hatchet

hachette

Petite hache à manche court et à lame métallique tranchante, servant à couper du bois.

En anglais simple : A small tool with a short handle and a sharp metal blade, used for cutting wood.

• He cut the branch with a hatchet.
• We packed two hatchets for the camping trip.
• Keep your fingers away from the hatchet's blade.

Synonymes : small axe

Expressions courantes : sharp hatchet, small hatchet, hatchet blade

hostilité, animosité

Colère ou hostilité entre personnes, notamment dans des expressions évoquant la fin d’une querelle.

En anglais simple : Anger or hostility between people, especially in expressions about ending a quarrel.

• Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.
• The brothers finally buried the hatchet after years of arguing.
• Their leaders agreed to bury the hatchet and work together.

Synonymes : hostility, animosity

Contraires : friendship

Expressions courantes : bury the hatchet, take up the hatchet

couper à la hachette

Couper quelque chose avec une petite hache.

En anglais simple : To cut something using a small axe.

• He hatcheted the branch off.
• They hatcheted the logs into smaller pieces.
• She hatcheted through the thick roots.

Synonymes : chop, axe

Expressions courantes : hatchet a branch, hatchet the wood