chaos

chaos, désordre

Situation où tout est confus et où rien n’est correctement organisé.

En anglais simple : A situation where things are badly confused and nothing is properly organized.

• The kitchen was in chaos.
• Heavy snow caused chaos on the roads.
• Who can restore order after all this chaos?

Comment l'utiliser : in chaos (The office was in chaos after the move.); descend into chaos (The meeting descended into chaos when everyone started shouting.)

Synonymes : disorder, confusion, mayhem

Contraires : order

Expressions courantes : complete chaos, in chaos, cause chaos

abîme, gouffre

Ouverture ou espace vide très profond et très large.

En anglais simple : A very deep, wide opening or empty space.

• A dark chaos opened beneath the cliff.
• He stared down into a vast chaos.
• The poet imagined a chaos stretching below the earth.

Synonymes : abyss, chasm

Expressions courantes : a vast chaos, a dark chaos