pound the table

frapper la table

Frapper fort sur une table avec la main ou le poing, souvent plusieurs fois.

En anglais simple : Hit a table hard, often repeatedly, with your hand or fist.

• He began to pound the table.
• She pounded the table with her fist.
• Please stop pounding the table during dinner.

Synonymes : bang the table

Expressions courantes : pound the table, pound the table hard

défendre avec véhémence, insister

Défendre son avis avec beaucoup de force et insister pour que les autres l’acceptent.

En anglais simple : Express your opinion very strongly and insist that others should accept it.

• He pounded the table for reform.
• Our manager pounds the table whenever safety is discussed.
• They pounded the table to defend their rights.

Comment l'utiliser : pound the table for something (She pounded the table for better funding.)

Synonymes : insist, argue strongly

Expressions courantes : pound the table, pound the table for

argumenter sans preuves, vociférer

Défendre bruyamment son avis faute de faits ou de raisons solides pour l’appuyer.

En anglais simple : Argue loudly and forcefully because you have no good facts or reasons to support your view.

• Without evidence, he could only pound the table.
• The lawyer pounded the table instead of answering the question.
• When their facts fail, they pound the table.

Synonymes : bluster

Expressions courantes : pound the table, just pound the table

promouvoir, vanter

Vanter des produits avec enthousiasme pour donner envie de les acheter.

En anglais simple : Talk enthusiastically about products to persuade people to buy them.

• The salesman pounded the table for his products.
• Their agents pound the table for every new release.
• She pounded the table to attract more buyers.

Comment l'utiliser : pound the table for something (The broker pounded the table for the new investment fund.)

Synonymes : promote, pitch, plug

Expressions courantes : pound the table, pound the table for