roll over

se retourner, se renverser

Tourner son corps ou basculer en mouvement pour qu’un autre côté soit dirigé vers le haut.

En anglais simple : To turn your body or another moving object so a different side faces upwards.

• The baby can roll over.
• I rolled over in bed and went back to sleep.
• The car hit a rock and rolled over.

Synonymes : turn over

Expressions courantes : roll over in bed, roll over again

retourner, renverser

Tourner une personne ou une chose pour qu’un autre côté soit dirigé vers le haut.

En anglais simple : To turn someone or something so a different side faces upwards.

• Roll the log over.
• They rolled the damaged car over together.
• Can you help me roll him over onto his back?

Comment l'utiliser : roll someone/something over (The nurse rolled the patient over carefully.)

Synonymes : turn over

Expressions courantes : roll something over, roll someone over

céder, se soumettre

Cesser de résister et accepter ce qu’une autre personne veut.

En anglais simple : To stop resisting and accept what someone else wants.

• I will not just roll over.
• She rolled over and accepted every demand.
• Did you expect the workers to roll over without a fight?

Comment l'utiliser : roll over for someone/something (We will not roll over for their threats.)

Synonymes : give in, yield, submit

Contraires : resist

Expressions courantes : roll over easily, roll over for someone

écraser, balayer

Vaincre quelqu’un ou briser sa résistance très facilement.

En anglais simple : To defeat someone or overcome their resistance very easily.

• Our team rolled over theirs.
• The army rolled over the weak defenses.
• She rolled over every opponent in the tournament.

Comment l'utiliser : roll over someone/something (The champions rolled over their opponents.)

Synonymes : crush, overwhelm, steamroller

Expressions courantes : roll over opponents, roll over someone

réinvestir

Placer l’argent d’un investissement arrivé à son terme dans le même investissement ou dans un autre semblable.

En anglais simple : To put money from an investment that has ended into the same or a similar investment.

• You can roll over the funds.
• He rolled his savings over into a new investment.
• The bank asked whether I wanted to roll over the deposit.

Comment l'utiliser : roll over something into something (She rolled over the proceeds into another fixed-term deposit.)

Synonymes : reinvest

Expressions courantes : roll over funds, roll over savings

revenir à zéro

Pour un compteur, augmenter ou revenir à sa valeur initiale après avoir atteint sa limite.

En anglais simple : For a number on a counter to increase, especially by returning to its starting value after its limit.

• The counter rolled over to zero.
• The odometer will roll over after its highest reading.
• When the last digit rolls over, the next digit increases.

Comment l'utiliser : roll over to a value (The counter rolls over to zero after ninety-nine.)

Synonymes : wrap around

Expressions courantes : roll over to zero, roll over again