mob

foule, populace

Grand groupe de personnes qui se comportent avec colère ou de manière incontrôlée.

En anglais simple : A large group of people behaving angrily or in an uncontrolled way.

• An angry mob gathered outside.
• Police struggled to control the mob.
• A mob of shouting men chased him down the street.

Comment l'utiliser : a mob of people (A mob of protesters surrounded the building.)

Synonymes : crowd, rabble

Expressions courantes : angry mob, violent mob, mob violence

mafia, pègre

Groupe organisé de criminels, en particulier la mafia.

En anglais simple : An organized group of criminals, especially the Mafia.

• He worked for the mob.
• Police arrested a local mob boss.
• She denied having any connections to the mob.

Synonymes : Mafia, organized crime

Expressions courantes : the mob, mob boss, mob connections

personnage non-joueur, mob

Personnage d’un jeu vidéo contrôlé par le jeu lui-même plutôt que par un joueur.

En anglais simple : A character in a video game controlled by the game rather than by a player.

• A mob appeared behind us.
• Some mobs attack players at night.
• We defeated the mob and collected its treasure.

Synonymes : non-player character, NPC

Expressions courantes : hostile mob, mob spawn, attack a mob

troupeau

Grand groupe d’animaux, surtout de moutons, de bovins ou de kangourous.

En anglais simple : A large group of animals, especially sheep, cattle, or kangaroos.

• A mob of sheep blocked the road.
• We saw a mob of kangaroos near the trees.
• The farmer drove the mob into another paddock.

Comment l'utiliser : a mob of animals (A mob of cattle moved across the field.)

Synonymes : herd, flock

Expressions courantes : mob of sheep, mob of kangaroos, large mob

charlotte, bonnet

Bonnet en tissu souple au bord froncé, porté autrefois par les femmes.

En anglais simple : A soft cloth cap with a gathered edge, worn by women in the past.

• She wore a white mob.
• A ribbon decorated the edge of her mob.
• The women tucked their hair beneath their mobs.

Synonymes : mob cap

Expressions courantes : linen mob, lace mob, white mob

assaillir, se presser autour de

Se rassembler en grand nombre autour de quelqu’un ou d’un lieu.

En anglais simple : To gather around someone or somewhere in a large crowd.

• Fans mobbed the singer.
• Shoppers mobbed the store when it opened.
• Reporters were mobbing her outside the courthouse.

Synonymes : crowd around, swarm, surround

Expressions courantes : mob a star, mob the entrance, mob the store