butter

beurre

Aliment jaune et mou à base de lait, que l’on tartine sur du pain ou utilise en cuisine.

En anglais simple : A soft yellow food made from milk, used on bread and in cooking.

• I like butter on toast.
• Melt the butter in a small pan.
• Did you put any butter in this cake?

Expressions courantes : spread butter, melted butter, salted butter, butter on toast

gagne-pain

Dans « bread and butter », le travail ou l’activité qui fournit l’essentiel des revenus d’une personne.

En anglais simple : In 'bread and butter', the work or business that provides most of someone's income.

• Repairs are our bread and butter.
• Teaching was her bread and butter for years.
• We cannot afford to lose our bread-and-butter business.

Synonymes : livelihood

Expressions courantes : bread and butter, bread-and-butter work, bread-and-butter business

besoins essentiels, questions du quotidien

Dans « bread and butter », les besoins pratiques de la vie, comme le travail et l’argent.

En anglais simple : In 'bread and butter', the basic practical things people need, such as jobs and money.

• Voters care about bread-and-butter issues.
• Housing is a bread-and-butter concern for many families.
• The debate focused on bread-and-butter questions such as wages.

Expressions courantes : bread and butter, bread-and-butter issues, bread-and-butter concerns

atterrissage en douceur

Atterrissage d’un avion très doux, presque sans secousse.

En anglais simple : A very smooth landing by an aircraft.

• That landing was butter.
• The wheels touched the runway gently: pure butter.
• After several rough attempts, his final landing was total butter.

Expressions courantes : total butter, pure butter

beurrer

Étaler du beurre sur du pain ou un autre aliment.

En anglais simple : To spread the yellow food made from milk on bread or other food.

• Please butter the toast.
• She buttered two slices of bread.
• Would you like me to butter your roll?

Expressions courantes : butter toast, butter the bread, butter a roll