lookout

guetteur, sentinelle

Personne qui surveille l’arrivée d’un danger, d’ennemis ou de policiers et prévient les autres.

En anglais simple : Someone who watches for approaching danger, enemies, or police and warns others.

• A lookout watched the road.
• The thieves posted a lookout by the door.
• Their lookout warned them that a patrol was approaching.

Synonymes : watchman, sentry

Expressions courantes : act as lookout, post a lookout, ship’s lookout

belvédère, point de vue

Lieu d’où l’on peut voir une grande partie des environs.

En anglais simple : A place where you can see a wide area around you.

• We stopped at the lookout.
• The mountain lookout offers a view of the valley.
• Have you visited the lookout above the beach?

Synonymes : viewpoint, vantage point

Expressions courantes : scenic lookout, mountain lookout, lookout point

affaire, responsabilité

Affaire qui concerne une personne et dont elle doit assumer les conséquences.

En anglais simple : A person’s own concern or responsibility, including the consequences of their choices.

• If you miss dinner, that’s your lookout.
• He chose to ignore the warning; it’s his own lookout.
• How she spends her money is her own lookout.

Synonymes : concern, responsibility, business

Expressions courantes : your own lookout, someone’s own lookout