simple

facile, simple

Qui ne demande pas beaucoup d’efforts pour être fait ou compris.

En anglais simple : Easy to do or understand.

• The task is simple.
• She gave us some simple instructions.
• Is there a simpler way to solve this?

Comment l'utiliser : simple to do something (This camera is simple to use.)

Synonymes : easy, straightforward

Contraires : difficult, complicated

Expressions courantes : simple task, simple instructions, simple to use

simple, sobre

Qui comporte peu d’éléments ou de détails, sans décoration ni fonctions inutiles.

En anglais simple : Having few parts or details, without extra decoration or unnecessary features.

• She wore a simple dress.
• We shared a simple meal of bread and soup.
• His designs became simpler over time.

Synonymes : basic, plain, uncomplicated

Contraires : elaborate, complex

Expressions courantes : simple design, simple dress, simple meal, simple life

simple

Qualifie une forme verbale anglaise non progressive, comme «I work» ou «I worked».

En anglais simple : Describing a verb form that is not continuous, such as 'I work' or 'I worked'.

• Use the simple past here.
• We practiced questions in the simple present.
• Does this sentence need a simple or continuous form?

Contraires : continuous, progressive

Expressions courantes : simple present, simple past, simple tense

simple d'esprit, niais

Qui comprend difficilement ou manque d’intelligence ; cette façon de parler peut blesser.

En anglais simple : Not very intelligent or able to understand things easily; this description can hurt people's feelings.

• They cruelly called him simple.
• She assumed he was simple because he spoke slowly.
• The villagers mocked the boy as simple.

Synonymes : dim, slow, unintelligent

Contraires : intelligent, clever

Expressions courantes : a little simple, simple person, simple in mind

simple

Remède préparé à partir d’une seule espèce de plante.

En anglais simple : A medicine made from just one kind of plant.

• The healer prepared a simple.
• This old book lists simples made from local herbs.
• She used a simple rather than a mixture of plants.

Synonymes : herbal remedy

Expressions courantes : herbal simple, prepare a simple, medicinal simple

cueillir des simples

Cueillir des plantes destinées à servir de remèdes.

En anglais simple : To gather plants that will be used as medicine.

• The healer went out to simple.
• She simpled in the fields each spring.
• They were simpling for herbs near the stream.

Synonymes : gather medicinal herbs

Expressions courantes : simple for herbs, simple in fields