express

express, rapide

Conçu pour transporter des personnes ou livrer des choses rapidement.

En anglais simple : Designed to carry people or deliver things quickly.

• We chose express delivery.
• The express bus reaches the airport in thirty minutes.
• Is there an express service for urgent parcels?

Synonymes : fast, rapid

Contraires : slow

Expressions courantes : express delivery, express train, express service

exprès, explicite

Énoncé de façon claire et directe, sans laisser les autres le deviner.

En anglais simple : Stated clearly and directly, rather than left for someone to guess.

• You need her express permission.
• He ignored my express instructions to stay home.
• They bought the land for the express purpose of building a school.

Synonymes : explicit, specific

Contraires : implicit

Expressions courantes : express permission, express consent, express instructions

exact, fidèle

Qui représente quelqu’un ou quelque chose exactement tel qu’il est.

En anglais simple : Showing someone or something exactly as they really are.

• The boy was the express image of his father.
• The portrait presented an express likeness of the queen.
• They called the statue the express image of the hero.

Synonymes : exact, faithful

Expressions courantes : express image, express likeness

express

Train ou autre service de transport rapide, généralement avec moins d’arrêts.

En anglais simple : A train or other transport service that travels quickly, often with fewer stops.

• We took the express to the airport.
• The morning express leaves from platform four.
• Did you catch the express or the slower train?

Synonymes : express train

Expressions courantes : take the express, airport express, catch the express

sans arrêt, directement

Rapidement ou directement, notamment sans s’arrêter à chaque gare.

En anglais simple : Quickly or directly, especially without stopping at every station.

• This train runs express to the city centre.
• The bus goes express after the next stop.
• We travelled express and arrived an hour earlier.

Synonymes : direct

Expressions courantes : run express, travel express, go express

exprimer

Faire connaître ses pensées ou ses sentiments par des mots, des actions ou l’art.

En anglais simple : To make your thoughts or feelings known through words, actions, or art.

• She expressed her thanks with a smile.
• It is sometimes hard to express yourself clearly.
• He expressed his anger in a letter to the manager.

Comment l'utiliser : express yourself (Music helps her express herself.); express something through something (He expresses his feelings through painting.)

Synonymes : convey, communicate

Contraires : conceal

Expressions courantes : express feelings, express yourself, express an opinion, express an idea