sheet

drap

Grand morceau de tissu fin qui couvre le matelas ou qu’on met sur soi au lit.

En anglais simple : A large, thin piece of cloth that covers a mattress or lies over you in bed.

• Put a clean sheet on the bed.
• We washed the sheets this morning.
• The fitted sheet keeps slipping off the mattress.

Synonymes : bed sheet

Expressions courantes : bed sheet, clean sheet, fitted sheet, cotton sheet

feuille

Morceau plat de papier sur lequel on peut écrire, imprimer ou faire autre chose.

En anglais simple : One flat piece of paper used for writing, printing, or other purposes.

• I need a sheet of paper.
• Write your answers on separate sheets.
• She folded the sheet and put it in an envelope.

Comment l'utiliser : a sheet of paper (Take a sheet of paper and write your name.)

Synonymes : piece of paper

Expressions courantes : sheet of paper, blank sheet, answer sheet, paper sheet

plaque, plaque de cuisson

Morceau mince et plat d’un matériau, notamment une plaque métallique utilisée au four.

En anglais simple : A thin, flat piece of material, including a flat metal tray used for baking.

• Put the cookies on a baking sheet.
• They covered the hole with a sheet of plastic.
• Thin metal sheets lined the walls.

Comment l'utiliser : a sheet of something (He cut a sheet of metal to the right size.)

Expressions courantes : baking sheet, metal sheet, sheet of glass, plastic sheet

nappe, couche

Couche large et plate d’une matière qui recouvre une surface.

En anglais simple : A wide, flat layer of something covering a surface.

• The lake became a sheet of ice.
• Rain fell in sheets all afternoon.
• A thin sheet of water spread across the floor.

Comment l'utiliser : a sheet of something (A sheet of ice covered the pond.)

Synonymes : layer, covering

Expressions courantes : sheet of ice, sheet of water, sheet of rain

écoute

Corde qui permet de régler l’angle d’une voile sur un bateau.

En anglais simple : A rope used to control the angle of a sail on a boat.

• Pull the sheet tighter.
• The sailor loosened the sheet as the wind changed.
• Keep both sheets clear of your feet.

Synonymes : rope

Expressions courantes : jib sheet, main sheet, tighten the sheet

couvrir, recouvrir

Couvrir ou envelopper quelque chose avec du tissu, du papier ou un autre matériau mince.

En anglais simple : To cover or wrap something with cloth, paper, or another thin material.

• Sheet the floor before painting.
• The workers sheeted the walls with protective material.
• We sheeted over the equipment to keep out dust.

Comment l'utiliser : sheet something with something (They sheeted the furniture with plastic before painting.)

Synonymes : cover, wrap

Contraires : uncover, unwrap

Expressions courantes : sheet the floor, sheet something over, sheet with plastic

tomber à torrents

Se dit de la pluie qui tombe très fort, sans interruption, sur une grande étendue.

En anglais simple : When rain does this, it falls very heavily in a wide, continuous flow.

• Rain started to sheet down.
• Water sheeted off the roof during the storm.
• We watched the rain sheeting down outside.

Comment l'utiliser : sheet down (Rain began to sheet down over the fields.)

Synonymes : pour

Expressions courantes : sheet down, sheet off something