foil

papier aluminium

Feuille d’aluminium très mince utilisée pour envelopper ou couvrir les aliments.

En anglais simple : Very thin aluminium used to wrap or cover food.

• Cover the dish with foil.
• I wrapped my sandwich in foil.
• Bake the fish in a foil packet.

Synonymes : aluminium foil, aluminum foil

Expressions courantes : aluminium foil, wrap in foil, foil packet

feuille métallique

Métal aplati en une feuille très mince.

En anglais simple : Metal made into a very thin sheet.

• The card is covered with gold foil.
• Copper foil carries electricity in the device.
• They pressed a thin sheet of silver foil onto the surface.

Expressions courantes : gold foil, copper foil, metal foil

fleuret

Épée fine et légère utilisée en escrime, un sport où deux personnes s’affrontent avec des épées.

En anglais simple : A thin, light sword used in fencing, a sport in which two people fight with swords.

• She held her foil firmly.
• Both fencers raised their foils.
• The tip of his foil touched his opponent’s jacket.

Expressions courantes : fencing foil, a light foil, a blunt foil, practice foil

déjouer, contrecarrer

Empêcher quelqu’un de réussir ce qu’il cherche à faire.

En anglais simple : If you stop someone from succeeding in what they are trying to do, you defeat their efforts.

• The guard foiled the thief.
• Police foiled an attempt to steal the painting.
• Their escape was foiled by a locked gate.

Synonymes : thwart, stop

Expressions courantes : foil a robber, foil someone’s attempt, foil a plan, foil an attempt