leap

sauter, bondir

S’élancer dans les airs ou passer d’un endroit à un autre en sautant.

En anglais simple : To jump into the air or from one place to another.

• The frog leaped into the pond.
• She leapt over a fallen branch.
• Can you leap across that stream?

Comment l'utiliser : leap over/across something (The dog leaped over the fence.); leap from A to B (The cat leapt from the wall to the roof.)

Synonymes : jump, spring

Expressions courantes : leap over something, leap across something, leap into something

faire sauter

Faire passer un animal, surtout un cheval, par-dessus quelque chose en sautant.

En anglais simple : To make an animal, especially a horse, jump over something.

• He leaped his horse over the fence.
• The rider leapt her mare across the stream.
• Can you leap this pony over the hurdle?

Comment l'utiliser : leap a horse over/across something (She leaped her horse over the ditch.)

Expressions courantes : leap a horse, leap something over something

saut, bond

Mouvement par lequel on s’élance dans les airs, ou distance parcourue ainsi.

En anglais simple : A jump through the air, or the distance covered by one.

• One leap took him across the stream.
• The cat reached the shelf with a single leap.
• Her final leap was nearly two metres long.

Synonymes : jump, bound

Expressions courantes : take a leap, great leap, leap across something, make a leap

saut logique

Passage important d’une idée à une autre, souvent sans faits suffisants pour le justifier.

En anglais simple : A big move from one idea to another, often without enough facts to support it.

• That conclusion requires a huge leap.
• There is a leap in your reasoning here.
• Calling him guilty involves several unsupported leaps of logic.

Synonymes : jump

Expressions courantes : logical leap, leap in reasoning, leap of logic