cold

froid

Qui a une température basse, ou qui ressent le besoin de se réchauffer.

En anglais simple : Having a low temperature, or feeling that you need more warmth.

• The water is cold.
• My hands were cold after the walk.
• Is it colder outside today?

Synonymes : chilly

Contraires : hot, warm

Expressions courantes : cold water, cold weather, feel cold

froid, distant

Qui montre peu de gentillesse, d’affection ou d’intérêt envers les autres.

En anglais simple : Showing little kindness, warmth, or interest in other people.

• His reply was cold.
• She gave me a cold smile.
• Why are you so cold to him?

Comment l'utiliser : cold to someone (She was cold to her new neighbour.)

Synonymes : unfriendly, distant

Contraires : friendly, warm

Expressions courantes : cold reply, cold welcome, cold to someone

hésitant, craintif

Dans « cold feet », indique qu’on a peur de réaliser un projet et qu’on souhaite y renoncer.

En anglais simple : In “cold feet,” feeling nervous about a plan and wanting to avoid carrying it out.

• I got cold feet before the interview.
• She has cold feet about moving abroad.
• Did he get cold feet and cancel the wedding?

Comment l'utiliser : get cold feet about something (He got cold feet about buying the house.)

Expressions courantes : get cold feet, have cold feet

froid, indifférent

Dans « cold shoulder », indique un refus volontaire de parler à quelqu’un ou de lui montrer de la sympathie.

En anglais simple : In “cold shoulder,” a deliberate refusal to speak to someone or show them friendliness.

• She gave me the cold shoulder.
• He got the cold shoulder from his old friends.
• Why are you giving Sam the cold shoulder?

Comment l'utiliser : give someone the cold shoulder (My colleagues gave me the cold shoulder.)

Expressions courantes : the cold shoulder, give the cold shoulder

inconscient, assommé

Dans « out cold », indique qu’on est totalement inconscient ou profondément endormi.

En anglais simple : In “out cold,” completely unconscious or deeply asleep.

• He was out cold on the sofa.
• The punch knocked her out cold.
• After the long journey, we were all out cold.

Comment l'utiliser : be out cold (After the fall, he was out cold.)

Synonymes : unconscious

Contraires : conscious

Expressions courantes : out cold, knock someone out cold

net, brusquement

Dans « stop cold », indique qu’on s’arrête brusquement et complètement, sans poursuivre.

En anglais simple : In “stop cold,” suddenly and completely, without continuing any further.

• The loud crash stopped me cold.
• Her question stopped him cold in the doorway.
• The engine stopped cold halfway up the hill.

Expressions courantes : stop cold, halt cold

rhume

Maladie courante et légère qui fait couler le nez et peut provoquer un mal de gorge ou une toux.

En anglais simple : A common mild illness that makes your nose run and may cause a sore throat or cough.

• I have a cold.
• She caught a cold at school.
• His cold lasted nearly a week.

Expressions courantes : catch a cold, have a cold, bad cold

froid

Températures basses ou temps qui oblige à porter des vêtements chauds.

En anglais simple : Low temperatures or weather that makes you need warm clothes.

• Come inside, out of the cold.
• These gloves protect your hands from the cold.
• The plants died in the extreme cold.

Synonymes : chill

Contraires : heat

Expressions courantes : in the cold, out of the cold, extreme cold