granite

granit

Roche très dure, souvent grise ou rose, utilisée dans les bâtiments et pour les plans de travail de cuisine.

En anglais simple : A very hard rock, often gray or pink, used for buildings and kitchen surfaces.

• The steps are made of granite.
• They chose pink granite for the kitchen counter.
• Huge blocks of granite were brought from the quarry.

Expressions courantes : granite countertop, granite rock, polished granite

dureté, fermeté

Grande force ou fermeté dans le caractère d'une personne.

En anglais simple : Great strength or toughness in someone’s character.

• There was granite in her character.
• His granite resolve carried him through the crisis.
• Beneath that gentle manner lay granite.

Synonymes : toughness, strength

Contraires : weakness

Expressions courantes : granite resolve, granite in someone