grounds

motifs, raisons

Raisons qui justifient une décision, une action ou une croyance.

En anglais simple : Reasons that support a decision, action, or belief.

• We have grounds for concern.
• He appealed on medical grounds.
• Are there sufficient grounds to dismiss her?

Comment l'utiliser : grounds for something (There are no grounds for complaint.); on the grounds that… (She refused on the grounds that it was unsafe.)

Synonymes : reasons, basis, justification

Expressions courantes : grounds for something, on medical grounds, reasonable grounds

marc, dépôt

Petits restes solides laissés par le café ou par un liquide qui repose ou passe dans un filtre.

En anglais simple : Small solid pieces left after making coffee or after liquid has settled or been filtered.

• There are grounds in my coffee.
• Put the used grounds in the compost.
• The filter keeps the grounds out of your cup.

Synonymes : sediment, residue

Expressions courantes : coffee grounds, used grounds, wet grounds

parc, terrain

Terrain autour d’un bâtiment, souvent aménagé en jardins ou en espaces ouverts.

En anglais simple : The land around a building, often with gardens or open spaces.

• The school grounds are clean.
• We walked around the castle grounds.
• Visitors may picnic in the grounds.

Comment l'utiliser : the grounds of something (We walked through the grounds of the palace.)

Synonymes : land, property

Expressions courantes : castle grounds, school grounds, on the grounds