dirt

saleté

Matière qui salit les vêtements ou d’autres surfaces.

En anglais simple : Material that makes clothes or other surfaces look unclean.

• There is dirt on my shirt.
• She washed the dirt off her hands.
• This brush removes dirt from shoes.

Comment l'utiliser : dirt on something (There is dirt on your sleeve.)

Synonymes : grime, filth

Expressions courantes : remove dirt, dirt on something

terre

Matière meuble, généralement brune, dans laquelle poussent les plantes.

En anglais simple : The loose brown material on the ground in which plants grow.

• The children dug in the dirt.
• We drove along a dirt road.
• Cover the roots with fresh dirt.

Synonymes : soil, earth

Expressions courantes : dirt road, dirt floor, pile of dirt

dossiers compromettants, ragots

Informations privées ou ragots sur quelqu’un qui peuvent nuire à sa réputation.

En anglais simple : Private information or stories about someone that could harm their reputation.

• She knows some dirt on him.
• Reporters dug up dirt on the candidate.
• Nobody would share the dirt about their former boss.

Comment l'utiliser : dirt on someone (The newspaper claims to have dirt on the mayor.)

Synonymes : gossip, scandal

Expressions courantes : dirt on someone, dig up dirt