tease

taquiner

Faire des plaisanteries sur quelqu’un, généralement gentiment, pour le faire réagir.

En anglais simple : To make jokes about someone, usually in a friendly way, to get a reaction from them.

• Please don't tease your sister.
• We teased each other about our terrible dancing.
• Are you teasing me, or do you really like my hat?

Comment l'utiliser : tease someone about something (My friends tease me about my old phone.); tease someone for doing something (They teased him for wearing odd socks.)

Synonymes : make fun of, poke fun at, kid

Expressions courantes : tease someone, tease someone gently, tease each other

tenter, aguicher

Donner envie de quelque chose en en offrant un peu ou en laissant espérer qu’on pourra l’obtenir.

En anglais simple : To make someone want something by offering a little of it or suggesting they might get it.

• Her playful smile teased him.
• The trailer teased fans with a glimpse of the new hero.
• They keep teasing us with promises of a holiday.

Comment l'utiliser : tease someone with something (The chef teased us with a tiny taste of the dessert.)

Synonymes : tempt, entice, tantalize

Expressions courantes : tease someone with something, tease the audience, tease the senses