rib

côte

Un des os courbés de la poitrine qui protègent le cœur et les poumons.

En anglais simple : One of the curved bones around your chest that protect your heart and lungs.

• He broke a rib in the fall.
• Her ribs hurt when she coughed.
• The doctor checked his rib cage for injuries.

Expressions courantes : broken rib, rib cage, crack a rib, human rib

nervure, baleine

Une pièce fine, généralement courbée, qui soutient quelque chose et lui donne sa forme.

En anglais simple : A thin, usually curved piece that supports something and helps give it its shape.

• One rib of the umbrella is bent.
• Wooden ribs support the boat's outer shell.
• The builder replaced a damaged rib in the roof.

Synonymes : support, strut

Expressions courantes : umbrella rib, wooden rib, supporting rib

taquiner, chambrer

Faire des plaisanteries amicales sur quelqu’un, sans chercher à le blesser.

En anglais simple : To make gentle jokes about someone in a friendly way.

• My friends love to rib me.
• We ribbed Dan about his terrible singing.
• She was gently ribbed for forgetting her own birthday.

Comment l'utiliser : rib someone about something (They ribbed him about his new haircut.); rib someone for something (Her friends ribbed her for arriving in slippers.)

Synonymes : tease, kid

Expressions courantes : rib someone, rib someone about something, rib someone for something