pore

pore

Très petite ouverture de la peau par laquelle sortent la sueur ou le sébum.

En anglais simple : A very small opening in your skin through which sweat or oil comes out.

• Sweat comes out through your pores.
• This cream can block a pore.
• She gently cleaned the pores on her nose.

Expressions courantes : skin pore, blocked pore, pore size

pore

Très petit trou dans un matériau, laissant souvent passer l'eau ou l'air.

En anglais simple : A very small hole in a material, often allowing water or air to pass through.

• Water entered the pores in the rock.
• The filter traps particles larger than its pores.
• Air moves slowly through the tiny pore spaces.

Synonymes : opening, hole

Expressions courantes : rock pore, pore space, pore structure

étudier attentivement, éplucher

Lire ou examiner quelque chose très attentivement pendant longtemps.

En anglais simple : To read or examine something very carefully for a long time.

• I pore over the maps every evening.
• She pored over the report for hours.
• Why are you poring over those old letters?

Comment l'utiliser : pore over something (He pored over the contract before signing it.)

Synonymes : study, scrutinize

Expressions courantes : pore over something, pore over books, pore over records

méditer, réfléchir

Passer longtemps à réfléchir profondément à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To spend a long time thinking deeply about something.

• He would pore on the question for hours.
• She pored upon the meaning of his words.
• Alone by the fire, he pored on his future.

Comment l'utiliser : pore on/upon something (She pored upon the reasons for her failure.)

Synonymes : ponder, reflect, meditate

Expressions courantes : pore on something, pore upon something