hound

chien de chasse

Chien élevé pour la chasse, qui a souvent un odorat très développé.

En anglais simple : A dog bred for hunting, often with a strong sense of smell.

• The hound followed the smell.
• A pack of hounds ran across the field.
• Their old hound slept beside the fire.

Synonymes : hunting dog

Expressions courantes : pack of hounds, hunting hound

harceler, traquer

Déranger ou suivre quelqu’un sans relâche, au point de lui rendre la vie difficile.

En anglais simple : To keep bothering or following someone, making their life difficult.

• Reporters hounded her all week.
• He keeps hounding me for an answer.
• The family was hounded by photographers outside their home.

Comment l'utiliser : hound someone for something (The children hounded him for money.); hound someone into doing something (They hounded her into signing the agreement.); hound someone out of something (The repeated threats hounded him out of his home.)

Synonymes : harass, pester, badger

Expressions courantes : hound someone for something, hound someone out