psych

intimider, déstabiliser

Agir sur les pensées ou les émotions de quelqu’un pour le rendre nerveux, le troubler ou diminuer sa confiance.

En anglais simple : To make someone nervous, confused, or less confident by affecting their thoughts or feelings.

• Do not let him psych you out.
• The champion psyched out his rival before the fight.
• I psyched myself out by imagining everything going wrong.

Comment l'utiliser : psych someone out (His threats were meant to psych me out.)

Synonymes : intimidate, unsettle

Expressions courantes : psych someone out, psych yourself out

motiver, gonfler à bloc

Donner de l’enthousiasme à quelqu’un et le préparer mentalement à une tâche difficile.

En anglais simple : To make someone excited and mentally ready for something difficult.

• This song always psychs me up.
• She psyched herself up before the interview.
• The captain is psyching the team up for the match.

Comment l'utiliser : psych someone up for something (The coach psyched us up for the final.)

Synonymes : motivate, fire up

Expressions courantes : psych someone up, psych yourself up

se motiver, se préparer mentalement

Se donner de l’enthousiasme et se préparer mentalement à une expérience difficile.

En anglais simple : To become excited and mentally ready for a difficult experience.

• We need to psych up before the match.
• She psyched up for the climb by listening to music.
• The players are psyching up in the changing room.

Comment l'utiliser : psych up for something (The runners were psyching up for the race.)

Synonymes : get ready, get fired up

Expressions courantes : psych up, psych for something

cerner, décoder

Comprendre un problème ou la façon de penser de quelqu’un en l’examinant attentivement.

En anglais simple : To understand a problem or how someone thinks by studying it carefully.

• Can you psych this problem out?
• He spent hours trying to psych out her motives.
• We finally psyched out what the strange message meant.

Comment l'utiliser : psych someone/something out (She tried to psych out her opponent before the match.)

Synonymes : figure out, work out

Expressions courantes : psych something out, psych someone out

psychiatrie, service psychiatrique

Hôpital ou service hospitalier où l’on soigne les personnes ayant des troubles de santé mentale.

En anglais simple : A hospital or hospital department that treats people with mental health problems.

• She works in the psych ward.
• He spent two weeks in psych after the crisis.
• The hospital is opening a new psych unit.

Synonymes : psychiatric ward, psychiatric hospital

Expressions courantes : psych ward, psych unit, in psych

je t'ai eu !, je plaisante !

Se dit après une affirmation fausse pour révéler qu’on plaisantait et que l’autre s’est laissé tromper.

En anglais simple : You say this after a false statement to show that you were joking and fooled someone.

• You won a car. Psych!
• I ate your cake. Psych! It is still in the fridge.
• I am leaving forever. Psych! I will be back tomorrow.

Synonymes : gotcha, just kidding

Expressions courantes : psych just kidding, psych fooled you

génial !, super !

Exclamation utilisée quand quelque chose provoque soudain de la joie ou de l’enthousiasme.

En anglais simple : You say this when something makes you suddenly happy or excited.

• Psych! We won the game!
• Psych! My lost keys were in my coat pocket.
• Psych! They have given us free tickets.

Synonymes : wow, hooray

Expressions courantes : psych we won, psych at last

psychédélique

Relatif au rock dont les sons inhabituels évoquent des expériences semblables à des rêves.

En anglais simple : Related to rock music with unusual sounds that suggest dreamlike experiences.

• They play psych rock.
• Her new psych album features long guitar solos.
• Several local psych bands performed at the festival.

Synonymes : psychedelic

Expressions courantes : psych rock, psych band, psych album