snail

escargot

Petit animal au corps mou, portant une coquille sur le dos et se déplaçant lentement.

En anglais simple : A small, slow-moving animal with a soft body and a shell on its back.

• A snail is on the leaf.
• We found snails in the garden after the rain.
• The snail pulled its head inside its shell.

Expressions courantes : garden snail, snail shell, snail trail, sea snail

avancer lentement

Se déplacer ou avancer très lentement.

En anglais simple : To move or travel extremely slowly.

• The bus snailed along.
• Cars were snailing through the narrow streets.
• We snailed up the hill behind a heavy truck.

Synonymes : crawl, creep

Contraires : speed, race

Expressions courantes : snail along, snail forward, snail through something