slug

limace

Petit animal lent au corps mou, sans pattes, avec une coquille très réduite ou absente.

En anglais simple : A small, slow animal with a soft body, no legs, and little or no shell.

• A slug ate my lettuce.
• Slugs come out after the rain.
• We found a shiny slug trail on the path.

Expressions courantes : garden slug, slug trail

fainéant, paresseux

Personne très paresseuse qui tarde à agir.

En anglais simple : A person who is very lazy and slow to act.

• Get up, you lazy slug!
• I felt like a slug all weekend.
• He called his brother a slug for refusing to help.

Synonymes : sluggard, idler

Expressions courantes : lazy slug, a total slug

frapper, cogner

Frapper quelqu’un très fort, généralement avec le poing.

En anglais simple : To hit someone very hard, usually with your closed hand.

• He slugged me in the arm.
• She slugged the attacker and ran away.
• Did he really slug you in the face?

Comment l'utiliser : slug someone in the face/stomach (The angry man slugged him in the stomach.)

Synonymes : punch, hit

Expressions courantes : slug someone, slug someone hard

charger à balle

Mettre des balles pleines dans une arme à feu.

En anglais simple : To put solid bullets into a gun.

• He slugged the gun before leaving.
• They slug their shotguns for this type of shooting.
• The hunter checked the barrel before slugging his gun.

Expressions courantes : slug a gun, slug a shotgun