mountain

montagne

Très haute élévation du terrain, généralement avec des pentes raides et un sommet.

En anglais simple : A very high area of land, usually with steep sides and a top called a peak.

• We climbed a mountain.
• Snow covers the tops of these mountains.
• Their village sits at the foot of the mountain.

Synonymes : mount

Expressions courantes : climb a mountain, mountain range, mountain path

montagne, tas

Très grande quantité ou énorme tas de quelque chose, ou chose exceptionnellement grande.

En anglais simple : A very large amount or pile of something, or something unusually big.

• I have a mountain of work.
• Mountains of rubbish lay beside the road.
• He was a mountain of a man.

Comment l'utiliser : a mountain of something (There was a mountain of laundry on the bed.)

Synonymes : heap, pile, mass

Expressions courantes : mountain of something, mountain of work, mountain of paperwork