crush

béguin

Forte attirance amoureuse pour quelqu’un, souvent une personne qu’on connaît peu.

En anglais simple : A strong romantic interest in someone, often someone you do not know well.

• I have a crush on Sam.
• She had a secret crush on her classmate.
• Did you ever have a crush on a teacher?

Comment l'utiliser : a crush on someone (He has a crush on his neighbour.)

Synonymes : infatuation

Expressions courantes : have a crush, crush on someone

amour secret

Personne pour qui on éprouve une forte attirance amoureuse, souvent sans être en couple avec elle.

En anglais simple : Someone you have strong romantic feelings for, often without having a relationship with them.

• My crush smiled at me.
• Her first crush was a boy at school.
• He finally spoke to his celebrity crush.

Expressions courantes : my first crush, celebrity crush

cohue, bousculade

Grand groupe de personnes tellement serrées les unes contre les autres qu’il est difficile de bouger.

En anglais simple : A large group of people pressed so closely together that moving is difficult.

• We could barely move in the crush.
• A crush of passengers filled the station entrance.
• She lost her bag in the crush outside.

Synonymes : crowd, throng

Expressions courantes : crush of people, in the crush

écraser

Abîmer ou détruire quelque chose en exerçant une très forte pression dessus.

En anglais simple : To damage or destroy something by pressing it very hard.

• Do not crush the box.
• A falling tree crushed their car.
• The empty cans were crushed flat.

Synonymes : squash, flatten

Expressions courantes : crush a can, crush something flat

écraser, presser

Presser très fort quelque chose pour en changer la forme ou en faire sortir le liquide.

En anglais simple : To press something very hard, changing its shape or squeezing liquid out.

• Crush the grapes to get their juice.
• She crushed the garlic with a knife.
• The machine crushes fruit between two heavy rollers.

Synonymes : squeeze, squash

Expressions courantes : crush grapes, crush garlic

broyer, concasser

Réduire quelque chose en très petits morceaux en le pressant, le frappant ou le broyant.

En anglais simple : To break something into very small pieces by pressing, hitting, or grinding it.

• Crush the nuts before adding them.
• He crushed the ice for our drinks.
• These stones can be crushed into powder.

Comment l'utiliser : crush something into something (Crush the seeds into a fine powder.)

Synonymes : grind, pulverize

Expressions courantes : crush nuts, crush into powder