bottle

bouteille

Récipient en verre ou en plastique à ouverture étroite, généralement utilisé pour les liquides.

En anglais simple : A glass or plastic container with a narrow opening, usually used for liquids.

• The bottle is empty.
• She filled two bottles with water.
• Can you open this bottle?

Expressions courantes : plastic bottle, empty bottle, water bottle, bottle cap

bouteille

Quantité de liquide contenue dans une bouteille en verre ou en plastique.

En anglais simple : The amount of liquid held in one glass or plastic container.

• We drank a bottle of water.
• He ordered two bottles of wine.
• Have you finished the whole bottle?

Comment l'utiliser : a bottle of something (We shared a bottle of juice.)

Expressions courantes : bottle of wine, bottle of milk, drink a bottle

courage, cran

Courage nécessaire pour faire quelque chose de difficile ou d’effrayant.

En anglais simple : The courage to do something difficult or frightening.

• She has plenty of bottle.
• I lost my bottle before the jump.
• Have you got the bottle to tell him?

Comment l'utiliser : have the bottle to do something (He had the bottle to challenge the boss.)

Synonymes : courage, nerve, guts

Contraires : cowardice

Expressions courantes : have the bottle, lose your bottle, bottle to act

refouler, réprimer

Garder ses émotions en soi au lieu de les exprimer.

En anglais simple : To keep your feelings inside instead of expressing them.

• Do not bottle up your anger.
• She bottled up her feelings for years.
• He bottles everything up until he explodes.

Comment l'utiliser : bottle up something (You should not bottle up your sadness.)

Synonymes : suppress, hold in

Contraires : express

Expressions courantes : bottle up feelings, bottle something up, bottle up anger

mettre en bouteille

Mettre un liquide dans des bouteilles en verre ou en plastique et les fermer pour une utilisation ultérieure.

En anglais simple : To put a liquid into glass or plastic containers and close them for later use.

• They bottle fresh apple juice.
• The wine was bottled last summer.
• This factory bottles water from a nearby spring.

Expressions courantes : bottle wine, bottle water, bottle the juice

enfermer, bloquer

Maintenir des personnes ou des choses dans un espace réduit, sans possibilité de se déplacer librement.

En anglais simple : To keep people or things trapped in a small space, unable to move freely.

• The enemy bottled up our troops.
• We were bottled up in a tiny room.
• Roadworks bottled up traffic for hours.

Comment l'utiliser : bottle someone/something up in something (The storm bottled us up in the cabin.)

Synonymes : confine, trap

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : bottle someone up, bottle up traffic, bottle up troops

se dégonfler

Renoncer à faire quelque chose au dernier moment parce qu’on prend peur.

En anglais simple : To decide against doing something at the last moment because you become afraid.

• I bottled it at the last second.
• She bottled the jump after looking down.
• He always bottles it when the pressure rises.

Synonymes : chicken out, back out

Expressions courantes : bottle it, bottle a jump, bottle the challenge

nourrir au biberon

Donner à un bébé du lait infantile préparé dans un biberon muni d’une tétine en caoutchouc.

En anglais simple : To feed a baby milk made from formula through a container with a rubber teat.

• The nurse bottled the baby.
• She bottles her son before bed.
• They bottled the twins throughout their first year.

Synonymes : bottle-feed

Contraires : breastfeed

Expressions courantes : bottle the baby, bottle an infant