cram

bachoter, potasser

Étudier très intensément juste avant un examen pour apprendre beaucoup en peu de temps.

En anglais simple : To study very hard shortly before a test, trying to learn a lot quickly.

• I need to cram tonight.
• She crammed for her final exam.
• Are you still cramming for tomorrow’s test?

Comment l'utiliser : cram for something (We crammed for the history test all weekend.)

Synonymes : swot

Expressions courantes : cram for exams, cram all night, cram for something

entasser, fourrer

Faire entrer de force des objets ou des personnes dans un espace trop petit.

En anglais simple : To push things or people into a space that is too small for them.

• Don’t cram everything into one bag.
• We crammed into the last train.
• He was cramming books onto a narrow shelf.

Comment l'utiliser : cram something into something (She crammed all her clothes into one bag.); cram into something (Twenty people crammed into the tiny lift.)

Synonymes : stuff, squeeze, jam

Expressions courantes : cram something in, cram into something, cram something into, cram something with

gaver, se gaver

Se remplir de nourriture ou faire manger quelqu’un au-delà de ses besoins.

En anglais simple : To fill yourself or someone else with more food than is needed.

• He crammed himself with cake.
• Don’t cram yourself with biscuits before dinner.
• She had crammed the children with food before their journey.

Comment l'utiliser : cram oneself with something (The children crammed themselves with sweets.)

Synonymes : stuff, overfeed

Expressions courantes : cram yourself with, cram with food, cram food down