speed

vitesse

La mesure de la rapidité avec laquelle une personne ou une chose se déplace.

En anglais simple : How fast someone or something moves.

• The car increased its speed.
• What is the speed limit here?
• We measured the wind speed every hour.

Comment l'utiliser : at a speed of + amount (The train runs at a speed of ninety kilometres per hour.)

Synonymes : velocity, pace

Expressions courantes : speed limit, average speed, at full speed

rapidité, vitesse

La capacité de se déplacer vite, ou le fait de le faire.

En anglais simple : The ability to move fast, or the state of doing so.

• Her speed surprised everyone.
• The team needs players with speed and skill.
• He relied on his speed to win the race.

Synonymes : quickness, swiftness

Contraires : slowness

Expressions courantes : great speed, speed and strength, speed of movement

style, genre

Le genre de choses qu'une personne aime ou qui lui conviennent.

En anglais simple : The kind of thing someone likes or feels comfortable with.

• Quiet evenings are more my speed.
• That busy restaurant is not really her speed.
• Would a smaller party be more your speed?

Synonymes : taste, style

Expressions courantes : more my speed, not your speed, just my speed

dépasser la limitation de vitesse

Conduire plus vite que la limite autorisée par la loi.

En anglais simple : To drive faster than the law allows.

• Do not speed on this road.
• Police caught him speeding near the school.
• She was fined because she had been speeding.

Expressions courantes : caught speeding, speed on roads, speed through town

filer, se dépêcher

Se déplacer ou faire quelque chose très vite.

En anglais simple : To move or do something very fast.

• A train sped past.
• She sped through her work before lunch.
• The boat was speeding towards the shore.

Comment l'utiliser : speed through something (He sped through his homework.); speed past someone/something (A motorbike sped past us.)

Synonymes : race, rush, hurry

Expressions courantes : speed past something, speed through something, speed along something