pen

stylo

Petit instrument qui permet d’écrire ou de dessiner avec de l’encre.

En anglais simple : A small tool that uses ink to write or draw.

• Can I borrow your pen?
• She signed the form with a blue pen.
• These pens have run out of ink.

Expressions courantes : ballpoint pen, pen and paper, fountain pen

enclos

Petit espace entouré d’une clôture où l’on garde des animaux.

En anglais simple : A small area surrounded by a fence where animals are kept.

• The pigs are in their pen.
• He built a new pen for the sheep.
• Close the gate so the animals stay in the pen.

Synonymes : enclosure

Expressions courantes : pig pen, sheep pen, cattle pen

prison, taule

Lieu où sont enfermées les personnes condamnées pour des crimes graves.

En anglais simple : A prison where people are kept after being found guilty of serious crimes.

• He spent five years in the pen.
• She was sent to the state pen.
• They met while serving time in the pen.

Synonymes : prison, penitentiary

Expressions courantes : in the pen, federal pen, state pen

plume

Un écrivain ou sa manière particulière d’écrire.

En anglais simple : A writer, or the way someone writes.

• She has a sharp pen.
• The magazine attracted some of the finest pens of its time.
• These stories came from the pen of a young teacher.

Expressions courantes : a sharp pen, a gifted pen, from the pen

écrire, rédiger

Écrire une lettre, un récit, une chanson ou un autre texte.

En anglais simple : To write a letter, story, song, or other piece of text.

• She penned a short letter.
• He has penned several songs for the band.
• The article was penned during her stay abroad.

Synonymes : write, compose

Expressions courantes : pen a letter, pen a novel, pen a song, pen an article

enfermer, parquer

Mettre des animaux dans un espace entouré d’une clôture.

En anglais simple : To put animals in an area surrounded by a fence.

• We penned the sheep before sunset.
• The cattle were penned near the barn.
• She penned up the pigs while the fence was repaired.

Comment l'utiliser : pen someone/something in/up (The farmer penned the sheep up before dark.)

Synonymes : enclose, confine

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : pen up sheep, pen cattle, pen an animal

enfermer, coincer

Retenir quelqu’un dans un espace réduit dont il ne peut pas sortir facilement.

En anglais simple : To keep someone in a small area that they cannot easily leave.

• The crowd was penned in behind barriers.
• Tall buildings penned us in on every side.
• She felt penned in by the narrow walls.

Comment l'utiliser : be penned in (We were penned in by parked cars.)

Synonymes : trap, confine, hem in

Contraires : release, free

Expressions courantes : pen someone in, pen in something