jive

danser le jive

Danser avec des mouvements rapides et énergiques sur du swing ou une musique populaire similaire.

En anglais simple : To dance with quick, lively movements to swing music or similar popular music.

• We learned to jive together.
• They jived across the dance floor.
• Can you jive to this song?

Comment l'utiliser : jive to something (They jived to the band's lively music.)

Synonymes : dance

Expressions courantes : jive to music, jive with someone, learn to jive

concorder, cadrer

Être en accord avec autre chose ou bien s’y adapter.

En anglais simple : To agree with something else or fit well with it.

• Those two stories don't jive.
• Her explanation jives with the facts.
• The numbers didn't jive with our earlier report.

Comment l'utiliser : jive with something (His account doesn't jive with the evidence.)

Synonymes : agree, match, jibe

Contraires : conflict, clash

Expressions courantes : jive with something, jive together, does not jive

tromper, baratiner

Tromper quelqu’un ou raconter des choses fausses.

En anglais simple : To trick someone or say things that are not true.

• Don't jive me; tell me the truth.
• He was jiving us about his rich uncle.
• Are you jiving, or did that really happen?

Synonymes : deceive, fool, kid

Expressions courantes : jive someone, jive me, jive about something

parler l'argot du jazz

Parler en employant les mots et expressions familiers propres aux musiciens de jazz.

En anglais simple : To talk using the informal words and expressions associated with jazz musicians.

• The musicians jived backstage after the show.
• He loved jiving with the jazz crowd.
• They jived about the band, using words I barely understood.

Expressions courantes : jive with someone, jive about jazz

jive

Danse énergique aux pas rapides, souvent exécutée à deux sur du swing.

En anglais simple : A lively dance with quick steps, often performed by two people to swing music.

• They danced the jive together.
• Our next lesson covers basic jive steps.
• The couple won a prize for their jive.

Expressions courantes : dance the jive, jive steps, jive lesson

swing

Musique de jazz vive, au rythme marqué, sur laquelle on peut danser.

En anglais simple : Lively jazz music with a strong rhythm that people can dance to.

• The band played jive all evening.
• She collects old jive records.
• Lively jive filled the club and drew everyone onto the dance floor.

Synonymes : swing

Expressions courantes : jive music, play jive, jive band

argot du jazz

Mots et expressions familiers employés par les musiciens de jazz et leur entourage.

En anglais simple : The informal words and expressions used by jazz musicians and people connected with them.

• He spoke jive with the musicians.
• Some expressions from jive entered everyday English.
• She studied the jive used in old jazz clubs.

Synonymes : jazz slang

Expressions courantes : speak jive, jazz jive, jive talk