overhead

au-dessus, en hauteur

Au-dessus de la tête ou haut dans le ciel.

En anglais simple : Above your head or high in the sky.

• A bird flew overhead.
• Dark clouds gathered overhead as we walked home.
• We heard a helicopter passing overhead.

Synonymes : above, up above

Contraires : below

Expressions courantes : fly overhead, pass overhead, directly overhead

en hauteur, aérien

Situé en hauteur, notamment juste au-dessus de la tête.

En anglais simple : Above you, especially directly above your head.

• The overhead lights were bright.
• Put your bag in the overhead locker.
• Workers repaired the overhead power cables.

Expressions courantes : overhead lights, overhead wires, overhead locker

retourné

Qualifie un coup de pied qui envoie le ballon vers l’arrière en levant le pied au-dessus de la tête.

En anglais simple : Describing a kick made by lifting your foot above your head to send the ball backwards.

• He scored with an overhead kick.
• Her overhead effort flew just wide of the goal.
• The crowd cheered his spectacular overhead goal.

Synonymes : bicycle

Expressions courantes : overhead kick, an overhead goal

frais généraux

Dépenses régulières d’une entreprise, comme le loyer, qui ne sont pas directement liées à la fabrication de chaque produit.

En anglais simple : Regular costs of running a business, such as rent, that are not costs of making individual products.

• Rent is our biggest overhead.
• The company reduced its overhead by moving offices.
• High overhead costs left little room for profit.

Synonymes : running costs, operating expenses

Expressions courantes : reduce overhead, overhead costs, high overhead

argent gaspillé

Argent dépensé sans rien obtenir d’utile en échange.

En anglais simple : Money spent without gaining anything useful.

• That useless fee was pure overhead.
• He called the unnecessary spending overhead.
• They treated every wasted dollar as overhead.

Synonymes : waste

Expressions courantes : unnecessary overhead, pure overhead, wasted overhead

au-dessus de

Indique une position plus haute que quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Above someone or something.

• Stars shone overhead the sleeping town.
• A thick canopy spread overhead the travelers.
• Clouds gathered overhead the distant hills.

Comment l'utiliser : overhead someone/something (Branches formed a green roof overhead the path.)

Synonymes : above, over

Contraires : below, under

Expressions courantes : overhead someone, overhead the trees