spoon

cuillère

Petit ustensile muni d’un manche et d’une partie creuse, servant à manger ou à servir des aliments.

En anglais simple : A small tool with a handle and a curved end, used to eat or serve food.

• I need a spoon for my soup.
• She stirred her tea with a spoon.
• Are there enough spoons for everyone?

Expressions courantes : a soup spoon, use a spoon, a metal spoon, a wooden spoon

servir à la cuillère

Déplacer ou servir des aliments avec une cuillère.

En anglais simple : To move or serve food using a small tool with a handle and a curved end.

• Spoon the rice into a bowl.
• She spooned sauce over the chicken.
• He was spooning jam into small jars.

Comment l'utiliser : spoon something into something (Spoon the mixture into the dish.); spoon something over something (Spoon the sauce over the fish.)

Expressions courantes : spoon into something, spoon onto something, spoon out something

se blottir

Être allongés à deux, serrés l’un contre l’autre, l’un tourné vers le dos de l’autre.

En anglais simple : If two people do this, they lie close together, with one facing the other’s back.

• They like to spoon in bed.
• We spooned until we fell asleep.
• Can we spoon for a while?

Comment l'utiliser : spoon with someone (She likes to spoon with her partner.)

Synonymes : cuddle

Expressions courantes : spoon with someone, spoon in bed