pawn

pion

Une des huit petites pièces que chaque joueur possède au début d’une partie d’échecs et qui avance généralement.

En anglais simple : One of the eight small pieces each player starts with in chess, which normally moves forward.

• Move your pawn forward.
• She captured two pawns with her knight.
• Can this pawn reach the other side of the board?

Expressions courantes : move a pawn, white pawn, pawn structure

pion, marionnette

Personne qu’une autre contrôle et utilise pour servir ses propres intérêts.

En anglais simple : A person someone else controls and uses for their own purposes.

• He was only a pawn.
• The children became pawns in their parents’ argument.
• She refused to be a pawn in his political games.

Comment l'utiliser : a pawn in something (She felt like a pawn in their power struggle.)

Synonymes : puppet, tool

Expressions courantes : a political pawn, pawn in something, use a pawn

gage

Situation d’un objet conservé par un prêteur jusqu’au remboursement de l’argent emprunté.

En anglais simple : The state of being kept by a lender until borrowed money is paid back.

• Her necklace was in pawn.
• He put his watch in pawn to pay the rent.
• They could not afford to get their jewellery out of pawn.

Comment l'utiliser : in pawn (His watch is still in pawn.)

Expressions courantes : in pawn, put in pawn

mettre en gage

Confier un objet de valeur à un prêteur en échange d’argent qu’il faudra rembourser.

En anglais simple : To leave a valuable object with a lender in return for money you must pay back.

• He pawned his watch.
• I pawned my guitar to cover the rent.
• Would you pawn your jewellery to pay a bill?

Comment l'utiliser : pawn something for an amount (She pawned her ring for fifty pounds.)

Synonymes : pledge

Expressions courantes : pawn a watch, pawn something for, pawn someone’s jewellery