rule

règle

Consigne indiquant ce que les gens doivent faire ou ne pas faire.

En anglais simple : An instruction that says what people must or must not do.

• Please follow the rules.
• He broke a school rule by using his phone.
• What are the rules of this game?

Comment l'utiliser : a rule against something/doing something (There is a rule against eating in class.); a rule about something (The school has rules about clothing.)

Synonymes : regulation, instruction

Expressions courantes : follow a rule, break a rule, school rule, against the rule

règne, domination

Période pendant laquelle une personne ou un gouvernement dirige un pays ou un peuple.

En anglais simple : The time during which a person or government controls a country or people.

• The king's rule lasted ten years.
• The country suffered under military rule.
• His rule ended when the army took power.

Comment l'utiliser : under someone's rule (The country became richer under her rule.)

Synonymes : reign, government, control

Expressions courantes : under someone's rule, military rule, colonial rule, years of rule

règle, norme

Ce qui se produit généralement ou est normalement vrai.

En anglais simple : Something that usually happens or is normally true.

• As a rule, I walk to work.
• In this region, hot summers are the rule.
• Her kindness was the rule, and her anger the exception.

Comment l'utiliser : as a rule (As a rule, the shop closes at six.); the rule rather than the exception (Late trains are the rule rather than the exception here.)

Synonymes : norm, usual state

Contraires : exception

Expressions courantes : as a rule, the general rule, rule rather than exception

règle

Instrument droit servant à mesurer des longueurs ou à tracer des lignes droites.

En anglais simple : A straight tool used to measure lengths or draw straight lines.

• Measure the board with a rule.
• He used a steel rule to mark a straight line.
• The carpenter unfolded her wooden rule.

Synonymes : ruler, straightedge

Expressions courantes : steel rule, folding rule, wooden rule, measuring rule

gouverner, régner sur

Diriger et contrôler un pays ou un groupe de personnes.

En anglais simple : To control and lead a country or group of people.

• The king rules the country.
• She ruled for nearly forty years.
• Who ruled this region before the war?

Comment l'utiliser : rule over someone/something (The queen ruled over a large empire.)

Synonymes : govern, reign over, control

Expressions courantes : rule a country, rule an empire, rule over someone, rule for years

assurer, être génial

Être excellent ou bien meilleur que les autres.

En anglais simple : To be excellent or much better than others.

• This band rules!
• Your new bike totally rules.
• Their team ruled all season.

Synonymes : rock, excel

Contraires : suck

Expressions courantes : you rule, they rule, really rule