passage

passage, extrait

Courte partie d’un livre ou d’un autre texte écrit.

En anglais simple : A short part of a book or another piece of writing.

• Read the passage below.
• He quoted two passages from the book.
• Which passage did you find most interesting?

Comment l'utiliser : a passage from something (She read a passage from her favourite novel.)

Synonymes : section, extract, excerpt

Expressions courantes : read a passage, a short passage, a passage from something

passage, transition

Déplacement d’un lieu ou d’une étape de vie à un autre, ou autorisation de traverser un lieu.

En anglais simple : Movement from one place or stage of life to another, or permission to move through a place.

• The guards allowed us safe passage.
• The ceremony marked her passage into adulthood.
• The passage of time changed his views.

Comment l'utiliser : passage from A to B (The ceremony marks the passage from childhood to adulthood.); passage through something (The army allowed safe passage through the area.)

Synonymes : passing, transition

Expressions courantes : safe passage, free passage, rite of passage, passage of time

couloir, passage

Voie longue et étroite à travers un bâtiment ou entre des lieux.

En anglais simple : A long, narrow way through a building or between places.

• The passage leads to the kitchen.
• We walked down a dark passage.
• Are there secret passages under the castle?

Synonymes : passageway, corridor

Expressions courantes : a narrow passage, a secret passage, down the passage, through a passage

conduit, voie

Ouverture ou tube permettant le passage de l’air, d’un liquide ou d’autres choses.

En anglais simple : An opening or tube that allows air, liquid, or other things to move through.

• The swelling blocked her nasal passage.
• Air flows through these narrow passages.
• The doctor checked whether the passage was clear.

Synonymes : channel, duct

Expressions courantes : nasal passage, an air passage, a blocked passage

passage

Courte partie d’un morceau de musique.

En anglais simple : A short part of a piece of music.

• Play that passage again.
• The final passage is very quiet.
• She practised the difficult passages before the concert.

Comment l'utiliser : a passage from something (The violinist played a passage from the concerto.)

Synonymes : section

Expressions courantes : a musical passage, a difficult passage, play a passage

traversée, voyage

Voyage effectué en bateau ou en avion.

En anglais simple : A journey by ship or aircraft.

• We had a rough passage.
• She booked passage on the next ship.
• Their passage across the ocean took six weeks.

Comment l'utiliser : passage to somewhere (She booked passage to New Zealand.); passage on something (He paid for passage on a cargo ship.)

Synonymes : journey, crossing, voyage

Expressions courantes : book passage, a sea passage, a rough passage, passage to somewhere

repiquer

Transférer des cellules ou des microbes dans un autre animal ou milieu nutritif pour qu’ils continuent à se développer.

En anglais simple : To move cells or germs into another animal or growth material so they keep growing.

• We passage the cells every week.
• The team passaged the virus through mice.
• These cultures have been passaged several times.

Comment l'utiliser : passage something through something (The researchers passaged the virus through several hosts.); passage something into something (They passaged the cells into fresh medium.)

Synonymes : subculture

Expressions courantes : passage a virus, passage the cells, passage through something