harp

harpe

Grand instrument de musique dont on pince les cordes verticales avec les doigts.

En anglais simple : A large musical instrument with upright strings that you pull with your fingers to make sounds.

• She plays the harp.
• He gently plucked the harp strings.
• Two harps accompanied the singers at the concert.

Expressions courantes : play the harp, harp strings, harp music

rabâcher, ressasser

Revenir sans cesse sur le même sujet au point d’agacer les autres.

En anglais simple : To keep talking about the same subject so much that other people become annoyed.

• Stop harping on my mistakes.
• He keeps harping on about the price.
• She harped on the same complaint all evening.

Comment l'utiliser : harp on something (Please do not harp on that old mistake.); harp on about something (He keeps harping on about how busy he is.)

Synonymes : go on, dwell

Expressions courantes : harp on something, harp on about, harp on mistakes