garbage

ordures, déchets

Choses que l’on jette parce qu’on n’en veut plus ou qu’on n’en a plus besoin.

En anglais simple : Things you throw away because you no longer want or need them.

• Please take the garbage outside.
• The truck collected our garbage this morning.
• Did you put the broken cup in the garbage?

Synonymes : trash, rubbish, waste

Expressions courantes : garbage bag, garbage truck, take out garbage, garbage collection

absurdités, conneries

Paroles, idées ou travaux que l’on juge absurdes, faux ou très mauvais.

En anglais simple : Words, ideas, or work that you think are silly, false, or very bad.

• That story is garbage.
• He was talking garbage about the match.
• Why do people believe this garbage?

Synonymes : nonsense, rubbish, trash

Expressions courantes : complete garbage, talk garbage, utter garbage

déchets non recyclables

Déchets que l’on jette parce qu’ils ne peuvent pas être transformés en matériaux réutilisables.

En anglais simple : Waste that is thrown away instead of being made into useful materials again.

• Put this dirty wrapper in the garbage.
• We separate paper from garbage.
• The garbage goes to a landfill, while food waste becomes compost.

Synonymes : residual waste

Expressions courantes : garbage bin, general garbage, garbage disposal