dump

jeter, déverser

Se débarrasser de quelque chose d’indésirable, souvent en l’abandonnant quelque part sans précaution.

En anglais simple : To get rid of something unwanted, often by leaving it somewhere carelessly.

• Don't dump rubbish here.
• Someone dumped an old mattress beside the road.
• The company was fined for dumping waste in the sea.

Comment l'utiliser : dump something in/into something (The factory dumped chemicals into the river.)

Synonymes : throw away, discard

Contraires : keep

Expressions courantes : dump rubbish, dump waste, dump something somewhere

balancer, jeter

Poser quelque chose rapidement, sans faire attention à l’endroit ni à la manière de le placer.

En anglais simple : To put something down quickly without taking care over where or how you place it.

• She dumped her bag on the floor.
• He dumped a pile of clothes onto the bed.
• Don't just dump your coat there.

Comment l'utiliser : dump something on/onto something (He dumped his books onto the desk.)

Synonymes : drop, plonk

Expressions courantes : dump something down, dump something on something

larguer, quitter

Mettre fin à une relation en disant à son partenaire qu’on ne veut plus être avec lui.

En anglais simple : To tell your romantic partner that you no longer want a relationship with them.

• She dumped her boyfriend yesterday.
• Would you dump someone by text?
• He was upset because his girlfriend had dumped him.

Synonymes : break up with, leave

Expressions courantes : dump someone, dump your boyfriend, dump your girlfriend

pratiquer le dumping, vendre à perte

Vendre des marchandises à très bas prix, souvent à l’étranger, en dessous de leur coût de production.

En anglais simple : To sell goods very cheaply, often abroad, for less than they cost to produce.

• The company dumped surplus goods abroad.
• Cheap steel was dumped on the local market.
• New taxes aim to stop foreign producers dumping goods below cost.

Comment l'utiliser : dump something on a market (They were accused of dumping steel on the foreign market.)

Expressions courantes : dump cheap goods, dump surplus stock, dump imported steel

exporter, vider

Copier des données informatiques dans un fichier ou les afficher, souvent pour repérer un problème.

En anglais simple : To copy computer data into a file or display it, often to find a problem.

• Dump the database before updating the server.
• The tool dumped all the stored values to a text file.
• Can we dump the memory contents to investigate the error?

Comment l'utiliser : dump something to a file (The program dumps its memory contents to a file.)

Synonymes : export

Expressions courantes : dump data, dump memory, dump a database

décharge

Endroit où l’on dépose les déchets et les objets dont on ne veut plus.

En anglais simple : A place where people leave rubbish and other things they no longer want.

• We took the old sofa to the dump.
• The dump accepts garden waste on Saturdays.
• Several trucks were waiting outside the garbage dump.

Synonymes : rubbish tip, landfill

Expressions courantes : rubbish dump, garbage dump, local dump

taudis, trou

Endroit très sale, laid ou désagréable à fréquenter.

En anglais simple : A place that is very dirty, unattractive, or unpleasant to spend time in.

• This hotel is a dump.
• Their old apartment was a complete dump.
• Why would anyone want to live in that dump?

Synonymes : hole

Expressions courantes : a complete dump, a real dump, live in a dump

caca

Mot familier pour désigner le fait d’évacuer les selles aux toilettes.

En anglais simple : An act of passing solid waste from your body when you use the toilet.

• I need to take a dump.
• He took a dump before leaving the house.
• Someone had a dump and forgot to flush.

Synonymes : poo, bowel movement

Expressions courantes : take a dump, have a dump