mule

mulet, mule

Animal né d’un âne mâle et d’une jument, souvent utilisé pour porter des charges.

En anglais simple : An animal born from a male donkey and a female horse, often used to carry loads.

• The mule carried our bags.
• Farmers used mules to pull heavy carts.
• We rode a mule along the mountain path.

Expressions courantes : pack mule, ride a mule, mule train, breed a mule

mule

Chaussure qui couvre l’avant du pied mais laisse le talon découvert.

En anglais simple : A shoe that covers the front of your foot but leaves your heel uncovered.

• She wore a pair of red mules.
• This leather mule has a low heel.
• I slipped off my mules by the door.

Expressions courantes : leather mule, heeled mule, mule shoe

mule, passeur de drogue

Personne payée pour transporter secrètement des drogues illégales d’un endroit à un autre.

En anglais simple : A person paid to secretly carry illegal drugs from one place to another.

• Police arrested a drug mule at the airport.
• The gang recruited young people as mules.
• She was paid to act as a mule across the border.

Synonymes : drug courier

Expressions courantes : drug mule, recruit a mule