deal

accord, marché

Entente entre des personnes ou des organisations sur ce que chacune fera ou donnera.

En anglais simple : An agreement between people or organizations about what each will do or give.

• We made a deal.
• The company signed a deal with a new supplier.
• Can we agree on the terms of this deal?

Comment l'utiliser : a deal with someone (They made a deal with the bank.); a deal to do something (The countries signed a deal to share water.)

Synonymes : agreement, arrangement

Expressions courantes : make a deal, a business deal, deal with someone

transaction, opération

Opération qui consiste à acheter, vendre ou échanger quelque chose.

En anglais simple : An act of buying, selling, or exchanging something.

• The deal was completed yesterday.
• He made three property deals last month.
• This deal involved exchanging land for shares.

Comment l'utiliser : a deal with someone (The broker completed a deal with a foreign buyer.); a deal involving something (Police examined a deal involving stolen paintings.)

Synonymes : transaction, trade

Expressions courantes : complete a deal, a property deal, close a deal

situation, affaire

La situation ou les faits importants concernant ce qui se passe.

En anglais simple : The situation, or the important facts about what is happening.

• Here is the deal: we leave at six.
• What is the deal with the locked door?
• She explained the whole deal to me.

Comment l'utiliser : the deal with someone/something (What is the deal with this new rule?)

Synonymes : situation, story

Expressions courantes : the whole deal, the real deal, what is the deal

donne, distribution des cartes

Action de distribuer les cartes aux joueurs, ou tour de le faire.

En anglais simple : The act of giving cards to players, or a turn at doing this.

• It is your deal.
• We checked our cards after the deal.
• The players took turns at the deal.

Synonymes : distribution

Expressions courantes : your deal, the next deal, after the deal

s’occuper de, gérer, faire face à

Agir pour régler un problème, accomplir une tâche ou gérer une situation difficile.

En anglais simple : To take action about a problem, task, or difficult situation.

• I will deal with the problem.
• She dealt with three complaints this morning.
• How do you deal with stress?

Comment l'utiliser : deal with someone/something (The manager dealt with the complaint immediately.)

Synonymes : handle, manage, cope with

Expressions courantes : deal with something, deal with someone

distribuer les cartes, donner

Donner des cartes à chaque joueur au début d’une partie.

En anglais simple : To give cards to each player at the start of a game.

• Who will deal the cards?
• She dealt me three kings.
• Shuffle the deck before you deal.

Comment l'utiliser : deal someone something (She dealt each player five cards.); deal something to someone (He dealt two cards to each player.)

Synonymes : give out, distribute

Expressions courantes : deal the cards, deal someone cards, deal a hand

vendre, trafiquer

Vendre des marchandises, en particulier des drogues illégales.

En anglais simple : To sell goods, especially illegal drugs.

• He was caught dealing drugs.
• Police think she deals cocaine near the station.
• They arrested two men who had been dealing in the neighborhood.

Synonymes : sell

Expressions courantes : deal drugs, deal cocaine, deal on streets

faire commerce de, commercer

Acheter et vendre un type de marchandises dans le cadre d’une activité commerciale.

En anglais simple : To buy and sell a particular kind of goods as a business.

• They deal in used cars.
• Her grandfather dealt in antiques.
• Does this company deal in fresh food?

Comment l'utiliser : deal in something (The family business deals in fine wines.)

Synonymes : trade, trade in

Expressions courantes : deal in antiques, deal in cars, deal in goods