block

bloc

Un morceau plein d’une matière, souvent avec six faces plates.

En anglais simple : A solid piece of material, often with six flat sides.

• The child stacked three wooden blocks.
• We built a wall from concrete blocks.
• She cut the block into smaller pieces.

Comment l'utiliser : a block of something (He carved a bird from a block of wood.)

Synonymes : chunk, piece

Expressions courantes : wooden block, building block, block of wood, block of ice

pâté de maisons

La distance le long d’une rue entre deux rues qui la croisent.

En anglais simple : The distance along a street between two streets that cross it.

• The shop is two blocks away.
• Walk one block and turn left.
• We live six blocks from the school.

Comment l'utiliser : a number of blocks from somewhere (The hotel is three blocks from the station.)

Expressions courantes : a block away, walk a block, next block

blocage, interdiction

Une restriction qui empêche d’utiliser un service en ligne ou de joindre quelqu’un par téléphone.

En anglais simple : A restriction that stops someone using an online service or contacting someone by phone.

• The website placed a block on my account.
• Can you remove the block on incoming calls?
• Repeated abuse can lead to a permanent block.

Comment l'utiliser : a block on someone/something (There is a block on calls from that number.)

Synonymes : ban, restriction

Expressions courantes : temporary block, account block, remove a block

billot

Une base épaisse et solide pour couper des choses, autrefois aussi utilisée pour trancher des têtes.

En anglais simple : A thick, solid base used for cutting things, or formerly for cutting off someone's head.

• Put the meat on the block.
• The butcher cleaned his wooden block.
• The prisoner placed his head on the block.

Synonymes : chopping block

Expressions courantes : chopping block, butcher's block, on the block

bloquer, obstruer, boucher

Empêcher une personne ou une chose de passer ou d’avancer.

En anglais simple : To stop someone or something passing through or moving forward.

• A car blocked the entrance.
• Leaves are blocking the drain.
• Please move your bag; it blocks the path.

Synonymes : obstruct, bar, clog

Contraires : clear, unblock

Expressions courantes : block the road, block someone's way, block a drain, block a pipe

bloquer, bannir

Empêcher quelqu’un d’utiliser un service en ligne ou de vous joindre par téléphone ou message.

En anglais simple : To stop someone using an online service or contacting you by phone or messages.

• I blocked his number.
• The website blocks users who send spam.
• Have you blocked her from seeing your posts?

Comment l'utiliser : block someone from doing something (The service blocked him from sending messages.)

Synonymes : ban, bar

Contraires : unblock

Expressions courantes : block a user, block someone's number, block unwanted calls