joe

café

Nom familier du café, surtout de la boisson.

En anglais simple : Coffee, especially as a drink.

• I need a cup of joe.
• He poured himself some hot joe.
• Do you take cream in your morning joe?

Synonymes : coffee

Expressions courantes : cup of joe, hot joe, fresh joe, morning joe

type, monsieur Tout-le-monde

Un homme comme les autres.

En anglais simple : An ordinary man.

• He's just an ordinary joe.
• The average joe cannot afford a house here.
• She described her neighbour as a decent joe.

Synonymes : guy, fellow, bloke

Expressions courantes : ordinary joe, average joe, regular joe, decent joe

espion, agent double

Espion, notamment celui qui travaille secrètement pour deux camps opposés.

En anglais simple : A spy, especially one who secretly works for two opposing sides.

• The joe sent a secret report.
• They suspected their joe was working for the enemy.
• Two joes disappeared after the failed mission.

Synonymes : spy, agent, double agent

Expressions courantes : enemy joe, recruit a joe, joe's handler