club

club, association

Personnes qui se retrouvent ou font des activités autour d’un intérêt commun.

En anglais simple : A group of people who meet or do activities together because they share an interest.

• I joined a chess club.
• Our club meets every Tuesday.
• Which school clubs would you like to join?

Synonymes : association, society

Expressions courantes : join a club, a book club, a football club

boîte de nuit, discothèque

Lieu où l’on va surtout la nuit pour danser, boire et écouter de la musique.

En anglais simple : A place where people go, usually at night, to dance, drink, and listen to music.

• We danced at a club.
• The club stayed open until four.
• Have you been to that new club downtown?

Synonymes : nightclub

Expressions courantes : a dance club, at the club, a night club

club de sport, centre sportif

Lieu où les membres pratiquent un sport, font de l’exercice ou utilisent des appareils de fitness.

En anglais simple : A place where members go to play sports, exercise, or use fitness equipment.

• The club has a pool.
• I exercise at the health club every morning.
• Our tennis club built two new courts.

Synonymes : sports center, fitness center

Expressions courantes : a health club, a tennis club, a sports club

gourdin, massue

Bâton épais et lourd utilisé comme arme pour frapper des personnes ou des animaux.

En anglais simple : A thick, heavy stick used as a weapon to hit people or animals.

• He carried a wooden club.
• The attacker struck the door with a club.
• Two heavy clubs lay beside the gate.

Synonymes : cudgel, bludgeon

Expressions courantes : a wooden club, carry a club, a heavy club

trèfle

Symbole noir à trois feuilles arrondies sur les cartes, ou ensemble des cartes portant ce symbole.

En anglais simple : The black symbol with three rounded leaves on playing cards; also the group of cards with this symbol.

• This card has a club on it.
• She played the ace of clubs.
• Have you got any clubs in your hand?

Expressions courantes : a club card, the club suit, a club symbol

massue

Chacun des deux bâtons courts qu’un gymnaste fait tourner et lance pendant une présentation.

En anglais simple : One of a pair of short sticks that a gymnast swings and throws during a performance.

• The gymnast caught the club.
• She swung both clubs above her head.
• His routine ended with a high club throw.

Expressions courantes : a gymnastics club, a club routine, throw a club

sortir en boîte

Aller la nuit dans des établissements pour danser, boire et écouter de la musique.

En anglais simple : To visit places at night where people dance, drink, and listen to music.

• We went clubbing last night.
• She enjoys clubbing with her friends.
• Do you still go clubbing every weekend?

Comment l'utiliser : go clubbing (We go clubbing on Saturday nights.)

Synonymes : go clubbing

Expressions courantes : club with friends, club all night, club in town, club in london

matraquer, assommer

Frapper une personne ou un animal avec un gros bâton ou un autre objet lourd.

En anglais simple : To hit a person or animal with a thick stick or another heavy object.

• Someone clubbed him from behind.
• The hunters clubbed the seals on the ice.
• He was clubbed with a wooden bat.

Comment l'utiliser : club someone/something with something (The attacker clubbed him with a heavy stick.)

Synonymes : bludgeon, cudgel

Expressions courantes : club someone down, club someone to death