kid

enfant, gamin

Enfant ou jeune personne, dans la langue courante.

En anglais simple : A child or young person.

• That kid is very funny.
• The kids are playing outside.
• I loved that song when I was a kid.

Synonymes : child, youngster

Contraires : adult

Expressions courantes : little kid, young kid, school kid

enfant

Fils ou fille de quelqu’un, quel que soit son âge.

En anglais simple : Someone's son or daughter, who may be a child or an adult.

• Our kid starts school tomorrow.
• Both her kids are married now.
• Do your kids still live at home?

Synonymes : child, offspring

Expressions courantes : my kid, youngest kid, grown kid

chevreau

Petit de la chèvre.

En anglais simple : A young goat.

• The kid followed its mother.
• Two kids were born on the farm.
• A small kid jumped over the fence.

Synonymes : cabrito, capretto

Expressions courantes : goat kid, newborn kid

petit, cadet

Devant « brother » ou « sister », indique que ce frère ou cette sœur est plus jeune que soi.

En anglais simple : Used before brother or sister to show that they are younger than you.

• My kid brother loves football.
• She took her kid sister to the cinema.
• I used to share a room with my kid brother.

Expressions courantes : kid brother, kid sister

petit d’antilope

Antilope encore jeune.

En anglais simple : A young antelope.

• The antelope hid her kid in tall grass.
• Two kids followed the herd across the plain.
• The newborn kid stayed close to its mother.

Expressions courantes : antelope kid, newborn kid

plaisanter

Dire ou faire quelque chose pour rire, sans être sérieux.

En anglais simple : To say or do something as a joke.

• I am only kidding.
• The boys were kidding around in class.
• You must be kidding about that price!

Comment l'utiliser : kid around (Stop kidding around and listen.); kid with someone (I was only kidding with you.)

Synonymes : joke, joke around

Expressions courantes : kid around, kid with someone

tromper, duper

Faire croire à quelqu’un quelque chose de faux.

En anglais simple : To make someone believe something that is not true.

• You cannot kid me.
• He tried to kid us about his experience.
• Who are you kidding with that story?

Synonymes : fool, deceive, trick

Expressions courantes : kid someone, kid nobody

se faire des illusions

Croire quelque chose d’irréaliste sur soi ou sur son avenir.

En anglais simple : To believe something about yourself or your future that is not realistic.

• Do not kid yourself.
• She kidded herself that he would change.
• We were kidding ourselves about how much time we had.

Comment l'utiliser : kid yourself that… (Do not kid yourself that this will be easy.); kid yourself about something (He was kidding himself about his chances.)

Synonymes : delude oneself, deceive oneself

Expressions courantes : kid yourself, kid oneself