murder

meurtre, assassinat

Crime qui consiste à tuer volontairement une autre personne.

En anglais simple : The crime of deliberately killing another person.

• Police are investigating a murder.
• She was charged with murder last week.
• Two murders occurred in the town that year.

Synonymes : homicide

Expressions courantes : commit murder, murder investigation, charged with murder, murder trial

volée de corbeaux

Nom donné à un groupe de corneilles ou, parfois, de corbeaux.

En anglais simple : A group of crows, or sometimes ravens.

• A murder of crows crossed the sky.
• We watched a murder of crows feeding in the field.
• The tree sheltered a noisy murder of ravens.

Comment l'utiliser : a murder of crows (A murder of crows gathered beside the barn.)

Synonymes : flock

Expressions courantes : murder of crows, murder of ravens

assassiner, tuer

Tuer une autre personne volontairement et illégalement.

En anglais simple : To deliberately and illegally kill another person.

• Someone murdered the shop owner.
• Police believe he was murdered at home.
• The killer murdered two witnesses before escaping.

Synonymes : kill, assassinate

Expressions courantes : murder someone, murder a witness, murder a rival

tuer, passer un savon

Punir ou gronder sévèrement quelqu’un, dans une menace exagérée exprimant la colère.

En anglais simple : To punish or speak angrily to someone, said as an exaggerated threat.

• Mum will murder me for this mess!
• I’ll murder him if he’s lost my keys again.
• Her boss nearly murdered her for missing the meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : murder someone for something (Dad will murder me for breaking his favorite mug.)

Synonymes : tell off, chew out

Expressions courantes : murder someone, murder someone for something