quirk

particularité, bizarrerie

Petite habitude ou caractéristique inhabituelle d’une personne ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : A small, unusual habit or feature of a person or thing.

• Everyone has a little quirk.
• One of her quirks is naming every houseplant.
• A quirk in the software made the screen flash.

Comment l'utiliser : a quirk of something (It was a quirk of fate that we met again.)

Synonymes : peculiarity, oddity, idiosyncrasy

Expressions courantes : personal quirk, quirk of fate, quirk of something

rainure

Rainure étroite ou angle rentrant prononcé le long d’une moulure décorative d’un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : A narrow groove or sharp inward corner along a decorative strip on a building.

• A narrow quirk runs along the molding.
• The plasterer cleaned dust from the quirk.
• These quirks separate the curved sections of the cornice.

Synonymes : groove, channel

Expressions courantes : quirk molding, deep quirk, carved quirk

hausser, remuer

Faire bouger légèrement et brusquement une lèvre ou un sourcil, souvent pour exprimer le doute ou l’amusement.

En anglais simple : To move a lip or eyebrow slightly and suddenly, often showing doubt or amusement.

• He quirked an eyebrow.
• Her lips quirked at his joke.
• One corner of his mouth quirked upward.

Synonymes : twitch

Expressions courantes : quirk an eyebrow, quirk a lip, quirk upward

rainurer

Faire une rainure étroite dans une moulure ou une surface.

En anglais simple : To put a narrow groove into a decorative strip or surface.

• The carpenter quirked the molding.
• Use this tool to quirk the wooden edge.
• They quirked each strip before fitting it.

Synonymes : groove, channel

Expressions courantes : quirk a molding, quirk the edge

singulariser

Modifier quelque chose d’une manière étrange ou très personnelle.

En anglais simple : To change something in a strange or individual way.

• The artist quirked the design with uneven corners.
• She likes to quirk familiar shapes.
• He quirked the usual layout by adding a tiny central room.

Expressions courantes : quirk a design, quirk the shape