trick

tour, ruse, farce

Action destinée à faire croire quelque chose de faux à quelqu’un, parfois pour s’amuser.

En anglais simple : An action meant to make someone believe something untrue, sometimes for fun.

• It was just a trick.
• The magician showed us a card trick.
• Someone played a cruel trick on him.

Comment l'utiliser : play a trick on someone (They played a trick on their teacher.)

Synonymes : deception, prank

Expressions courantes : play a trick, magic trick, trick someone plays

tour, figure

Action particulière et habile qu’une personne ou un animal sait exécuter.

En anglais simple : A special, clever action that someone or an animal can perform.

• My dog can do tricks.
• She learned a new trick on her skateboard.
• He knows some impressive tricks with a computer.

Synonymes : feat

Expressions courantes : do a trick, teach a trick, skateboard trick

astuce, truc

Manière ingénieuse ou simple de faire quelque chose ou de résoudre un problème.

En anglais simple : A clever or easy way to do something or solve a problem.

• Here is a useful trick.
• The trick is to add the flour slowly.
• A little oil should do the trick.

Comment l'utiliser : the trick to doing something (The trick to growing these plants is regular watering.); the trick is to do something (The trick is to keep the mixture cold.)

Synonymes : technique, method, tip

Expressions courantes : trick to something, useful trick, do the trick

tour de magie

Action d’un artiste qui semble impossible, comme faire disparaître un objet.

En anglais simple : Something a performer does that seems impossible, such as making an object disappear.

• The magician showed us a trick.
• Her card tricks amazed the children.
• Can you explain how that trick works?

Synonymes : illusion

Expressions courantes : magic trick, perform a trick, card trick

figure, acrobatie

Mouvement difficile réalisé pour divertir les gens ou montrer son habileté.

En anglais simple : A difficult movement that someone performs to entertain people or show their skill.

• My dog can do a trick.
• She learned several tricks on her bike.
• He fell while trying a new skateboard trick.

Synonymes : stunt

Expressions courantes : skateboard trick, do a trick, learn a trick

tromper, duper

Faire croire quelque chose de faux à quelqu’un, souvent pour lui faire faire ce qu’on veut.

En anglais simple : To make someone believe something false, often so they will do what you want.

• You can't trick me.
• He tricked us into believing his story.
• Someone tried to trick her out of her money.

Comment l'utiliser : trick someone into doing something (They tricked him into giving them his password.); trick someone out of something (The caller tricked her out of her savings.)

Synonymes : fool, deceive, dupe

Expressions courantes : trick someone, trick someone into something

trompeur, truqué

Conçu ou arrangé pour tromper les gens ou cacher son véritable fonctionnement.

En anglais simple : Made or arranged to fool people or hide how something really works.

• Was that a trick question?
• The film uses trick photography to make people appear tiny.
• A trick mirror made his legs look strangely short.

Synonymes : deceptive

Expressions courantes : trick question, trick photography, trick mirror

dressé

Entraîné à exécuter des mouvements particuliers pour divertir les gens.

En anglais simple : Trained to do special movements that entertain people.

• They watched a trick pony.
• The trick dog bowed to the audience.
• She trained trick horses for the circus.

Expressions courantes : trick pony, trick horse, trick dog