flush

tirer la chasse

Faire couler de l’eau dans les toilettes pour évacuer les déchets.

En anglais simple : To send water through a toilet to carry away waste.

• Please flush the toilet.
• He flushed before leaving the bathroom.
• The toilet won’t flush properly.

Expressions courantes : flush the toilet, flush something away, flush after use

rougir

Devenir rouge, en parlant du visage ou de la peau, sous l’effet d’émotions fortes, de chaleur ou d’une maladie.

En anglais simple : If your face or skin does this, it becomes red because of strong feelings, heat, or illness.

• His face began to flush.
• She flushed when everyone looked at her.
• The child’s cheeks were flushed with fever.

Comment l'utiliser : flush with + feeling (Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.)

Synonymes : redden, blush

Contraires : pale

Expressions courantes : flush with anger, flush bright red, flush with embarrassment

rincer, nettoyer

Nettoyer quelque chose ou en retirer des matières en y faisant passer beaucoup d’eau.

En anglais simple : To clean something or remove something from it by sending a lot of water through it.

• Flush the tank with water.
• They flushed dirt out of the pipes.
• Run the tap to flush any remaining sand away.

Comment l'utiliser : flush something with something (Flush the pipe with clean water.); flush something out of something (The rain flushed the mud out of the drain.)

Synonymes : rinse, wash out

Expressions courantes : flush something out, flush with water, flush the pipes

débusquer, faire sortir

Forcer un animal ou une personne à quitter sa cachette.

En anglais simple : To make an animal or person leave a place where they are hiding.

• The dog flushed a pheasant.
• Police tried to flush the suspect out.
• Our footsteps flushed several birds from the grass.

Comment l'utiliser : flush someone/something out of somewhere (The dogs flushed a rabbit out of the bushes.); flush someone/something from somewhere (The hunters flushed birds from the reeds.)

Synonymes : drive out, rouse

Expressions courantes : flush something out, flush out birds, flush out someone

chasse d’eau

Action d’envoyer de l’eau dans les toilettes pour évacuer les déchets.

En anglais simple : An action that sends water through a toilet to carry away waste.

• Give the toilet a flush.
• One flush was enough to clear it.
• The toilet uses less water with each flush.

Expressions courantes : toilet flush, give something a flush, flush button

teinte rosée, rougeur

Légère couleur rouge ou rose à la surface de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A slight red or pink colour on the surface of something.

• The peach had a pink flush.
• A rosy flush coloured the clouds.
• There was a faint flush on her pale cheeks.

Comment l'utiliser : a flush of + colour (A flush of pink spread across the evening sky.)

Synonymes : tinge, blush

Expressions courantes : pink flush, rosy flush, flush of colour

affleurant, au même niveau

Exactement au niveau d’une autre surface, sans dépasser ni être en retrait.

En anglais simple : At exactly the same level as another surface, without sticking out or being lower.

• The two surfaces are flush.
• Fit the tiles flush with the floor.
• The door closes flush against the frame.

Comment l'utiliser : flush with something (The lid should be flush with the top of the box.); flush against something (The cabinet sits flush against the wall.)

Synonymes : level, even

Contraires : uneven

Expressions courantes : flush with something, flush against something, flush surface

plein aux as, en fonds

Qui a beaucoup d’argent disponible, surtout pour une courte période.

En anglais simple : Having plenty of money, especially for a short time.

• I’m feeling flush today.
• She was flush after getting her bonus.
• Can you pay, if you’re so flush?

Comment l'utiliser : flush with something (The company is flush with cash after the sale.)

Synonymes : well-off, rich

Contraires : broke, poor

Expressions courantes : flush with cash, feel flush, flush with money