throw

lancer, jeter

Envoyer quelque chose dans les airs par un mouvement de la main ou avec une machine.

En anglais simple : To send something through the air by moving your hand or using a machine.

• Throw me the ball.
• She threw a stone into the river.
• Can you throw it over the fence?

Comment l'utiliser : throw something to someone (He threw the ball to his brother.); throw something at someone/something (She threw a snowball at the wall.); throw someone something (Throw me the rope.)

Synonymes : toss, hurl

Expressions courantes : throw a ball, throw to someone, throw a stone

perdre volontairement

Perdre exprès un match, une partie ou une compétition.

En anglais simple : To deliberately lose a game or competition.

• He agreed to throw the match.
• The boxer denied throwing the fight.
• Did someone pay them to throw the game?

Synonymes : lose deliberately

Expressions courantes : throw a match, throw a game, throw the fight

faire

Obtenir un nombre précis en lançant les dés.

En anglais simple : To roll dice and get a particular number.

• You need to throw a six.
• She threw two ones and lost her turn.
• If I throw a five, I win.

Synonymes : roll

Expressions courantes : throw a six, throw two sixes, throw a double

lancer, jet

Action d’envoyer quelque chose dans les airs avec la main.

En anglais simple : An act of sending something through the air with your hand.

• That was a good throw.
• Her final throw reached sixty metres.
• His throws became more accurate with practice.

Synonymes : toss

Expressions courantes : a long throw, make a throw, a good throw

fois, essai

Un essai, une occasion ou un article, notamment quand on indique le prix de chacun.

En anglais simple : One attempt, event, or item, especially when saying how much each costs.

• The tickets cost twenty pounds a throw.
• At fifty dollars a throw, those meals are expensive.
• He paid five pounds a throw for three attempts.

Synonymes : go, attempt

Expressions courantes : a throw, ten pounds a throw, one more throw

course

Distance parcourue par une pièce mobile d’une machine.

En anglais simple : The distance that a moving part of a machine travels.

• The piston has a short throw.
• We measured the throw of the lever.
• A longer throw changes how the mechanism works.

Synonymes : travel, displacement

Expressions courantes : piston throw, crank throw, throw of something