duff

défectueux, nul

Qui fonctionne mal ou n'a aucune utilité ni valeur.

En anglais simple : Not working properly, or of no use or value.

• This battery is duff.
• They sold me a car with a duff engine.
• We wasted hours following duff advice.

Synonymes : faulty, useless, defective, worthless

Contraires : working, useful

Expressions courantes : duff battery, duff information, duff equipment

pudding aux fruits

Pudding sucré, notamment préparé avec des prunes ou des goyaves.

En anglais simple : A sweet pudding, especially one made with plums or guavas.

• They served guava duff after dinner.
• Her duff came with a rich fruit sauce.
• We tried a slice of duff in the Bahamas.

Synonymes : pudding

Expressions courantes : guava duff, fruit duff, plum duff

pudding à la vapeur

Dessert épais à base de farine, souvent avec des fruits secs, cuit à la vapeur ou dans l'eau bouillante.

En anglais simple : A thick sweet food made from flour, often with dried fruit, cooked in steam or boiling water.

• We had plum duff for dessert.
• The cook steamed the duff in a cloth bag.
• She served hot duff with a sweet sauce.

Synonymes : pudding

Expressions courantes : plum duff, steamed duff, boiled duff

litière forestière

Couche de feuilles mortes et d'autres débris végétaux qui se décomposent lentement sur le sol d'une forêt.

En anglais simple : A layer of dead leaves and other plant material slowly breaking down on the ground in a forest.

• The forest floor was covered in duff.
• Dry duff can burn beneath the trees.
• The seeds lay in a thick layer of damp duff.

Synonymes : forest litter

Expressions courantes : forest duff, duff layer, dry duff

poussier de charbon

Poussière et très petits morceaux de charbon restant après le retrait des gros morceaux.

En anglais simple : Coal dust and very small pieces of coal left after larger pieces have been removed.

• Coal duff collected beneath the screen.
• The mine sold duff as cheap fuel.
• They pressed the duff into solid briquettes.

Synonymes : coal dust, coal fines

Expressions courantes : coal duff, duff briquettes

frapper le sol avant la balle

Au golf, frapper le sol derrière la balle au lieu de la toucher correctement.

En anglais simple : To hit the ground behind a golf ball instead of hitting the ball cleanly.

• Try not to duff this shot.
• I duffed the ball into the rough.
• She kept duffing her shots by hitting the ground first.

Expressions courantes : duff a shot, duff the ball

voler du bétail

Voler des bovins, souvent en modifiant les marques de propriété pour dissimuler le vol.

En anglais simple : To steal cattle, often changing their ownership marks to hide the theft.

• The men planned to duff cattle.
• He duffed several calves and changed their brands.
• They were caught duffing cattle near the border.

Synonymes : rustle

Expressions courantes : duff cattle, duff someone's cattle