crib

lit de bébé, lit à barreaux

Petit lit aux côtés hauts qui empêchent un bébé ou un jeune enfant de tomber.

En anglais simple : A small bed with high sides that keep a baby or young child safe.

• The baby is in her crib.
• We bought a new mattress for the crib.
• Has he grown too big for his crib?

Synonymes : cot

Expressions courantes : baby crib, wooden crib, in the crib

piaule, chez-soi

Dans un langage familier, la maison ou l’appartement où quelqu’un habite.

En anglais simple : The house or apartment where someone lives.

• Come over to my crib tonight.
• We hung out at his crib after school.
• Have you seen her new crib?

Synonymes : place, home, pad

Expressions courantes : my crib, someone's crib, at the crib

copier, emprunter, pomper

Reprendre les mots, les idées ou les informations d’une autre source pour ses propres textes, discours ou notes.

En anglais simple : To take words, ideas, or information from another source for your own writing, speech, or notes.

• I cribbed the recipe from a magazine.
• She cribbed useful quotations for her speech.
• Did you crib those notes from the textbook?

Comment l'utiliser : crib something from someone/something (He cribbed several facts from a history website.); crib from something (She cribbed from her notes while preparing the speech.)

Synonymes : copy, borrow, lift

Expressions courantes : crib from something, crib some notes, crib a recipe