floor

sol, plancher

Surface d’une pièce sur laquelle on marche ou on se tient debout.

En anglais simple : The surface inside a room that you walk or stand on.

• Your bag is on the floor.
• She swept the kitchen floor.
• The children sat on the floor to play.

Expressions courantes : on the floor, wooden floor, clean the floor

étage

Un des niveaux d’un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : One of the levels in a building.

• My office is on the second floor.
• The lift stops at every floor.
• How many floors does this building have?

Synonymes : storey, story

Expressions courantes : first floor, top floor, ground floor

fond, sol

Surface inférieure d’un lieu naturel, comme une forêt, une grotte ou la mer.

En anglais simple : The bottom surface of a natural place, such as a forest, cave, or sea.

• Leaves covered the forest floor.
• They found shells on the ocean floor.
• Water flowed across the cave floor.

Synonymes : bottom, ground

Expressions courantes : forest floor, ocean floor, cave floor

mur, couche de minerai

Couche plate contenant des minerais précieux, ou roche située directement sous un gisement presque horizontal.

En anglais simple : A flat layer containing valuable minerals, or the rock directly beneath a nearly flat deposit.

• The ore floor extends beneath the valley.
• The miners examined the rock in the floor.
• A hard floor lies beneath the coal seam.

Expressions courantes : ore floor, floor rock, floor of something

appuyer à fond, mettre les gaz

Enfoncer complètement la pédale d’accélérateur pour faire aller un véhicule plus vite.

En anglais simple : To press the accelerator pedal all the way down so a vehicle goes faster.

• The driver floored the accelerator.
• She floored it to get up the hill.
• He suddenly floored the pedal, and the engine roared.

Expressions courantes : floor it, floor the accelerator, floor the pedal

mettre à terre

Frapper quelqu’un si fort qu’il tombe au sol.

En anglais simple : To hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground.

• One punch floored him.
• The boxer floored his opponent in the second round.
• A sudden blow to the jaw can floor someone.

Synonymes : knock down

Expressions courantes : floor someone, floor an opponent

daller, poser un plancher

Installer dans une pièce ou un bâtiment un revêtement sur lequel on peut marcher.

En anglais simple : To fit a room or building with a surface for walking on.

• They plan to floor the whole house.
• We floored the hallway with oak boards.
• The builder is flooring the bathroom today.

Comment l'utiliser : floor something with something (They floored the kitchen with ceramic tiles.)

Expressions courantes : floor a room, floor with something

clouer le bec à

Donner une réponse si convaincante que l’autre personne ne trouve rien à répondre.

En anglais simple : To give an answer so strong that the other person cannot reply.

• Her sharp reply floored him.
• He floored his opponent with one clear answer.
• That final argument floored everyone who had objected.

Synonymes : silence, confound

Expressions courantes : floor an opponent, floor someone