fox

renard

Animal sauvage ressemblant à un petit chien, généralement au pelage roux, aux oreilles pointues et à la queue touffue.

En anglais simple : A wild animal like a small dog, usually with reddish fur, pointed ears, and a thick tail.

• A fox crossed the road.
• Foxes sometimes search our bins at night.
• We saw a fox carrying food to its cubs.

Expressions courantes : red fox, wild fox, fox cub

renard, rusé

Personne habile qui sait tromper les autres ou obtenir un avantage.

En anglais simple : A clever person who knows how to trick others or gain an advantage.

• He’s a clever old fox.
• That sly fox got us to pay twice.
• The politician is a fox who rarely reveals his plans.

Synonymes : trickster

Expressions courantes : old fox, sly fox, cunning fox

belle femme

Terme familier pour une femme que quelqu’un trouve très attirante.

En anglais simple : A woman someone finds very attractive.

• He thinks she’s a fox.
• That actor called his girlfriend a real fox.
• The old song describes a beautiful woman as a fox.

Synonymes : beauty

Expressions courantes : a real fox, a total fox

déconcerter, dérouter

Troubler quelqu’un au point qu’il ne puisse pas comprendre ou résoudre quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To confuse someone so they cannot understand or solve something.

• That question foxed me.
• The final clue has foxed every player.
• Does this puzzle fox you too?

Synonymes : confuse, baffle, puzzle

Expressions courantes : fox someone, fox the experts

tromper, duper

Tromper quelqu’un en faisant preuve de ruse.

En anglais simple : To trick someone by being clever.

• His clever plan foxed the guards.
• She foxed her opponent with a sudden change of direction.
• Can you fox them into revealing their next move?

Synonymes : trick, outwit, fool

Expressions courantes : fox someone, fox an opponent

se tacher, tacher

Se couvrir de petites taches brunes, surtout sur le papier de vieux livres, ou provoquer ces taches.

En anglais simple : To develop or cause small brown spots on paper, often in old books.

• The paper has foxed with age.
• Damp storage can fox the pages of old books.
• Some prints fox more easily than others.

Synonymes : discolour, stain

Expressions courantes : fox the paper, fox with age