counter

comptoir, guichet

Surface plate et surélevée où les clients paient ou sont servis dans un commerce ou un lieu similaire.

En anglais simple : A flat raised surface where customers pay or are served in a shop or similar place.

• Pay at the counter, please.
• The assistant stood behind the counter.
• He left his change on the shop counter.

Expressions courantes : shop counter, behind the counter, at the counter

plan de travail

Surface plate dans une cuisine, utilisée pour préparer les aliments.

En anglais simple : A flat surface in a kitchen where you prepare food.

• Put the bread on the counter.
• She wiped the kitchen counter after cooking.
• Our new counters are made of stone.

Synonymes : countertop, worktop

Expressions courantes : kitchen counter, on the counter, wipe the counter

pion, jeton

Petite pièce plate servant à compter ou à marquer sa position dans un jeu.

En anglais simple : A small flat piece used for counting or marking your position in a game.

• Choose a red counter.
• She moved her counter three spaces forward.
• We used counters to practise adding numbers.

Synonymes : marker, token

Expressions courantes : move a counter, plastic counter, game counter

contre, riposte

Action répondant à une attaque adverse pour se défendre ou prendre un avantage.

En anglais simple : A move made in response to an opponent’s attack to defend yourself or gain an advantage.

• He answered the punch with a quick counter.
• She knows a counter to that hold.
• The coach showed us several effective counters.

Comment l'utiliser : a counter to something (She practised a counter to that wrestling hold.)

Synonymes : countermove

Expressions courantes : counter to something, effective counter, quick counter

compteur

Personne chargée de compter des choses.

En anglais simple : A person who counts things.

• Each counter checked a pile of votes.
• The counters worked late into the night.
• An experienced counter can spot mistakes quickly.

Expressions courantes : vote counter, ballot counter, experienced counter

à rebours

Dans le sens opposé au chemin ou à la direction à suivre.

En anglais simple : In the wrong direction, against the proper path or course.

• The hound ran counter along the trail.
• One dog hunted counter and lost the scent.
• The hunter called back the hound that was running counter.

Synonymes : backwards

Expressions courantes : run counter, hunt counter

contraire, opposé

Qui va dans le sens opposé à quelque chose ou va contre cette chose.

En anglais simple : Opposite to something, or against it.

• His decision was counter to our wishes.
• They offered a counter argument during the debate.
• This approach is counter to the available evidence.

Comment l'utiliser : be counter to something (The proposal is counter to our agreed policy.)

Synonymes : opposing, contrary

Expressions courantes : counter to something, counter argument, counter view