sauce

sauce

Préparation liquide, souvent épaisse, ajoutée aux aliments pour leur donner davantage de goût.

En anglais simple : A liquid, often thick, added to food to give it more flavour.

• Pour the sauce over the pasta.
• I made a cheese sauce for dinner.
• Would you like more sauce with your chicken?

Synonymes : dressing

Expressions courantes : tomato sauce, cream sauce, sauce for pasta

ketchup

Sauce épaisse à base de tomate, servie notamment avec des frites ou des tourtes à la viande.

En anglais simple : A thick tomato condiment eaten with foods such as chips or meat pies.

• He put sauce on his chips.
• She squeezed sauce onto her meat pie.
• Is there any tomato sauce left in the bottle?

Synonymes : ketchup, tomato ketchup

Expressions courantes : tomato sauce, pie and sauce, sauce on chips

alcool, picole

Terme familier pour les boissons alcoolisées, surtout lorsqu’il est question de boire trop.

En anglais simple : Alcoholic drinks, especially when someone drinks too much.

• He needs to stay off the sauce.
• She gave up the sauce last winter.
• After losing his job, he hit the sauce again.

Synonymes : booze, alcohol

Expressions courantes : off the sauce, on the sauce, hit the sauce