dill

aneth

Plante aux fines feuilles vertes et aux graines très odorantes, utilisée pour parfumer les plats.

En anglais simple : A plant with thin green leaves and strongly scented seeds, used to add flavour to food.

• Add some dill to the sauce.
• She grows dill in her garden.
• Fresh dill tastes good with salmon.

Synonymes : anet, dillseed

Expressions courantes : fresh dill, dill seeds, chopped dill

cornichon à l’aneth

Petit concombre conservé dans du vinaigre ou de l’eau salée et parfumé à l’aneth.

En anglais simple : A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and flavoured with a strongly scented herb.

• He ate a dill with his sandwich.
• The jar held several large dills.
• Would you like a sliced dill on your burger?

Synonymes : dill pickle

Expressions courantes : a crunchy dill, a jar of dills

idiot, imbécile

Personne qui manque de bon sens ou agit stupidement.

En anglais simple : A foolish person.

• Don’t be such a dill.
• I felt like a dill after forgetting my keys.
• Those dills painted the wrong wall.

Synonymes : fool, idiot

Expressions courantes : a complete dill, such a dill

assaisonner à l’aneth

Cuire un aliment avec de l’aneth ou y ajouter cette herbe pour le parfumer.

En anglais simple : To cook or flavour food with the herb whose thin leaves and seeds have a strong smell.

• Dill the fish before serving it.
• She dilled the potatoes with herbs from her garden.
• We usually dill the cucumbers before putting them in jars.

Expressions courantes : dill the fish, dill some potatoes

apaiser, calmer

Rendre quelqu’un plus calme ou diminuer sa douleur ou son inquiétude.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain or worry.

• Her gentle voice dilled his fears.
• Nothing could dill the child’s pain.
• He tried to dill her grief with kind words.

Synonymes : soothe, calm, ease

Contraires : agitate

Expressions courantes : dill someone’s pain, dill someone’s fears