crow

corneille, corbeau

Grand oiseau généralement noir, dont le cri est fort et rauque.

En anglais simple : A large, usually black bird with a loud, rough call.

• A crow landed on the fence.
• Crows gathered in the empty field.
• Did you hear that crow calling?

Expressions courantes : black crow, crow on something, flock of crows

pied-de-biche

Barre solide en fer au bout recourbé, servant à soulever des objets ou à les ouvrir de force.

En anglais simple : A strong iron bar with a bent end, used to lift things or force them open.

• He lifted the stone with a crow.
• They used an iron crow to open the crate.
• The worker pushed the crow under the heavy lid.

Synonymes : crowbar, pry bar

Expressions courantes : iron crow, use a crow, crow bar

chanter, pousser des cris de joie

Pousser un cri fort et perçant, comme un coq, ou crier de joie.

En anglais simple : To make a loud, sharp cry, as a male chicken does, or to cry out with joy.

• The rooster crowed at dawn.
• The baby crowed with pleasure when she saw her toy.
• I heard a cock crow outside my window.

Comment l'utiliser : crow with something (The baby crowed with delight.)

Synonymes : cry out

Expressions courantes : rooster crow, crow with delight, crow at dawn

se vanter, fanfaronner

Parler fièrement et bruyamment de ses réussites, souvent de façon agaçante.

En anglais simple : To talk proudly and loudly about your success, often in an annoying way.

• Stop crowing about your success.
• She crowed that she had beaten everyone.
• The winners were still crowing over their victory the next morning.

Comment l'utiliser : crow about something (He kept crowing about his promotion.); crow over something (They crowed over their rivals’ defeat.)

Synonymes : boast, brag, gloat

Expressions courantes : crow about something, crow over something

ouvrir au levier

Ouvrir quelque chose de force avec une barre ou un autre outil servant de levier.

En anglais simple : To force something open using a bar or another tool as a lever.

• They tried to crow the door open.
• He crowed the boards away from the frame.
• We finally crowed open the heavy crate.

Comment l'utiliser : crow something open (They crowed the lid open with an iron bar.)

Synonymes : pry, prise

Expressions courantes : crow something open, crow a door