dime

pièce de dix cents

Pièce valant dix cents, soit un dixième de dollar.

En anglais simple : A coin worth ten cents, or one tenth of a dollar.

• I found a dime.
• Ten dimes make one dollar.
• Do you have a dime for this machine?

Synonymes : ten-cent coin

Expressions courantes : a silver dime, a dime coin, find a dime

sou, centime

Très petite somme, souvent évoquée pour souligner qu’on ne dépense ou ne reçoit aucun argent.

En anglais simple : A very small amount of money, often used to emphasize that no money is spent or received.

• It didn't cost a dime.
• She hasn't earned a dime this week.
• He spent every last dime on repairs.

Synonymes : cent, penny

Expressions courantes : not a dime, a single dime, every last dime

frais

S’emploie pour indiquer qui prend en charge les frais de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Someone's responsibility for paying the cost of something.

• Lunch is on my dime.
• She traveled to Paris on the company's dime.
• Why should they take a holiday on the taxpayers' dime?

Comment l'utiliser : on someone's dime (We stayed at the hotel on the company's dime.)

Synonymes : expense

Expressions courantes : on someone's dime, on my dime

dénoncer

Révéler secrètement à la police que quelqu’un a commis un acte illégal.

En anglais simple : To secretly tell the police that someone has done something illegal.

• Who dimed on him?
• Someone dimed her out to the cops.
• He feared his partner would dime on him.

Comment l'utiliser : dime on someone (She dimed on the dealer to the police.)

Synonymes : inform on, rat on, snitch on

Expressions courantes : dime on someone, dime someone out

pousser à fond

Régler un amplificateur de guitare sur son volume le plus élevé.

En anglais simple : To turn a guitar amplifier up to its highest setting.

• He dimed the amp.
• Dime the amplifier for a louder sound.
• She always dimes her amp before playing rock songs.

Synonymes : turn up fully

Expressions courantes : dime the amp, dime an amplifier