necklace

collier

Bijou que l’on porte autour du cou.

En anglais simple : A piece of jewellery worn around your neck.

• She wore a silver necklace.
• He gave me a necklace for my birthday.
• Where did you buy those bead necklaces?

Expressions courantes : gold necklace, pearl necklace, wear a necklace

collier, chapelet

Ensemble de choses disposées en ligne ou en cercle, comme les éléments d’un collier.

En anglais simple : A line or circle of things arranged like jewellery around a neck.

• A necklace of lights surrounded the lake.
• The city has a necklace of small parks.
• A necklace of islands stretches along the coast.

Comment l'utiliser : a necklace of something (A necklace of villages surrounds the mountain.)

Synonymes : ring, chain

Expressions courantes : necklace of islands, necklace of lights, necklace of parks

pneu incendiaire

Pneu rempli de carburant, placé autour d’une personne et incendié pour la tuer.

En anglais simple : A tyre filled with fuel, put around a person and burned to kill them.

• The victim was killed with a necklace.
• Witnesses described a necklace made from a tyre.
• The report linked the necklace to a mob killing.

Expressions courantes : burning necklace, petrol necklace

brûler avec un pneu

Tuer quelqu’un en incendiant un pneu rempli de carburant placé autour de son corps.

En anglais simple : To kill someone by burning a fuel-filled tyre placed around their body.

• The mob threatened to necklace him.
• Several victims were necklaced during the violence.
• Witnesses said the attackers had necklaced a prisoner.

Expressions courantes : necklace someone, threaten to necklace