recess

récréation, pause

Courte interruption du travail ou des cours, notamment pour permettre aux enfants de manger ou de jouer.

En anglais simple : A short break from work or lessons, especially when schoolchildren can eat or play.

• We played outside at recess.
• The court took a short recess for lunch.
• When does the class have recess?

Comment l'utiliser : at recess (The children played football at recess.)

Synonymes : break, interval

Expressions courantes : at recess, school recess, lunch recess

renfoncement, niche

Petit espace en retrait dans un mur ou une autre surface.

En anglais simple : A small space set back into a wall or another surface.

• The shelf fits into this recess.
• They hid the box in a dark recess beside the door.
• The window sits in a deep recess.

Comment l'utiliser : a recess in something (A lamp stood in a recess in the wall.)

Synonymes : alcove, niche

Expressions courantes : wall recess, deep recess, recess in something, shallow recess

repli, tréfonds

Endroit ou partie de quelque chose qui est caché, éloigné ou peu connu.

En anglais simple : A hidden, distant, or little-known place or part of something.

• Fear hid in the recesses of his mind.
• She explored the darkest recesses of the human soul.
• Old memories stirred in the deep recesses of his heart.

Comment l'utiliser : the recesses of something (The memory remained in the recesses of her mind.)

Synonymes : depths

Expressions courantes : recess of something, deepest recess, dark recess

suspendre la séance, ajourner

Interrompre une réunion officielle ou ses activités pendant un certain temps.

En anglais simple : To pause an official meeting or its activities for a period of time.

• The court will recess for lunch.
• The judge recessed the hearing until morning.
• After three hours, the committee voted to recess.

Comment l'utiliser : recess for a period (The court recessed for thirty minutes.); recess until a time (The committee recessed until Monday.)

Synonymes : adjourn, pause

Contraires : resume

Expressions courantes : recess for lunch, recess until tomorrow, recess the hearing

encastrer

Placer quelque chose dans un creux pour qu’il ne dépasse pas de la surface autour.

En anglais simple : To place something in a hollow area so it does not stick out from the surrounding surface.

• They recessed the lights into the ceiling.
• The socket was recessed in the wall.
• We can recess the cabinet so it takes up less space.

Comment l'utiliser : recess something into something (They recessed the shelves into the wall.); be recessed in something (The lights are recessed in the ceiling.)

Synonymes : inset, set back

Expressions courantes : recess into something, recess a light, recess in something

creuser, évider

Découper ou façonner une surface pour y créer un creux.

En anglais simple : To cut or form a hollow area in a surface.

• The builder recessed the wall.
• They recessed the wooden panel to fit the lock.
• Can you recess this surface for the handle?

Comment l'utiliser : recess something for something (Recess the frame for the hinge.)

Synonymes : hollow out, indent

Expressions courantes : recess a wall, recess the panel, recess for something