easy

facile, simple

Qui demande peu d’effort ou de savoir-faire pour être fait ou compris.

En anglais simple : Requiring little effort or skill to do or understand.

• This game is easy.
• The instructions were easy to follow.
• Was the test easier than you expected?

Comment l'utiliser : easy to do something (This book is easy to read.); easy for someone to do something (It is easy for children to use.)

Synonymes : simple, straightforward

Contraires : difficult, hard

Expressions courantes : easy question, easy to use, easy for someone

décontracté, naturel

Détendu, naturel et fluide, sans raideur ni trop de règles.

En anglais simple : Relaxed, natural, and smooth, without stiffness or too many rules.

• She greeted us with an easy smile.
• His easy manner helped everyone relax.
• Their conversation had an easy flow.

Synonymes : relaxed, natural, unforced

Contraires : stiff, awkward

Expressions courantes : easy manner, easy smile, easy conversation

confortable

Qui permet de se reposer à l’aise, sans souci ni gêne.

En anglais simple : Comfortable and allowing you to rest without worry or discomfort.

• He rested in an easy chair.
• They enjoyed an easy life by the sea.
• She found an easy position for her injured leg.

Synonymes : comfortable, relaxed

Contraires : uncomfortable

Expressions courantes : easy chair, easy life, easy position

tranquillement, doucement

De façon calme et détendue, sans trop forcer ni aller trop vite.

En anglais simple : In a calm, relaxed way, without trying too hard or moving too fast.

• Take it easy today.
• Easy does it; the floor is slippery.
• We took it easy after our long walk.

Synonymes : calmly, gently

Expressions courantes : take it easy, go easy, easy does it

doucement

Sans être trop sévère, brusque ou méchant.

En anglais simple : Without being too strict, rough, or unkind.

• Go easy on your little brother.
• The coach went easy on the injured players.
• Could you go easy on my sore shoulder?

Comment l'utiliser : go easy on someone/something (Please go easy on him; he is new.)

Synonymes : gently, lightly

Contraires : harshly

Expressions courantes : go easy on, easy on someone, go easy

au moins, facilement

Au minimum cette quantité, et peut-être davantage.

En anglais simple : At least that much, and possibly more.

• It weighs twenty kilos, easy.
• We waited three hours, easy.
• That house could cost a million, easy.

Synonymes : at least, easily

Expressions courantes : a thousand easy, ten miles easy, two hours easy