rook

tour

Pièce d’échecs en forme de tour qui se déplace en ligne droite, horizontalement ou verticalement.

En anglais simple : A chess piece shaped like a tower that moves in straight lines along rows or columns.

• Move your rook forward.
• She captured my rook with her bishop.
• Both rooks were still on the board.

Synonymes : castle

Expressions courantes : move a rook, capture a rook, rook and king

corbeau freux

Grand oiseau noir d’Europe, proche de la corneille, qui vit souvent en groupes.

En anglais simple : A large black European bird related to the crow, often seen in groups.

• A rook landed in the field.
• Several rooks nested in the tall trees.
• We watched a rook searching for food.

Expressions courantes : a rook nest, a young rook

escroc

Personne qui trompe les autres pour leur prendre de l’argent ou des biens.

En anglais simple : Someone who tricks other people to get their money or things.

• That man is a rook.
• The rook took all their money.
• She discovered that her partner was a rook.

Synonymes : cheat, swindler

Expressions courantes : a dishonest rook, a clever rook