sap

sève

Liquide qui circule dans une plante et transporte les éléments dont elle se nourrit.

En anglais simple : The liquid that moves through a plant and carries the food and minerals it needs.

• Sap dripped from the tree.
• They collect maple sap to make syrup.
• In spring, sap rises through the trunk.

Expressions courantes : tree sap, maple sap, sap flow, plant sap

nigaud, pigeon

Personne facile à tromper ou à convaincre de faire des choses pour les autres.

En anglais simple : Someone who is easily fooled or persuaded to do things for other people.

• Some poor sap paid for everything.
• He felt like a sap after believing her story.
• Those saps thought the fake tickets were real.

Synonymes : fool, sucker, simpleton

Expressions courantes : a poor sap, some poor sap, a gullible sap

épuiser, affaiblir

Réduire peu à peu l’énergie, les forces ou la confiance de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To gradually take away someone’s energy, strength, or confidence.

• The heat saps my energy.
• Months of criticism sapped her confidence.
• The illness had sapped him of his strength.

Comment l'utiliser : sap someone of something (The long illness sapped him of strength.)

Synonymes : drain, weaken, deplete

Contraires : strengthen

Expressions courantes : sap someone’s strength, sap someone’s energy, sap someone’s confidence