gist

essentiel, idée générale

L’idée essentielle de ce qui est dit ou écrit, sans tous les détails.

En anglais simple : The main idea of something spoken or written, without all the details.

• I got the gist of the story.
• Can you explain the gist of her argument?
• He missed a few words but understood the gist.

Comment l'utiliser : the gist of something (She told me the gist of the conversation.)

Synonymes : main idea, essence, substance

Expressions courantes : gist of something, get the gist, understand the gist

extrait de code, gist

Court extrait de code informatique enregistré en ligne pour que d’autres puissent le consulter ou l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : A short piece of computer code saved online so other people can view or use it.

• She shared the code in a gist.
• Can you send me a link to your gist?
• He saved three useful scripts as separate gists.

Synonymes : code snippet

Expressions courantes : create a gist, share a gist, public gist

potin, rumeur

Propos sur la vie des autres, ou histoire particulière qui n’est peut-être pas vraie.

En anglais simple : Talk about other people’s lives, or a particular story that may not be true.

• She always has the latest gist.
• We sat down to share gist after work.
• He told me a juicy gist about their neighbour.

Synonymes : gossip, rumour

Expressions courantes : latest gist, juicy gist, share gist

résumer

Présenter les points essentiels d’un texte sous une forme plus courte.

En anglais simple : To give the main points of a piece of writing in a shorter form.

• Please gist the report for the meeting.
• She gisted the article in three sentences.
• Can you gist this document for us?

Synonymes : summarize, abridge

Expressions courantes : gist a report, gist the document

bavarder, commérer

Discuter de manière détendue, souvent à propos des autres et de leur vie.

En anglais simple : To talk casually, often about other people and their lives.

• We sat outside and gisted.
• She likes to gist with her friends.
• They were gisting about their neighbors.

Comment l'utiliser : gist with someone (I gisted with my friends after dinner.)

Synonymes : chat, gossip

Expressions courantes : gist with someone, sit and gist