bury

enterrer

Mettre quelque chose ou une personne morte dans le sol et recouvrir de terre.

En anglais simple : To put something or a dead person in the ground and cover them with earth.

• The dog buried its bone.
• They buried their grandfather beside the church.
• Where did the pirates bury the treasure?

Comment l'utiliser : bury someone/something in something (She buried the box in the garden.)

Synonymes : inter, put underground

Contraires : unearth

Expressions courantes : bury someone, bury treasure, bury something underground

enfouir, cacher

Cacher ou recouvrir quelque chose pour qu'il soit difficile à voir ou à trouver.

En anglais simple : To hide or cover something so that it is difficult to see or find.

• She buried her face in her hands.
• Someone buried the report under a pile of papers.
• The path was buried beneath deep snow.

Comment l'utiliser : bury something in something (He buried his face in the pillow.); bury something under something (They buried the letter under other papers.)

Synonymes : hide, conceal, cover

Contraires : expose, uncover

Expressions courantes : bury your face, bury bad news, bury something under something

enterrer, mettre fin à

Mettre fin à une dispute ou à un désaccord et décider de ne plus y revenir.

En anglais simple : To stop an argument or disagreement and decide not to continue it.

• Let’s bury the hatchet.
• They buried their old quarrel and became friends again.
• Can we bury this disagreement and move on?

Synonymes : settle, end, put aside

Expressions courantes : bury the hatchet, bury a disagreement, bury old quarrels

survivre à

Vivre plus longtemps qu'une autre personne et être encore en vie à sa mort.

En anglais simple : To live longer than another person and be alive when they die.

• She lived to bury two husbands.
• At ninety, he jokes that he will bury us all.
• The old farmer buried every one of his brothers.

Synonymes : outlive, survive

Expressions courantes : bury someone, bury us all