card

carte

Un petit morceau plat de papier rigide ou de plastique, portant souvent des informations.

En anglais simple : A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, often showing information.

• Show me your card.
• She sent him a birthday card.
• I keep my membership cards in my wallet.

Expressions courantes : identity card, credit card, birthday card, business card

cartes

Des jeux pratiqués avec de petites cartes en papier rigide portant des figures ou des nombres.

En anglais simple : Games played with small printed pieces of stiff paper.

• We play cards after dinner.
• They spent the evening playing cards.
• Would you like a game of cards?

Comment l'utiliser : play cards (My grandparents play cards every Friday.)

Synonymes : card games

Expressions courantes : play cards, game of cards

atout, carte

Un argument ou un avantage utilisé pour obtenir ce qu’on veut.

En anglais simple : An argument or advantage used to get what you want.

• She played the sympathy card.
• He kept one useful card for the final negotiations.
• Their strongest card was the promise of new jobs.

Comment l'utiliser : play the … card (He played the family card to win sympathy.)

Synonymes : tactic, advantage

Expressions courantes : play a card, sympathy card, race card, trump card

contrôler l’identité

Vérifier une pièce d’identité pour contrôler l’âge, généralement lors d’un achat d’alcool.

En anglais simple : To check someone’s identity document, usually to see whether they are old enough to buy alcohol.

• They card everyone at this bar.
• The cashier carded me when I bought beer.
• Have you ever been carded at a restaurant?

Synonymes : check someone’s ID

Expressions courantes : card someone, card at something

réaliser, signer

Obtenir un score précis dans un sport, surtout au golf.

En anglais simple : To achieve a particular score in a sport, especially golf.

• She carded a seventy in the first round.
• He carded three birdies before lunch.
• The golfer hopes to card a lower score tomorrow.

Synonymes : score, record

Expressions courantes : card a score, card a sixty, card three birdies

carder

Brosser la laine, d’autres fibres ou le pelage d’un animal pour enlever la saleté et les nœuds.

En anglais simple : To brush wool, other fibres, or an animal’s coat to remove dirt and knots.

• We card the wool before spinning it.
• She carded the tangled fleece by hand.
• The groom carefully carded the horse’s coat.

Synonymes : comb

Expressions courantes : card wool, card the fibres, card a horse