bull

taureau

Mâle adulte des bovins élevés pour leur lait ou leur viande.

En anglais simple : An adult male of the large farm animals kept for milk or meat.

• The bull is in the field.
• A bull charged toward the fence.
• The farmer keeps two bulls for breeding.

Expressions courantes : breeding bull, bull calf, angry bull

conneries, balivernes

Paroles fausses, absurdes ou impossibles à croire ; terme familier.

En anglais simple : Something said that is false, foolish, or impossible to believe.

• That story is bull.
• He gave us a load of bull.
• Do you believe the bull she told you?

Synonymes : nonsense, rubbish, lies

Contraires : truth

Expressions courantes : complete bull, total bull, talk bull

mâle

Mâle adulte de certains grands animaux, comme les éléphants, les baleines ou les phoques.

En anglais simple : An adult male of certain large animals, such as elephants, whales, or seals.

• The bull guarded the herd.
• A large seal bull rested on the beach.
• Two elephant bulls fought near the water.

Expressions courantes : elephant bull, dominant bull, seal bull

flic, policier

Terme d’argot pour un policier, un détective ou un gardien protégeant les biens du chemin de fer.

En anglais simple : A police officer, detective, or guard protecting railway property.

• A bull stopped him at the station.
• The railroad bull chased them off the tracks.
• Two bulls arrested the thief outside the bar.

Synonymes : policeman, cop

Expressions courantes : railroad bull, a bull

haussier

Décrit un marché financier où les prix montent ou devraient monter.

En anglais simple : Describing a financial market in which prices are rising or expected to rise.

• Stocks entered a bull market.
• Investors expect the bull trend to continue.
• Share prices doubled during the bull phase.

Synonymes : rising

Contraires : bear

Expressions courantes : bull market, bull trend, bull phase

mâle

Indique qu’un animal de certaines grandes espèces est un mâle adulte.

En anglais simple : Describing an adult male of certain large animals.

• A bull elephant crossed the road.
• The bull seal defended his territory.
• We saw a bull whale beside the boat.

Synonymes : male

Contraires : female

Expressions courantes : bull elephant, bull seal, bull whale

forcer le passage

Avancer de force en poussant les personnes ou les objets qui gênent le passage.

En anglais simple : To move forward forcefully, pushing past people or things in your way.

• He bulled through the crowd.
• She bulled her way into the room.
• The striker bulled past two defenders.

Comment l'utiliser : bull one’s way through/into something (He bulled his way through the waiting crowd.); bull past someone/something (She bulled past the guards.)

Synonymes : push, force

Expressions courantes : bull through something, bull past someone, bull into something

faire monter

Chercher à faire monter le prix d’actions ou d’autres biens échangés sur un marché.

En anglais simple : To try to make the price of stocks or other traded goods rise.

• Traders tried to bull the market.
• The group bulled railway shares by buying heavily.
• Speculators hoped to bull bond prices before selling.

Synonymes : bid up

Expressions courantes : bull the market, bull something