noodle

nouille

Longue et fine bande de pâte cuite dans l’eau, servie avec une soupe ou une sauce.

En anglais simple : A long, thin piece of dough cooked in water and eaten with soup or sauce.

• I made noodle soup for lunch.
• She stirred the noodles into the sauce.
• Would you like rice noodles or wheat noodles?

Expressions courantes : noodle soup, rice noodle, noodle dish, noodle bowl

improviser

Jouer de la musique librement et sans façon, sans suivre un morceau précis.

En anglais simple : To play music freely and casually, without following a fixed piece.

• He likes to noodle on guitar.
• She noodled at the piano while we talked.
• The musicians were noodling before the concert began.

Comment l'utiliser : noodle on something (He likes to noodle on his guitar after work.)

Synonymes : improvise

Expressions courantes : noodle on guitar, noodle at the piano

réfléchir, cogiter

Prendre du temps pour réfléchir à une idée ou à un problème.

En anglais simple : To spend time thinking about an idea or problem.

• I need to noodle on this.
• We noodled over possible names for the shop.
• She likes to noodle on problems during long walks.

Comment l'utiliser : noodle on something (Let me noodle on that idea tonight.)

Synonymes : ponder, mull over

Expressions courantes : noodle on something, noodle over something