sack

sac

Grand sac pour transporter ou conserver des choses, souvent en tissu solide ou en papier.

En anglais simple : A bag for carrying or storing things, often made of strong cloth or paper.

• The sack was full of potatoes.
• She carried two heavy sacks into the barn.
• We collected the empty paper sacks after lunch.

Comment l'utiliser : sack of something (He carried a sack of flour into the kitchen.)

Synonymes : bag

Expressions courantes : paper sack, sack of potatoes, empty sack, sack of grain

lit, plumard

Mot familier pour désigner un lit, surtout quand on parle d’aller dormir.

En anglais simple : A bed, especially when talking about going to sleep.

• I’m ready to hit the sack.
• We hit the sack early after the long drive.
• He stayed in the sack until noon.

Synonymes : bed

Expressions courantes : hit the sack, in the sack

sac, pillage

Vols violents et destructions commis lorsqu’une armée prend une ville.

En anglais simple : The violent stealing and destruction that happens when an army takes control of a town or city.

• The sack left the city in ruins.
• Many treasures disappeared during the sack of the town.
• Survivors described the brutal sack in their letters.

Comment l'utiliser : the sack of somewhere (The book describes the sack of the ancient city.)

Synonymes : looting, plundering, pillage

Expressions courantes : sack of something, brutal sack

sac

Quantité contenue dans un grand sac ; ancienne mesure commerciale variable selon les marchandises et les lieux.

En anglais simple : The amount a large bag holds; in older trade, a measure whose size depended on the goods and place.

• We used a whole sack of flour.
• The farmer sold ten sacks of wheat.
• The weight of a sack varied between regions.

Comment l'utiliser : a sack of something (The mill sold flour by the sack.)

Synonymes : bagful

Expressions courantes : sack of wheat, sack of flour, per sack

licencier, renvoyer

Retirer son emploi à quelqu’un parce qu’on ne souhaite plus qu’il travaille pour soi.

En anglais simple : To make someone leave their job because you no longer want them to work for you.

• The company sacked its manager.
• She was sacked for repeatedly arriving late.
• Will they sack more workers this month?

Comment l'utiliser : sack someone for something/doing something (They sacked him for stealing from the shop.)

Synonymes : fire, dismiss

Contraires : hire

Expressions courantes : sack someone, sack a manager

piller, mettre à sac

Voler des biens et détruire une ville, surtout après l’avoir prise par la force.

En anglais simple : To steal goods and cause destruction in a town or city, especially after taking it by force.

• The army sacked the town.
• Invaders had sacked the city several times.
• Soldiers sacked the palace and stole its treasures.

Synonymes : loot, plunder, pillage

Expressions courantes : sack a city, sack a town

ensacher, mettre en sac

Mettre des choses dans des sacs pour les transporter ou les conserver.

En anglais simple : To put things into bags for carrying or storing.

• Please sack the potatoes.
• She sacked the groceries while I paid.
• The grain was sacked and loaded onto a truck.

Synonymes : bag, pack

Expressions courantes : sack the groceries, sack potatoes, sack grain

laisser tomber

Cesser de s’occuper de quelque chose, y renoncer ou le remettre à plus tard.

En anglais simple : To stop bothering with something, give it up, or leave it until later.

• Let’s sack the homework tonight.
• We sacked that plan and stayed home.
• I’ll sack it off until tomorrow.

Synonymes : abandon, drop, give up

Expressions courantes : sack the homework, sack that idea, sack it off