mop

serpillière, balai à franges

Outil à long manche muni d’un tissu ou de grosses franges pour laver les sols.

En anglais simple : A tool with a long handle and cloth or thick threads for washing floors.

• Where is the mop?
• She cleaned the kitchen floor with a mop.
• These mops have long wooden handles.

Expressions courantes : a wet mop, mop and bucket, mop handle

tignasse

Masse de cheveux épais, souvent en désordre.

En anglais simple : A thick mass of hair, often untidy.

• He has a mop of curls.
• Her thick mop of hair hid her face.
• He tried to brush his unruly mop.

Comment l'utiliser : mop of hair (A mop of dark hair covered his forehead.)

Expressions courantes : mop of hair, a curly mop, a thick mop

lavage à la serpillière

Action de laver ou d’essuyer le sol avec un balai muni d’un tissu ou de franges.

En anglais simple : An act of washing or wiping a floor with a long-handled cleaning tool.

• The floor needs a mop.
• I gave the kitchen tiles a quick mop.
• A thorough mop removed the muddy marks.

Comment l'utiliser : give something a mop (Give the floor a mop before the guests arrive.)

Synonymes : wash, wipe

Expressions courantes : a quick mop, a thorough mop

passer la serpillière, essuyer

Nettoyer ou essuyer quelque chose avec un balai à franges ou un chiffon.

En anglais simple : Clean or wipe something with a long-handled cloth tool or with a cloth.

• Please mop the floor.
• He mopped up the milk.
• She mopped her brow with a cloth.

Comment l'utiliser : mop up something (She mopped up the spilled water.)

Synonymes : wipe, clean

Expressions courantes : mop the floor, mop up something, mop your brow