hand out

distribuer

Donner des choses à plusieurs personnes, généralement une à chacune.

En anglais simple : To give things to several people, usually one to each person.

• Please hand out these papers.
• Volunteers handed out food at the station.
• Who will hand the prizes out?

Comment l'utiliser : hand something out to someone (They handed blankets out to the families.); hand it out (There is enough food to hand it out to everyone.)

Synonymes : give out, distribute, pass out

Contraires : collect

Expressions courantes : hand out leaflets, hand out something

aider à descendre

Tenir la main de quelqu’un pour l’aider à descendre d’un véhicule.

En anglais simple : To support someone by the hand as they leave a vehicle.

• He handed her out of the carriage.
• The driver politely handed the elderly passenger out.
• She waited for someone to hand her out of the coach.

Comment l'utiliser : hand someone out of something (He handed her out of the carriage.)

Synonymes : help out, assist out

Expressions courantes : hand someone out, hand out a passenger

impressionner par des mensonges

Essayer d’impressionner quelqu’un avec des histoires inventées ou de fausses affirmations.

En anglais simple : To try to impress someone with false stories or claims.

• He tried to hand us out with grand claims.
• She handed the guests out with tales of famous friends.
• They hoped to hand him out by boasting about imaginary victories.

Comment l'utiliser : hand someone out (He tried to hand the visitors out with stories of his wealth.)

Synonymes : bluff, hoodwink

Expressions courantes : hand someone out, hand out someone

joueur éliminé, changement de service

Annonce indiquant qu’un joueur est éliminé ou perd le droit de servir.

En anglais simple : An announcement that a player is out of the game or has lost the right to serve.

• The referee called, “Hand out!”
• After the lost rally, the umpire announced, “Hand out!”
• She heard “Hand out” and prepared to serve.

Expressions courantes : hand out, hand out again