choke

s’étouffer

Ne plus pouvoir respirer parce que quelque chose bouche la gorge ou irrite les voies respiratoires.

En anglais simple : To be unable to breathe because something blocks your throat or irritates your breathing passages.

• The child began to choke.
• She choked on a fish bone.
• We were choking on smoke as we left the room.

Comment l'utiliser : choke on something (He choked on a piece of bread.)

Expressions courantes : choke on something, choke on food, choke to death

étrangler

Serrer la gorge de quelqu’un au point de l’empêcher de respirer.

En anglais simple : To squeeze someone’s throat so they cannot breathe.

• He tried to choke her.
• The attacker choked him with both hands.
• She escaped before he could choke her again.

Comment l'utiliser : choke someone with something (The attacker tried to choke him with a scarf.)

Synonymes : strangle

Expressions courantes : choke someone, choke someone with

étouffer

Empêcher quelqu’un de respirer ou de parler en serrant sa gorge ou en bloquant ses voies respiratoires.

En anglais simple : To stop someone from breathing or speaking by squeezing their throat or blocking their breathing passages.

• This tight collar is choking me.
• Dust choked the workers as they entered the room.
• The cloth over his mouth almost choked him.

Comment l'utiliser : choke someone with something (The smoke choked us with thick clouds of ash.)

Synonymes : suffocate, strangle

Expressions courantes : choke someone, choke someone with

craquer

Perdre ses moyens à un moment important d’une compétition à cause du stress ou de la peur.

En anglais simple : To perform badly at an important moment in a competition because you are nervous or afraid.

• He choked in the final.
• The team was winning but choked near the end.
• Will she choke under pressure or win the title?

Comment l'utiliser : choke under pressure (Even experienced players sometimes choke under pressure.)

Synonymes : freeze, crack

Expressions courantes : choke under pressure, choke in something, choke at something

s’obstruer

Pour un passage de grotte, se boucher en partie ou entièrement avec des pierres, de la boue ou d’autres matières.

En anglais simple : For a cave passage to become partly or completely blocked by rocks, mud, or other material.

• The passage began to choke with debris.
• After the collapse, the cave tunnel choked up.
• Narrow passages can choke with rocks carried by floodwater.

Comment l'utiliser : choke with something (The cave passage had choked with mud.)

Synonymes : become blocked, clog

Expressions courantes : choke with something, choke up

tenir près de la pointe

Tenir un crayon, un pinceau ou un outil semblable tout près de son extrémité utile.

En anglais simple : To hold a pencil, brush, or similar tool very close to its working end.

• Choke up on your pencil.
• She choked the brush to paint the tiny lines.
• For detailed drawing, try choking up near the tip.

Comment l'utiliser : choke up on something (Choke up on the pencil for greater control.)

Expressions courantes : choke up, choke up on, choke a brush

starter

Dispositif qui règle le mélange d’air et de carburant pour faciliter le démarrage d’un moteur froid.

En anglais simple : A control that changes the air and fuel mixture to help a cold engine start.

• Pull the choke before starting the engine.
• She pushed the choke in once the engine warmed up.
• This old motorcycle has a manual choke.

Expressions courantes : manual choke, pull the choke, choke control

étranglement

Prise dans un sport de combat qui comprime le cou de l’adversaire et peut l’empêcher de respirer.

En anglais simple : A hold in a fighting sport that presses someone’s neck and can stop their breathing.

• He escaped the choke.
• The referee stopped the match when she applied a choke.
• He tapped his opponent’s arm to signal surrender during the choke.

Synonymes : stranglehold

Expressions courantes : choke hold, apply a choke, escape a choke