leech

sangsue

Petit animal mou, souvent aquatique, qui se fixe sur les humains ou les animaux pour leur sucer le sang.

En anglais simple : A small, soft animal, often living in water, that attaches to people or animals and drinks their blood.

• A leech was on my leg.
• We found leeches in the pond.
• The nurse carefully removed the leech from his skin.

Expressions courantes : a bloodsucking leech, leech bite

profiteur, parasite

Personne qui prend l’argent ou reçoit l’aide des autres sans rien donner en retour.

En anglais simple : Someone who takes money or help from other people without giving anything back.

• Stop being such a leech.
• She called him a leech for always borrowing money.
• They felt their landlord was a leech who offered nothing in return.

Comment l'utiliser : a leech on someone/something (He called the dishonest adviser a leech on the family.)

Synonymes : parasite, freeloader

Expressions courantes : a selfish leech, a leech on someone

guérisseur, médecin

Personne qui soigne les maladies ou les blessures.

En anglais simple : A person who treats illnesses or injuries.

• The leech treated the wound.
• The king sent for his leech.
• A village leech gave the sick child a mixture of herbs.

Synonymes : healer, physician

Expressions courantes : village leech, royal leech

chute

L’un des bords verticaux d’une voile carrée.

En anglais simple : One of the upright edges of a square sail.

• The sail’s leech was torn.
• A rope ran along the leech of the square sail.
• The sailor inspected both leeches before raising the sail.

Expressions courantes : sail leech, leech line

vivre aux dépens de, profiter de

Prendre de l’argent, des ressources ou de l’aide aux autres sans rien leur donner en retour.

En anglais simple : To take money, supplies, or help from others without giving anything back.

• He leeches off his parents.
• The company leeched resources from the community.
• Why should they keep leeching off everyone else?

Comment l'utiliser : leech off someone/something (He has been leeching off his relatives for years.); leech something from someone/something (The scheme leeched money from small businesses.)

Synonymes : mooch, sponge

Expressions courantes : leech off someone, leech resources

appliquer des sangsues

Soigner quelqu’un en plaçant sur sa peau des sangsues qui prélèvent du sang.

En anglais simple : To treat someone by placing blood-sucking animals on their skin to remove blood.

• The physician decided to leech the patient.
• They leeched his swollen arm.
• Doctors once leeched patients to remove blood.

Expressions courantes : leech a patient, leech someone’s arm