verse

poésie, vers

Écriture organisée selon un rythme et des sonorités travaillées, souvent en lignes plutôt qu’en phrases ordinaires.

En anglais simple : Writing arranged with rhythm and careful sounds, often in lines, rather than ordinary sentences.

• She enjoys reading verse.
• The story is written in verse.
• He published a small collection of verse.

Synonymes : poetry

Contraires : prose

Expressions courantes : write verse, in verse, book of verse

verset

Court passage numéroté de la Bible.

En anglais simple : A short, numbered section of the Bible.

• She read a Bible verse aloud.
• Which verse mentions forgiveness?
• The pastor explained three verses from the same chapter.

Expressions courantes : bible verse, chapter and verse, read a verse

verset

Court passage numéroté d’un livre sacré, comme la Bible ou le Coran.

En anglais simple : A short, numbered part of a holy book, such as the Bible or the Quran.

• He recited a verse from the Quran.
• They discussed the meaning of a sacred verse.
• The passage contains several verses about kindness.

Expressions courantes : quranic verse, sacred verse, verse of scripture

vers réguliers, vers rimés

Poésie écrite avec un rythme régulier et un schéma fixe de rimes en fin de vers.

En anglais simple : Poetry written with a regular beat and a fixed pattern of matching sounds at line endings.

• The poem uses regular verse.
• Students compared prose with carefully patterned verse.
• Writing rhymed verse requires attention to sound and rhythm.

Synonymes : poetry

Contraires : prose

Expressions courantes : rhymed verse, metrical verse, regular verse

étudier à fond

Étudier un sujet en profondeur jusqu’à bien le connaître.

En anglais simple : To study a subject deeply until you know it well.

• She versed herself in local history.
• He spent years versing himself in classical literature.
• To verse oneself in law required long hours of study.

Comment l'utiliser : verse oneself in something (She versed herself in the history of the region.)

Synonymes : study

Expressions courantes : verse oneself in, verse in literature

instruire, enseigner

Apprendre quelque chose à quelqu’un pour qu’il comprenne bien le sujet.

En anglais simple : To teach someone about a subject so that they understand it well.

• The teacher versed us in ancient customs.
• She versed her assistant in the rules.
• Who versed you in this difficult subject?

Comment l'utiliser : verse someone in something (He versed the students in the basics of logic.)

Synonymes : instruct, teach

Expressions courantes : verse someone in, verse the students