knack

don, talent

Capacité à faire quelque chose facilement et bien.

En anglais simple : An ability to do something well and easily.

• He has a knack for cooking.
• You seem to have a knack for finding bargains.
• Her knack for making people laugh helped her make friends.

Comment l'utiliser : a knack for something/doing something (She has a knack for remembering names.)

Synonymes : talent, gift, aptitude

Expressions courantes : knack for something, have a knack, natural knack

truc, tour de main

Façon particulière de faire quelque chose qui facilite la tâche une fois apprise.

En anglais simple : A particular way of doing something that makes it easier once you learn it.

• There is a knack to tying this knot.
• Once you get the knack, it becomes easy.
• She showed me the knack of folding the map.

Comment l'utiliser : a knack to doing something (There is a knack to opening this jar.)

Synonymes : trick, technique

Expressions courantes : knack to something, get the knack, learn the knack