellow

bravo

Sert à féliciter quelqu’un, parfois avec ironie pour quelque chose qu’on ne trouve pas impressionnant.

En anglais simple : Used to praise someone, or to pretend to praise something you do not find impressive.

• You won? Bully for you!
• Bully! We have finished the job at last.
• So you bought a bigger car. Bully for you.

Synonymes : bravo, well done

Expressions courantes : bully for you, bully for him