muse

muse

Personne qui donne à un artiste des idées et l’envie de créer.

En anglais simple : A person who gives an artist ideas and the desire to create.

• His wife was his muse.
• The painter found a new muse in his neighbor.
• She became the muse for several young writers.

Synonymes : inspiration

Expressions courantes : a poet’s muse, someone’s muse, artist and muse

passage de gibier

Petite ouverture dans une haie ou une clôture, régulièrement empruntée par des animaux sauvages.

En anglais simple : A small opening in a hedge or fence that wild animals regularly pass through.

• The hare slipped through a muse in the hedge.
• We found a muse beside the gate.
• Hunters watched the muse for signs of movement.

Synonymes : muset

Expressions courantes : a narrow muse, muse in something

méditer, songer

Réfléchir calmement et profondément à quelque chose, souvent en oubliant ce qui se passe autour.

En anglais simple : To think quietly and deeply about something, often forgetting what is happening around you.

• He sat by the window and mused.
• She mused about what life might bring.
• I found him musing over an old photograph.

Comment l'utiliser : muse on/about/over something (She mused on the choices she had made.)

Synonymes : ponder, reflect, contemplate

Expressions courantes : muse about something, muse on something, muse over something

dire pensivement

Dire quelque chose lentement et d’un air pensif, comme en réfléchissant à une idée.

En anglais simple : To say something slowly and thoughtfully, as if considering an idea.

• “Perhaps we should wait,” she mused.
• He mused aloud that the plan might work.
• “I wonder where they went,” mused Anna.

Comment l'utiliser : muse that… (He mused that a smaller house might suit them better.)

Expressions courantes : muse aloud, muse that something