guts

courage, cran

Courage de faire quelque chose de difficile, d’effrayant ou de mal vu par les autres.

En anglais simple : The courage to do something difficult, frightening, or unpopular.

• You have guts.
• It took guts to speak up.
• Did he have the guts to tell her?

Comment l'utiliser : have the guts to do something (She had the guts to challenge the boss.); it takes guts to do something (It takes guts to admit you were wrong.)

Synonymes : courage, nerve, bravery

Contraires : cowardice

Expressions courantes : have guts, take guts, guts to do something

entrailles, tripes

Organes situés dans le ventre, surtout les intestins.

En anglais simple : The organs inside the belly, especially the intestines.

• He removed the fish's guts.
• The wound exposed the animal's guts.
• She cleaned the guts from the kitchen sink.

Synonymes : entrails, innards

Expressions courantes : fish guts, spill someone’s guts, remove the guts

entrailles, rouages

Principales pièces à l’intérieur de quelque chose, ou détails qui le font fonctionner.

En anglais simple : The main parts inside something, or the details that make it work.

• He understands the guts of the business.
• Removing the cover exposed the computer's guts.
• We need to examine the guts of this system.

Comment l'utiliser : the guts of something (The technician showed me the guts of the machine.)

Synonymes : inner workings, core

Expressions courantes : guts of something, computer guts, machine’s guts

intestins, boyaux

Longs tubes à l’intérieur du corps, où passent les aliments après avoir quitté l’estomac.

En anglais simple : The long tubes inside bodies that food passes through after leaving the stomach.

• These bacteria live in animals' guts.
• The fish guts were removed before cooking.
• Healthy guts help animals digest food.

Synonymes : intestines, bowels

Expressions courantes : healthy guts, animal guts, fish guts

sentiments intimes

Les pensées et les sentiments les plus personnels d’une personne.

En anglais simple : Your most private thoughts and feelings.

• I spilled my guts to her.
• He poured his guts into a long letter.
• After years of silence, she finally spilled her guts.

Comment l'utiliser : spill your guts to someone (She spilled her guts to her closest friend.)

Synonymes : innermost feelings

Expressions courantes : spill your guts, pour your guts

tenir bon, persévérer

Continuer malgré une situation difficile en faisant preuve de courage et de détermination.

En anglais simple : To keep going through something difficult by showing courage and determination.

• She decided to guts it out.
• He gutsed out a narrow victory.
• They were gutsing it out through the final minutes.

Comment l'utiliser : guts something out (She gutsed the final mile out despite her sore ankle.); guts it out (He had to guts it out until help arrived.)

Synonymes : persevere, tough it out

Contraires : quit

Expressions courantes : guts it out, guts out something