bowl up

s'approcher, débarquer

Venir vers une personne ou un lieu, souvent avec assurance ou sans prévenir.

En anglais simple : To come towards a person or place, often confidently or without warning.

• He bowled up to my desk.
• A smiling woman bowled up and introduced herself.
• You can't just bowl up to the door and expect a welcome.

Comment l'utiliser : bowl up to someone/something (A stranger bowled up to me and asked for directions.)

Synonymes : approach, come up, turn up

Contraires : withdraw

Expressions courantes : bowl up to someone, bowl up to reception

arriver en voiture

Se déplacer ou arriver en véhicule, souvent rapidement ou avec entrain.

En anglais simple : To travel or arrive in a vehicle, often quickly or cheerfully.

• She bowled up in a taxi.
• We bowled up the road on our bicycles.
• He bowled up to the gate in his new car.

Comment l'utiliser : bowl up in/on a vehicle (He bowled up in an old van.)

Synonymes : drive up, roll up

Expressions courantes : bowl up in something, bowl up the road

bourrer une pipe

Remplir le petit récipient d'une pipe de tabac ou d'une autre substance à fumer.

En anglais simple : To fill the small container of a smoking pipe with tobacco or another substance for smoking.

• He bowled up his pipe.
• She bowled up some tobacco before lighting the pipe.
• Have you bowled up the pipe yet?

Synonymes : pack a pipe

Expressions courantes : bowl up a pipe, bowl up some tobacco

faire rouler vers le haut

Faire rouler ou envoyer une balle en montant une pente ou vers un point plus loin.

En anglais simple : To roll or send a ball up a slope or towards a place further along.

• He bowled the ball up the slope.
• Try to bowl up the ramp without hitting the sides.
• She bowled up the lane towards the waiting players.

Comment l'utiliser : bowl something up something (She bowled the ball up the gentle slope.)

Synonymes : roll up

Expressions courantes : bowl up a slope, bowl up the lane