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texte

Ensemble des mots écrits dans un livre, un document ou un autre écrit.

En anglais simple : The written words in a book, document, or other piece of writing.

• The text is hard to read.
• She edited the text before printing it.
• The pictures explain ideas from the text.

Synonymes : writing, words

Expressions courantes : printed text, main text, text on something

SMS, texto

Court message écrit envoyé d’un téléphone à un autre.

En anglais simple : A short written message sent from one phone to another.

• I sent her a text.
• Your text arrived while I was driving.
• Did you get my text about dinner?

Comment l'utiliser : text from someone (I received a text from my sister.); text to someone (He sent a text to his boss.)

Synonymes : text message, message

Expressions courantes : send a text, receive a text, text from someone

manuel

Livre utilisé pour enseigner une matière précise.

En anglais simple : A book used to teach a particular subject.

• Bring your text to class.
• The professor recommended a new history text.
• We bought used texts for our courses.

Synonymes : textbook, course book

Expressions courantes : course text, required text, chemistry text

écriture gothique

Ancien style d’écriture à grandes lettres, ou caractères d’imprimerie qui l’imitent.

En anglais simple : An old style of lettering with large letters, or a printing style resembling it.

• The printer used Gothic text for the heading.
• German text gave the page an old appearance.
• The label was printed in a heavy text type.

Expressions courantes : Gothic text, German text, text type

envoyer un SMS, envoyer un texto

Envoyer à quelqu’un un message écrit avec un téléphone.

En anglais simple : To send someone a written message on a phone.

• Text me when you arrive.
• She texted him the address.
• Can you text back after lunch?

Comment l'utiliser : text someone something (I texted my brother the train times.); text someone to do something (She texted me to ask about dinner.)

Synonymes : message

Expressions courantes : text someone, text someone something, text back