eat in

manger à la maison

Prendre un repas chez soi au lieu d'aller au restaurant.

En anglais simple : To have a meal at home instead of going to a restaurant.

• Let’s eat in tonight.
• We ate in to save money.
• Do you usually eat in during the week?

Synonymes : dine at home

Contraires : eat out

Expressions courantes : eat in tonight, eat in at home

manger sur place

Manger la nourriture achetée dans le restaurant ou café où on l'a achetée.

En anglais simple : To eat the food you buy inside the restaurant or café where you bought it.

• You can eat in here.
• We ate in because it was raining outside.
• Would you like to eat in or take your food away?

Synonymes : dine in

Expressions courantes : eat in here, eat in or takeaway

ronger, corroder

Se dit d'un acide qui abîme progressivement une surface et pénètre plus profondément dans la matière.

En anglais simple : If acid does this, it gradually damages a surface and reaches deeper into it.

• The acid began to eat in.
• The chemical had eaten in before we washed the surface.
• Do not let acid eat in and damage the metal.

Synonymes : corrode, erode, etch

Expressions courantes : acid can eat in, let acid eat in