lug

trimballer, traîner

Porter ou tirer quelque chose de lourd avec difficulté.

En anglais simple : To carry or pull something heavy with difficulty.

• Can you lug this bag upstairs?
• We lugged our equipment across the field.
• She's tired of lugging heavy books around.

Comment l'utiliser : lug something around (I hate lugging these bags around.); lug something to somewhere (We lugged the boxes to the car.)

Synonymes : haul, drag, carry

Expressions courantes : lug something around, lug something upstairs, lug a suitcase

faire peiner le moteur

Faire peiner le moteur en le faisant tourner trop lentement pour le rapport de vitesse choisi.

En anglais simple : To make an engine work too hard by running it too slowly for the gear being used.

• Don't lug the engine uphill.
• The engine lugged when I stayed in fifth gear.
• Choose a lower gear to avoid lugging the motor.

Expressions courantes : lug the engine, lug in gear

porter trop de voiles

Naviguer avec trop de voiles déployées par rapport au vent et aux conditions météo.

En anglais simple : To sail with too much sail raised for the wind and weather.

• The yacht began to lug sail.
• They lugged too much canvas in the strong wind.
• The skipper avoided lugging sail as the storm approached.

Synonymes : overcanvass

Expressions courantes : lug sail, lug too much

dévier vers l'intérieur, dévier vers l'extérieur

Pour un cheval de course, tirer vers le bord intérieur ou extérieur de la piste.

En anglais simple : If a racing horse does this, it pulls toward the inner or outer edge of the track.

• The horse started to lug in.
• She lugged out as the jockey urged her forward.
• A horse lugging toward the rail can interfere with other runners.

Comment l'utiliser : lug in/out (The horse began to lug out near the finish.)

Synonymes : veer, swerve

Expressions courantes : lug in, lug out

oreille, lobe

Mot familier désignant l’oreille ou sa partie inférieure molle.

En anglais simple : An informal word for an ear or the soft lower part of an ear.

• My left lug is sore.
• Pull your hat down over your lugs.
• He caught his lug while shaving.

Synonymes : ear, earlobe

Expressions courantes : left lug, cold lug, pierced lug

halage, traînage

Action de tirer ou de porter quelque chose de lourd avec effort.

En anglais simple : An act of pulling or carrying something heavy with effort.

• It was a hard lug uphill.
• One final lug brought the sack through the door.
• The long lug across the field exhausted us.

Synonymes : haul, pull

Expressions courantes : hard lug, long lug, heavy lug

charge, fardeau

Chose lourde qu’il faut porter ou tirer.

En anglais simple : Something heavy that has to be carried or pulled.

• That pack is a heavy lug.
• He dropped his awkward lug beside the door.
• We each carried a lug up the steep path.

Synonymes : load, burden

Expressions courantes : heavy lug, awkward lug

demande d'argent, sollicitation de fonds

Demande pressante d’argent, notamment pour soutenir une cause politique.

En anglais simple : A demand for money, especially for a political cause.

• They put the lug on him for campaign money.
• The political lug annoyed several business owners.
• She resisted when fundraisers put the lug on her again.

Comment l'utiliser : put the lug on someone (Party officials put the lug on local business owners.)

Synonymes : demand, solicitation

Expressions courantes : put the lug, political lug