puzzle

puzzle, casse-tête

Jeu ou jouet où il faut assembler des pièces ou résoudre un problème.

En anglais simple : A game or toy in which you fit pieces together or solve a problem.

• This puzzle has fifty pieces.
• We solved a crossword puzzle together.
• Do you enjoy difficult puzzles?

Synonymes : brainteaser

Expressions courantes : jigsaw puzzle, solve a puzzle, crossword puzzle

énigme, mystère

Personne ou chose difficile à comprendre ou à expliquer.

En anglais simple : Something or someone that is difficult to understand or explain.

• Her silence is a puzzle.
• The missing money remains a puzzle to police.
• Scientists finally solved the puzzle of the strange lights.

Comment l'utiliser : a puzzle to someone (His sudden departure is a puzzle to us.)

Synonymes : mystery, enigma

Expressions courantes : remain a puzzle, puzzle to someone, solve the puzzle

déconcerter, intriguer

Rendre quelqu’un perplexe parce qu’il ne comprend pas quelque chose.

En anglais simple : If something does this to you, it makes you unsure because you cannot understand it.

• His answer puzzles me.
• The strange noise puzzled everyone.
• Does her behaviour puzzle you too?

Synonymes : confuse, baffle

Expressions courantes : puzzle someone, puzzle scientists