drag

traîner

Déplacer quelque chose en le tirant avec effort sur le sol.

En anglais simple : If you pull something along the ground with effort, you move it this way.

• Drag the bag over here.
• They dragged the fallen branch off the road.
• Her long skirt was dragging along the ground.

Comment l'utiliser : drag something across/along something (We dragged the box across the floor.)

Synonymes : pull, haul

Expressions courantes : drag something along, drag something across, drag a chair

traîner les pieds, faire traîner

Avancer ou agir lentement, souvent parce qu’on n’en a pas envie.

En anglais simple : If you move or act this way, you do it slowly, often because you do not want to.

• Please stop dragging your feet.
• They dragged their heels over signing the agreement.
• Why is the company dragging its feet on this decision?

Comment l'utiliser : drag one's feet over something (The council is dragging its feet over the repairs.)

Synonymes : delay, stall

Contraires : hurry

Expressions courantes : drag your feet, drag your heels

traîner, emmener de force

Emmener quelqu’un quelque part alors qu’il ne veut pas y aller.

En anglais simple : If you take someone somewhere this way, they go even though they do not want to.

• Do not drag me along.
• He dragged his brother to the dentist.
• She always drags us around the shops.

Comment l'utiliser : drag someone to something (My sister dragged me to a party.)

Synonymes : haul

Expressions courantes : drag someone along, drag someone home, drag someone away

faire glisser

Déplacer un élément à l’écran en maintenant un bouton de souris enfoncé ou le doigt posé dessus.

En anglais simple : Move something on a screen by holding a mouse button or keeping your finger on it.

• Drag the icon here.
• I dragged the file to the desktop.
• You can drag and drop pictures into your message.

Comment l'utiliser : drag something into/to something (Drag the photo into the folder.)

Synonymes : move

Expressions courantes : drag a file, drag and drop, drag something into

se traîner

Se déplacer avec beaucoup de difficulté parce qu’on est fatigué ou malade.

En anglais simple : If you move yourself somewhere this way, it takes great effort because you are tired or ill.

• I dragged myself upstairs.
• She dragged herself to work despite her headache.
• After the race, we could barely drag ourselves home.

Comment l'utiliser : drag oneself out of something (I dragged myself out of bed at six.)

Expressions courantes : drag yourself home, drag yourself out, drag yourself upstairs

démoraliser, déprimer

Rendre quelqu’un malheureux ou lui faire perdre espoir.

En anglais simple : If something affects you this way, it makes you feel unhappy or less hopeful.

• Do not let this drag you down.
• All the bad news is dragging him down.
• Her worries about money dragged her down for months.

Comment l'utiliser : drag someone down (Constant criticism dragged her down.)

Synonymes : depress, discourage

Contraires : cheer

Expressions courantes : drag someone down, drag you down

corvée, barbe

Chose ennuyeuse ou désagréable qu’on n’aime pas faire ou subir.

En anglais simple : Something boring or unpleasant that you do not enjoy doing or experiencing.

• Homework is a drag tonight.
• Waiting for the bus was a real drag.
• It’s such a drag having to work every weekend.

Synonymes : bore, nuisance, chore

Expressions courantes : a real drag, such a drag, a total drag

bouffée

Action d’aspirer une fois la fumée d’une cigarette ou d’un objet similaire.

En anglais simple : An act of breathing smoke into your mouth or lungs from a cigarette or similar object.

• He took a long drag.
• She exhaled slowly after each drag on the cigarette.
• He took one last drag before putting it out.

Comment l'utiliser : drag on something (He took a drag on his cigarette.); drag from something (She took a final drag from her cigarette.)

Synonymes : puff

Expressions courantes : take a drag, a long drag, one last drag