cook off

faire évaporer

Faire disparaître un liquide ou une autre substance indésirable d’un aliment en le chauffant.

En anglais simple : You heat food so that unwanted liquid or another substance disappears.

• Cook off the extra liquid.
• She cooked off the alcohol before serving the sauce.
• Have all the juices cooked off yet?

Comment l'utiliser : cook something off (Let the excess water cook off before adding the cream.)

Synonymes : evaporate, boil off

Expressions courantes : cook off liquid, cook off the alcohol, cook off the juices, cook off excess liquid

faire exploser par la chaleur

Provoquer l’explosion accidentelle de munitions ou d’explosifs sous l’effet d’une chaleur excessive.

En anglais simple : Too much heat makes ammunition or explosives explode accidentally.

• The fire cooked off the stored ammunition.
• An overheated barrel can cook off a round.
• The shells cooked off as the fire spread.

Comment l'utiliser : cook off something (The intense heat cooked off the ammunition.)

Synonymes : detonate, set off

Expressions courantes : cook off ammunition, cook off explosives

chauffer pour distiller

Chauffer un liquide alcoolisé lors de la distillation pour obtenir une boisson plus forte.

En anglais simple : You heat a liquid containing alcohol as part of making a stronger alcoholic drink.

• They cook off the mash in a still.
• The distiller cooked off another batch yesterday.
• This equipment is used to cook off the fermented liquid.

Synonymes : distill

Expressions courantes : cook off a batch, cook off the mash

retarder le lancer d’une grenade

Déclencher le minuteur d’une grenade et la garder brièvement en main avant de la lancer.

En anglais simple : You start a grenade’s timer and briefly hold it before throwing it.

• The character can cook off a grenade before throwing it.
• He cooked off the grenade during the battle.
• The game does not allow players to cook off grenades.

Synonymes : cook

Expressions courantes : cook off a grenade, cook off grenades

faire exploser une grenade dans sa main

Garder par erreur une grenade activée trop longtemps, si bien qu’elle explose en main avant le lancer.

En anglais simple : You accidentally hold a grenade too long after starting its timer, so it explodes before you throw it.

• He accidentally cooked off the grenade in his hand.
• The player cooked off a grenade before he could throw it.
• Holding it too long may cook off the grenade.

Expressions courantes : cook off a grenade, cook off grenades