bullet

balle

Petit morceau de métal projeté par une arme à feu.

En anglais simple : A small piece of metal fired from a gun.

• A bullet hit the wall.
• Police found three bullets near the door.
• The bullet passed through his coat.

Synonymes : projectile

Expressions courantes : fire a bullet, bullet wound, stray bullet

puce

Petit point placé devant chaque élément d’une liste.

En anglais simple : A small printed dot used to mark each item in a list.

• Put a bullet before each item.
• The list uses square bullets.
• Each bullet introduces a separate point.

Synonymes : dot

Expressions courantes : bullet point, bullet list

rapide, à grande vitesse

S’emploie devant un autre nom pour indiquer que quelque chose se déplace très vite.

En anglais simple : Used before another noun to show that something moves very fast.

• We took a bullet train.
• The bullet train crossed the country in two hours.
• His bullet pass went straight to the striker.

Expressions courantes : bullet train, bullet pass

lettre de refus

Lettre qui informe une personne que sa demande ou sa candidature a été refusée.

En anglais simple : A letter telling someone that their application has been refused.

• Another bullet arrived from a college.
• She got a bullet after her job interview.
• Three applications brought three bullets in the mail.

Synonymes : rejection letter

Expressions courantes : get a bullet, receive a bullet

filer, foncer

Se déplacer quelque part à très grande vitesse.

En anglais simple : To move somewhere very quickly.

• The car bulleted down the hill.
• A bird bulleted past my window.
• The children bullet across the field after school.

Comment l'utiliser : bullet across/down/past something (The car bulleted past the waiting crowd.)

Synonymes : speed, race, shoot

Expressions courantes : bullet past someone, bullet down something, bullet across something

frapper puissamment

Frapper un ballon très fort et très vite, notamment en direction du but.

En anglais simple : To hit or kick a ball very hard and fast, especially towards a goal.

• He bulleted a header into the goal.
• She bulleted the ball past the goalkeeper.
• The striker bulleted his shot into the top corner.

Comment l'utiliser : bullet something into something (She bulleted the ball into the net.)

Synonymes : blast, smash

Expressions courantes : bullet a header, bullet the ball