hush

faire taire

Faire cesser les paroles ou le bruit de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To make someone stop talking or making noise.

• She hushed the baby gently.
• He raised a hand to hush the crowd.
• Please hush the children while I make this call.

Synonymes : silence, quiet

Expressions courantes : hush someone, hush a baby, hush the crowd

se taire

Cesser de faire du bruit ou devenir plus silencieux.

En anglais simple : To stop making noise or become quieter.

• The crowd hushed when she appeared.
• Their voices hushed as the door opened.
• Even the birds seemed to hush at sunset.

Synonymes : fall silent, quiet down

Expressions courantes : hush suddenly, hush into silence

apaiser, calmer

Calmer ou atténuer une inquiétude, une peur ou une douleur.

En anglais simple : To calm a feeling of worry, fear, or pain.

• Her kind words hushed his fears.
• The familiar music hushed her troubled heart.
• He hoped the news would hush their worries.

Synonymes : soothe, allay, calm

Expressions courantes : hush someone’s fears, hush the pain

jaillir, déferler

Couler ou se déplacer avec rapidité et force.

En anglais simple : To flow or move quickly and strongly.

• Water hushed down the rocky slope.
• The stream hushed past the old mill.
• After the storm, muddy water hushed through the valley.

Synonymes : gush, rush

Expressions courantes : hush down something, hush over rocks

silence

Moment de calme, surtout lorsque le bruit vient de cesser.

En anglais simple : A period of quiet, especially when noise has just stopped.

• A hush fell over the crowd.
• Her loud laugh broke the hush.
• We waited in an expectant hush for the result.

Comment l'utiliser : a hush falls over something (A hush fell over the room when the music stopped.)

Synonymes : silence, stillness

Contraires : noise

Expressions courantes : a sudden hush, an expectant hush, hush fell

eau de lavage

Eau utilisée pour emporter la terre et mettre à nu la roche ou des matières contenant du métal.

En anglais simple : Water used to wash soil away and uncover rock or metal-bearing material.

• The hush washed soil off the rock.
• Miners released the hush from a small reservoir.
• The channel carried the hush toward the exposed ore.

Expressions courantes : release the hush, hush water

zone d’excavation hydraulique

Zone d’une mine où l’eau emporte terre ou roche pour atteindre des matières contenant du métal.

En anglais simple : An area in a mine where flowing water removes soil or rock to reach metal-bearing material.

• An old hush crosses the hillside.
• The miners searched the hush for more ore.
• Water had cut a deep hush below the reservoir.

Expressions courantes : an old hush, a mining hush