mouth

bouche

Ouverture du visage qui sert à manger et à parler.

En anglais simple : The opening in your face that you use to eat and speak.

• Open your mouth, please.
• She covered her mouth when she coughed.
• He had food in his mouth.

Expressions courantes : open your mouth, close your mouth, mouth full, mouth of something

embouchure

Endroit où un fleuve ou une rivière se jette dans la mer, un lac ou un autre cours d'eau.

En anglais simple : The place where a river flows into the sea, a lake, or another river.

• We camped near the river mouth.
• A bridge crosses the mouth of the bay’s largest river.
• Sand had collected at the mouth of the stream.

Comment l'utiliser : the mouth of a river (Fishing boats gathered near the mouth of the river.)

Synonymes : outlet

Expressions courantes : river mouth, mouth of something

articuler sans bruit

Bouger les lèvres pour former des mots sans produire de son.

En anglais simple : To move your lips to form words without making a sound.

• She mouthed my name.
• He mouthed the words through the window.
• They were mouthing answers to each other.

Comment l'utiliser : mouth something to someone (She mouthed a warning to me.)

Expressions courantes : mouth the words, mouth something to someone

prendre dans la bouche

Tenir ou toucher quelque chose avec les lèvres ou les dents sans le manger.

En anglais simple : To hold or touch something with your lips or teeth without eating it.

• The puppy mouthed my hand gently.
• The baby was mouthing a soft toy.
• A fish mouthed the bait but did not swallow it.

Expressions courantes : mouth a toy, mouth the lure, mouth something gently

prononcer, dire

Dire des mots, souvent sans vraiment réfléchir ni ressentir ce qu'on dit.

En anglais simple : To say words, often without much thought or feeling.

• He mouthed a familiar slogan.
• The speaker mouthed promises that nobody believed.
• She kept mouthing the same tired phrases.

Synonymes : utter, say

Expressions courantes : mouth empty promises, mouth a slogan, mouth the words