fly

mouche

Petit insecte volant qu’on voit souvent près des aliments ou des déchets.

En anglais simple : A small flying insect, often seen around food or waste.

• A fly landed on my bread.
• There are flies around the rubbish bin.
• She opened the window to let the fly out.

Expressions courantes : house fly, dead fly, swat a fly

braguette

Ouverture à l’avant d’un pantalon, généralement recouverte de tissu et fermée par une fermeture éclair ou des boutons.

En anglais simple : The opening at the front of trousers, usually covered by cloth and closed with a zip or buttons.

• Your fly is open.
• These jeans have a button fly.
• He quickly fastened his fly before leaving the bathroom.

Expressions courantes : zip fly, button fly, fly is open

chandelle

Balle de baseball frappée très haut dans les airs.

En anglais simple : A baseball hit that sends the ball high into the air.

• The fielder caught the fly.
• He hit a high fly into left field.
• Two flies were caught before the inning ended.

Synonymes : fly ball

Expressions courantes : high fly, catch a fly, pop fly

muscidé

Insecte de la famille comprenant la mouche domestique et d’autres mouches semblables.

En anglais simple : An insect from the family that includes houseflies and other similar flies.

• The housefly is a fly in the family Muscidae.
• Some flies in this family feed on animal blood.
• The researcher identified the fly by examining its wings.

Synonymes : muscid

Expressions courantes : muscid fly, house fly, stable fly

vol

Moment où quelque chose vole, notamment lorsqu’on fait voler un cerf-volant.

En anglais simple : An occasion when something moves through the air, especially when you send a kite up.

• We gave the kite a fly.
• There was enough wind for a quick fly before lunch.
• After repairing the kite, she gave it another fly.

Synonymes : flight

Expressions courantes : give a fly, a quick fly, a good fly

voler

Se déplacer dans les airs sans toucher le sol.

En anglais simple : To move through the air without touching the ground.

• Birds fly over the lake.
• A butterfly flew into my room.
• Can these young birds fly yet?

Synonymes : soar

Expressions courantes : fly away, fly overhead, fly south

prendre l’avion, piloter

Voyager dans un avion ou piloter un appareil.

En anglais simple : To travel in an aircraft, or control it as its pilot.

• We fly home tomorrow.
• She flew a small plane over the coast.
• Have you ever flown in a helicopter?

Comment l'utiliser : fly to/from somewhere (We flew from Paris to Rome.)

Synonymes : ascend, aviate, float, flutter

Expressions courantes : fly to london, fly a plane, fly home

passer, marcher

Pour une idée ou un projet, être accepté ou avoir des chances de réussir.

En anglais simple : To be accepted by people or prove likely to succeed, especially when describing an idea or plan.

• That excuse will never fly.
• Her proposal will never fly with the committee.
• Do you think this plan will fly?

Synonymes : work, succeed, be accepted

Contraires : fail

Expressions courantes : idea will fly, never fly, proposal might fly