stall

box, cabine

Petit espace séparé des autres, souvent par des cloisons, pour une personne ou un animal.

En anglais simple : A small separate space for one person or animal, often divided from others by walls.

• The horse is in its stall.
• She closed the shower stall door.
• All the toilet stalls were occupied.

Synonymes : compartment, cubicle

Expressions courantes : shower stall, toilet stall, horse stall

décrochage

Situation où une aile ne porte plus l’avion, car son angle avec le courant d’air est trop grand.

En anglais simple : A situation in which a wing stops supporting an aircraft because its angle to the air is too large.

• The pilot avoided a stall.
• A stall warning sounded in the cockpit.
• The plane lost height after entering a stall.

Expressions courantes : aerodynamic stall, stall warning, recover from stall

manœuvre dilatoire

Action qui retarde quelque chose, souvent pour gagner du temps.

En anglais simple : An action that delays something, often to gain more time.

• His request was just a stall.
• We recognized the question as a deliberate stall.
• The repeated stalls gave their lawyer time to arrive.

Synonymes : delaying tactic, delay

Expressions courantes : deliberate stall, stall tactic, another stall

stagner, piétiner

Cesser d’avancer ou de progresser, en parlant d’un processus.

En anglais simple : If a process stops moving forward, it has stopped making progress.

• The talks stalled yesterday.
• Economic growth has stalled for three months.
• Will the project stall without more money?

Synonymes : stop, halt

Expressions courantes : talks stall, progress stall

caler

S’arrêter soudainement, pour un moteur, souvent parce que le véhicule roule trop lentement pour la vitesse engagée.

En anglais simple : If an engine stops unexpectedly, often because the vehicle is moving too slowly for its gear.

• The engine stalled.
• I stalled the car at the lights.
• Release the clutch slowly so you do not stall.

Synonymes : cut out

Expressions courantes : stall the engine, car engines stall

temporiser, faire patienter

Faire attendre quelqu’un ou retarder volontairement une action pour avoir plus de temps.

En anglais simple : To deliberately make someone wait or delay doing something because you need more time.

• Stop stalling and answer me.
• She stalled for time by asking another question.
• They stalled us until their manager arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : stall for time (He stalled for time while his friend found the keys.)

Synonymes : delay, play for time

Expressions courantes : stall for time, stall someone

s’arrêter brusquement

S’arrêter d’un seul coup.

En anglais simple : To come to a sudden stop.

• The machine stalled suddenly.
• The conveyor stalled halfway through the job.
• A jammed mechanism caused the lift to stall.

Synonymes : stop, halt

Expressions courantes : stall suddenly, stall halfway

mettre à l’étable

Placer un animal dans un espace séparé à l’intérieur d’un bâtiment de ferme.

En anglais simple : To put an animal in a small separate space inside a farm building.

• They stall the horses at night.
• The farmer stalled each ox separately.
• We stall young cattle inside during winter.

Synonymes : stable, house

Expressions courantes : stall a horse, stall the cattle