row

rangée, rang

Personnes ou choses placées les unes à côté des autres sur une même ligne.

En anglais simple : A line of people or things placed next to one another.

• We sat in the front row.
• There are two rows of chairs.
• Someone planted a row of flowers beside the fence.

Comment l'utiliser : a row of something (A row of trees stands beside the road.); in a row (The children stood in a row.)

Synonymes : line

Expressions courantes : front row, back row, row of houses

ligne

Suite d'informations disposées horizontalement dans un tableau.

En anglais simple : A line of information running from left to right across a table.

• Read the first row.
• Each row contains one student’s results.
• Can you add another row to the spreadsheet?

Synonymes : line

Expressions courantes : table row, header row, delete a row

dispute, engueulade

Dispute où les personnes parlent fort et avec colère.

En anglais simple : A loud, angry argument between people.

• They had a row yesterday.
• A loud row broke out in the kitchen.
• She left after another row with her parents.

Comment l'utiliser : a row with someone over/about something (He had a row with his brother over money.)

Synonymes : argument, quarrel, fight

Expressions courantes : have a row, a blazing row, row over something

promenade à la rame

Promenade dans une embarcation que l'on fait avancer avec des rames.

En anglais simple : A trip in a boat that you move through the water using oars.

• We went for a row.
• A short row across the lake woke me up.
• Their morning row ended when the wind became stronger.

Synonymes : rowing trip

Expressions courantes : go for a row, morning row, a short row

ramer

Faire avancer une embarcation sur l'eau à l'aide de rames.

En anglais simple : To move a boat through water by pulling on long poles with flat ends called oars.

• Can you row a boat?
• We rowed across the lake.
• He was rowing against the current when an oar broke.

Comment l'utiliser : row someone/something across something (She rowed us across the river.)

Synonymes : paddle

Expressions courantes : row a boat, row across something, row to shore

avancer à la rame

Décrit comment une embarcation avance quand on rame, par exemple facilement ou sans à-coups.

En anglais simple : If a boat does this easily or smoothly, it moves that way when someone uses oars.

• The boat rows easily.
• Our new dinghy rows smoothly on calm water.
• That heavy boat never rowed well against the current.

Comment l'utiliser : something rows + adverb (This little boat rows surprisingly well.)

Expressions courantes : row easily, row smoothly, row well