hem

ourlet

Bord d’un vêtement ou d’un tissu replié et cousu pour une finition nette.

En anglais simple : The edge of a piece of clothing or cloth, folded over and sewn to keep it neat.

• The hem is coming loose.
• She shortened the skirt by raising the hem.
• I caught my heel in the hem of my dress.

Expressions courantes : skirt hem, sew a hem, turn up a hem, uneven hem

encercler, enfermer

Entourer quelqu’un ou quelque chose de si près que ses mouvements ou sa liberté sont limités.

En anglais simple : To surround someone or something so closely that movement or freedom is limited.

• Tall walls hem us in.
• The soldiers were hemmed in on all sides.
• She felt hemmed in by rules and expectations.

Comment l'utiliser : hem someone/something in (The crowd hemmed us in.); be hemmed in by something (The village is hemmed in by mountains.)

Synonymes : surround, confine, enclose, hem in

Expressions courantes : hem someone in, hem something in, hem someone about