slumber

sommeil profond

Sommeil dont il est difficile de se réveiller.

En anglais simple : A deep sleep from which it is difficult to wake.

• He fell into a deep slumber.
• Nothing disturbed her heavy slumber that night.
• The exhausted traveller sank into slumber and missed the morning train.

Synonymes : deep sleep

Contraires : wakefulness

Expressions courantes : deep slumber, heavy slumber

sommeil léger, assoupissement

Sommeil dont on peut facilement se réveiller.

En anglais simple : A light sleep from which you can easily wake.

• A noise disturbed his light slumber.
• She drifted into a gentle slumber in the chair.
• The slightest touch brought him out of his slumber.

Synonymes : doze

Contraires : wakefulness

Expressions courantes : light slumber, gentle slumber

léthargie, torpeur

État où l'on n'agit pas ou ne remarque pas ce qui se passe.

En anglais simple : A state of doing nothing or failing to notice what is happening.

• The crisis ended the council’s slumber.
• New protests woke the nation from its political slumber.
• The campaign shook the public out of years of slumber.

Synonymes : inactivity, unawareness

Contraires : activity

Expressions courantes : political slumber, awaken from slumber

sommeiller, somnoler

Dormir d'un sommeil léger dont on peut facilement se réveiller.

En anglais simple : To sleep lightly, so that you can easily wake.

• She slumbered lightly in her chair.
• The old man slumbers beside the fireplace each afternoon.
• They were slumbering when a quiet knock woke them.

Synonymes : doze, nap

Contraires : wake

Expressions courantes : slumber lightly, slumber in something

somnoler, rester inactif

Ne pas agir ou ne pas accorder à quelque chose l'attention nécessaire.

En anglais simple : To remain inactive or fail to give something the attention it needs.

• The council slumbered while the problem grew.
• The authorities cannot slumber through another crisis.
• His unused talents had slumbered for years.

Synonymes : lie dormant, idle

Expressions courantes : slumber through something, slumber for years