pad out

allonger, étoffer

Ajouter du contenu, souvent inutile, pour rendre quelque chose plus long ou lui donner plus de consistance.

En anglais simple : To add extra material, often unnecessary, to make something longer or seem more impressive.

• Don't pad out your essay.
• She padded out her speech with a few jokes.
• These extra pages only pad the book out.

Comment l'utiliser : pad something out with something (He padded the report out with long quotations.)

Synonymes : expand, flesh out, bulk up

Contraires : shorten, trim

Expressions courantes : pad out something, pad out an essay, pad out a speech

se coucher, dormir

Aller au lit ou dormir, dans un usage familier rare.

En anglais simple : To go to bed or sleep.

• I'm tired; I'll pad out early.
• We padded out as soon as we got home.
• He usually pads out before ten.

Synonymes : go to bed, sleep, turn in

Contraires : wake up

Expressions courantes : pad out early, pad out tonight, pad out after work