ape

grand singe, singe anthropoïde

Animal sans queue apparenté aux humains, comme le gorille ou le chimpanzé.

En anglais simple : An animal like a gorilla or chimpanzee, related to humans and having no tail.

• The ape climbed a tree.
• Gorillas are large apes that live in Africa.
• Scientists study how apes communicate with each other.

Expressions courantes : great ape, ape species, ape habitat

fou

Extrêmement excité ou agissant de façon incontrôlée.

En anglais simple : Extremely excited or acting in a wild, uncontrolled way.

• The crowd went ape.
• She was ape over her new bike.
• The fans went ape when their team scored.

Comment l'utiliser : go ape (The fans went ape when the singer appeared.); ape over something (They were ape over the new design.)

Synonymes : crazy, wild

Expressions courantes : go ape, ape over something