hook

crochet, hameçon

Pièce métallique courbée servant à attraper, retenir ou tirer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A curved piece of metal used to catch, hold, or pull something.

• The fish swallowed the hook.
• He pulled the box closer with a hook.
• Be careful of the sharp hooks in that bag.

Expressions courantes : fishing hook, sharp hook, hook and line, wall hook

crochet

Coup de poing porté sur le côté en gardant le bras plié.

En anglais simple : A punch made by moving a bent arm sideways towards someone.

• He landed a left hook.
• The boxer dodged two powerful hooks.
• A quick hook to the jaw ended the fight.

Expressions courantes : left hook, right hook, powerful hook

accrocher

Fixer quelque chose avec un crochet métallique qui le maintient en place.

En anglais simple : To attach something using a curved metal piece that holds it in place.

• Hook your bag onto the rail.
• He hooked the rope to the boat.
• The curtain hooks easily onto these rings.

Comment l'utiliser : hook something onto something (Hook the strap onto the ring.); hook something to something (She hooked the rope to the metal frame.)

Synonymes : attach, fasten

Contraires : unhook

Expressions courantes : hook something on, hook something onto, hook a bag

captiver, rendre dépendant

Donner à quelqu’un une envie si forte de quelque chose qu’il a du mal à s’en passer.

En anglais simple : To make someone want something so much that they find it hard to stop.

• The first episode hooked me.
• He got hooked on cigarettes as a teenager.
• Her exciting stories hook readers from the first page.

Comment l'utiliser : be hooked on something (She is hooked on that new detective series.); get hooked on something (He got hooked on online games.)

Synonymes : captivate, addict

Expressions courantes : hook someone, hook the audience, hook a reader

passer, accrocher

Plier un doigt ou un bras autour de quelque chose, ou l’y passer, pour le tenir.

En anglais simple : To bend a finger, arm, or similar part around or through something to hold it.

• She hooked her finger through the ring.
• He hooked an arm around the branch.
• I hooked my thumbs into my pockets.

Comment l'utiliser : hook something through something (She hooked her thumb through a belt loop.); hook something around something (He hooked his arm around my shoulder.)

Synonymes : curl

Expressions courantes : hook a finger, hook an arm, hook something around