jack

valet

Carte à jouer représentant un jeune homme et portant la lettre J.

En anglais simple : A playing card showing a young man, marked with the letter J.

• I have a jack and an ace.
• She played the jack of clubs.
• How many jacks are left in the deck?

Synonymes : knave

Expressions courantes : jack of hearts, jack of spades, play a jack

cric

Outil qui soulève et maintient en hauteur une charge lourde, notamment une voiture.

En anglais simple : A tool that lifts and holds something heavy, especially a car.

• We need a jack to lift the car.
• She placed the jack under the frame.
• Does this jack support the weight of our van?

Expressions courantes : car jack, hydraulic jack, use a jack

prise, connecteur

Petite fiche ou prise permettant de brancher des appareils électriques.

En anglais simple : A small plug or opening used to connect electrical equipment.

• Plug the headphones into the jack.
• My phone has no headphone jack.
• Check the audio jacks at the back of the computer.

Synonymes : connector

Expressions courantes : headphone jack, audio jack, telephone jack

rien, que dalle

Absolument rien ; emploi familier, surtout pour dire qu’on ne sait rien ou qu’on n’a rien.

En anglais simple : Nothing at all, especially in expressions about knowing or having nothing.

• I know jack about cars.
• They paid me jack for all that work.
• That old computer is worth jack.

Synonymes : nothing, zero

Expressions courantes : know jack, jack squat, worth jack

pavillon de beaupré

Petit drapeau hissé sur un navire, souvent à l’avant.

En anglais simple : A small flag flown on a ship, often at the front.

• The ship flew a jack at the bow.
• Each navy has its own jack.
• The sailors lowered the jack before leaving port.

Synonymes : kitty

Expressions courantes : naval jack, fly a jack

jaque

Vêtement solide que les soldats du Moyen Âge portaient pour protéger leur corps.

En anglais simple : A strong coat worn by soldiers in the Middle Ages to protect their bodies.

• The soldier wore a leather jack.
• Small metal plates strengthened his jack.
• The museum displays several jacks from medieval battles.

Expressions courantes : leather jack, padded jack, jack of plate

augmenter, gonfler

Faire monter un prix, une quantité ou un niveau, souvent fortement.

En anglais simple : To increase a price, amount, or level, often sharply.

• They jacked up the prices.
• The hotel jacks its rates up during festivals.
• Higher fuel costs have jacked up delivery fees.

Comment l'utiliser : jack something up (The landlord jacked the rent up again.)

Synonymes : increase, raise, hike

Contraires : lower, reduce

Expressions courantes : jack up prices, jack something up

soulever au cric

Soulever une charge lourde à l’aide d’un outil spécial, comme un cric.

En anglais simple : To lift something heavy with a special lifting tool.

• Jack the car up carefully.
• They jacked up the truck to repair it.
• Can you jack this side up a little higher?

Comment l'utiliser : jack something up (We jacked the car up to change the wheel.)

Synonymes : raise, lift

Contraires : lower

Expressions courantes : jack something up, jack up something