dark

sombre, obscur

Qui reçoit peu ou pas de lumière, ce qui rend les choses difficiles à voir.

En anglais simple : Having little or no light, so things are hard to see.

• The room is dark.
• It was getting dark when we left.
• Can you see anything in this dark tunnel?

Synonymes : unlit, dim

Contraires : light, bright

Expressions courantes : dark room, get dark, dark outside

foncé

D’une couleur plus proche du noir que du blanc.

En anglais simple : Having a deep colour that is closer to black than white.

• He has dark hair.
• She chose a darker shade of blue.
• Do you prefer light or dark colours?

Comment l'utiliser : dark + colour (The door is painted dark green.)

Synonymes : deep

Contraires : light, pale

Expressions courantes : dark blue, dark hair, dark clothes, dark brown

sombre

Qui inspire la tristesse, la peur ou peu d’espoir.

En anglais simple : Sad, frightening, or without much hope.

• Those were dark days for our family.
• The story takes a dark turn.
• She feared a darker future after the factory closed.

Synonymes : bleak, gloomy, grim

Contraires : hopeful

Expressions courantes : dark times, dark thoughts, dark future, dark period

méconnu

Dont la capacité à gagner des courses n’est pas encore connue.

En anglais simple : Having an ability to win races that other people do not yet know about.

• A dark horse entered the race.
• The trainer kept his dark runner away from public trials.
• Bettors struggled to judge the dark horse’s chances.

Synonymes : untested, unknown

Expressions courantes : dark horse, dark contender

obscurité, noir

L’absence de lumière dans un endroit.

En anglais simple : The lack of light in a place.

• I cannot see in the dark.
• The children are afraid of the dark.
• Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark.

Comment l'utiliser : in the dark (We searched for the keys in the dark.)

Synonymes : darkness

Contraires : light

Expressions courantes : in the dark, out of the dark

tombée de la nuit

Le moment où la lumière du jour disparaît et où la nuit commence.

En anglais simple : The time when daylight ends and night begins.

• Come home before dark.
• We reached the village just after dark.
• They played outside until dark.

Comment l'utiliser : before/after/until dark (We arrived home before dark.)

Synonymes : nightfall, dusk

Expressions courantes : before dark, after dark, until dark

ignorance

Le fait de ne pas savoir quelque chose ou de ne pas en avoir été informé.

En anglais simple : A state of not knowing or being told something.

• They kept me in the dark.
• We are still in the dark about their plans.
• Why was she left in the dark about the decision?

Comment l'utiliser : be in the dark about something (I am in the dark about the new rules.); keep/leave someone in the dark (They left the staff in the dark about the sale.)

Synonymes : ignorance

Expressions courantes : in the dark, dark about something

linge foncé

Des vêtements de couleurs foncées, généralement lavés séparément du linge blanc ou clair.

En anglais simple : Clothes with deep colours, usually washed separately from white or pale clothes.

• Wash the darks separately.
• I put all my darks in one basket.
• This detergent is designed for darks.

Synonymes : dark clothes

Contraires : whites

Expressions courantes : wash the darks, darks and whites, load of darks