pile

tas, pile

Ensemble de choses posées les unes sur les autres.

En anglais simple : A group of things placed on top of one another.

• Put the books in a pile.
• She sorted three piles of clothes.
• A pile of leaves blocked the path.

Comment l'utiliser : a pile of something (There is a pile of clean towels on the chair.)

Synonymes : heap, stack

Expressions courantes : pile of books, pile of clothes, large pile, pile of rubbish

pieu, pilotis

Long poteau solide enfoncé dans le sol pour soutenir un bâtiment ou un pont.

En anglais simple : A long, strong post pushed into the ground to support a building or bridge.

• The bridge rests on concrete piles.
• Workers drove a pile deep into the ground.
• The old wooden piles needed replacing.

Expressions courantes : concrete pile, steel pile, foundation pile

catégorie, lot

Personnes ou choses regroupées parce qu'elles reçoivent la même appréciation lors d'une sélection.

En anglais simple : A group of people or things put together because they receive the same judgment during a selection.

• This application belongs in the maybe pile.
• She put the strongest candidates in the yes pile.
• We moved two designs out of the reject pile.

Synonymes : group, category

Expressions courantes : maybe pile, reject pile, yes pile

entasser, empiler

Mettre beaucoup de choses ensemble ou les unes sur les autres au même endroit.

En anglais simple : To put many things together or on top of each other in one place.

• Pile the books on the desk.
• He piled his plate with food.
• They were piling bags beside the door.

Comment l'utiliser : pile something on something (She piled clean plates on the table.); pile something up (We piled the branches up beside the fence.)

Synonymes : heap, stack

Expressions courantes : pile something up, pile something on, pile something high

s’accumuler, s’entasser

Se rassembler en quantité de plus en plus grande au même endroit.

En anglais simple : If things do this, more and more of them collect in one place.

• Dirty dishes pile up quickly.
• Snow piled up outside the door.
• The work has been piling up all week.

Comment l'utiliser : pile up (Unpaid bills piled up on his desk.)

Synonymes : accumulate, build up

Expressions courantes : pile up, pile up quickly

ajouter, accumuler

Ajouter encore des choses, des exigences ou des problèmes à ce qui existe déjà.

En anglais simple : To add more things, demands, or problems to what is already there.

• Do not pile more work on me.
• Unexpected costs piled on top of our other problems.
• The coach kept piling on the pressure.

Comment l'utiliser : pile something on someone/something (They piled extra work on the remaining staff.); pile on top of something (New costs piled on top of our existing debts.)

Synonymes : add, heap

Expressions courantes : pile on pressure, pile on problems, pile on top

s’engouffrer, s’entasser

Entrer rapidement à plusieurs dans un espace étroit, généralement tous ensemble.

En anglais simple : If people do this, they enter a small space quickly, usually together.

• Everyone piled into the car.
• The children piled in after their teacher.
• We were piling into the bus when it started raining.

Comment l'utiliser : pile into something (The children piled into the back seat.); pile in (We opened the door and everyone piled in.)

Synonymes : crowd in

Expressions courantes : pile in, pile into something

sortir en foule, se précipiter dehors

Sortir rapidement à plusieurs d'un espace étroit, généralement tous ensemble.

En anglais simple : If people do this, they leave a small space quickly, usually together.

• The children piled out of the car.
• Everyone piled out when the bus stopped.
• People were piling out of the small room.

Comment l'utiliser : pile out of something (The passengers piled out of the bus.); pile out (The doors opened and the children piled out.)

Expressions courantes : pile out, pile out of