perk

avantage

Avantage reçu en plus de ce qui est prévu, souvent dans le cadre d’un emploi.

En anglais simple : An extra advantage or benefit you receive, often as part of a job.

• Free coffee is a nice perk.
• Her new job comes with several perks.
• What are the perks of being a member?

Comment l'utiliser : a perk of something (Free meals are a perk of working here.)

Synonymes : benefit, bonus, advantage

Expressions courantes : job perk, perk of something, extra perk

se réveiller, se réjouir

Devenir plus joyeux, plus éveillé ou plus intéressé.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you become happier, more awake, or more interested.

• He began to perk up after lunch.
• The children perked up when the music started.
• A short walk might help you perk up.

Comment l'utiliser : perk up (She perked up when she heard the good news.); perk up at something (He perked up at the mention of cake.)

Synonymes : brighten, cheer up

Expressions courantes : perk up, perk up at something

préparer du café

Faire du café avec une machine qui fait passer de l’eau chaude à travers le café moulu.

En anglais simple : To make coffee by passing hot water through ground coffee beans in a machine.

• I will perk some coffee.
• She perked a fresh pot before breakfast.
• Could you perk coffee while I make toast?

Synonymes : brew

Expressions courantes : perk coffee, perk some coffee

se préparer

Pour le café, se préparer lorsque l’eau chaude traverse les grains moulus.

En anglais simple : For coffee, to become ready as hot water passes through the ground beans.

• Let the coffee perk for a few minutes.
• The coffee was perking in the kitchen.
• We waited while the coffee perked.

Synonymes : brew, percolate

Expressions courantes : coffee perk, let coffee perk