stomach

estomac

Organe où arrivent les aliments avalés et où ils commencent à être digérés.

En anglais simple : The organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and begins to be broken down.

• My stomach feels full.
• Take this medicine on an empty stomach.
• Acid in the stomach helps break down food.

Expressions courantes : empty stomach, stomach acid, stomach ulcer, upset stomach

ventre, abdomen

Partie avant du corps située sous la poitrine.

En anglais simple : The front part of your body below your chest.

• He rubbed his stomach.
• She lay on her stomach to read.
• The ball hit me in the stomach.

Synonymes : belly, abdomen, tummy

Expressions courantes : flat stomach, on your stomach, stomach muscles, hit someone's stomach

envie, courage

Envie ou courage d'affronter quelque chose de difficile ou de désagréable.

En anglais simple : The desire or courage to face something difficult or unpleasant.

• I have no stomach for a fight.
• She had little stomach for office politics.
• After years of war, the country lost its stomach for battle.

Comment l'utiliser : have no/little stomach for something (I have no stomach for another argument.)

Synonymes : appetite, inclination, desire

Expressions courantes : no stomach for, stomach for something, little stomach for

supporter, tolérer

Accepter quelque chose de désagréable sans être trop bouleversé ni se sentir malade.

En anglais simple : To accept or bear something unpleasant without becoming too upset or physically sick.

• I can't stomach this food.
• He couldn't stomach another evening of their arguments.
• How can you stomach such cruelty?

Comment l'utiliser : cannot stomach something (I cannot stomach his cruel jokes.); cannot stomach doing something (She couldn't stomach watching the operation.)

Synonymes : stand, bear, tolerate, put up with

Expressions courantes : cannot stomach something, stomach the thought, stomach the sight