spare

supplémentaire, de rechange

Disponible en plus de ce qui est utilisé ou nécessaire.

En anglais simple : Available in addition to what is being used or needed.

• Do you have a spare pen?
• Guests sleep in the spare room.
• I keep spare batteries in my bag.

Synonymes : extra, additional

Expressions courantes : spare key, spare room, spare parts, spare wheel

libre

Se dit du temps disponible pour ses propres activités, sans travail ni obligations à remplir.

En anglais simple : Available for your own activities because you do not have to work or do other duties.

• I read in my spare time.
• She spent a spare afternoon painting.
• Do you have a spare moment to talk?

Synonymes : free, available

Expressions courantes : spare time, spare moment, spare afternoon

en trop, disponible

Se dit de petites sommes qu’on peut donner ou dépenser sans en avoir besoin soi-même.

En anglais simple : Describing small amounts of money you can give or spend without needing them yourself.

• Have you got any spare change?
• He put his spare change in a jar.
• She donated some spare cash to the shelter.

Synonymes : extra

Expressions courantes : spare change, spare cash

sobre, dépouillé

Simple, avec très peu de meubles, de décorations ou de détails.

En anglais simple : Simple, with very little furniture, decoration, or detail.

• The design is spare and elegant.
• Her writing has a spare style.
• The room looked spare, with just a bed and chair.

Synonymes : plain, minimal

Contraires : ornate

Expressions courantes : spare design, spare room, spare style

mince, élancé

Qui a un corps grand et mince.

En anglais simple : Tall and thin in body shape.

• He was a spare man with grey hair.
• Her spare figure stood in the doorway.
• Age had made his once strong frame spare.

Synonymes : lean, thin

Expressions courantes : spare figure, spare frame, spare man

accorder, donner

Donner à quelqu’un du temps, de l’argent ou quelque chose dont on peut se passer.

En anglais simple : To give someone some time, money, or another thing you can manage without.

• Can you spare a minute?
• She spared me some money for lunch.
• We cannot spare anyone to help today.

Comment l'utiliser : spare someone something (Can you spare me a few minutes?); spare something for someone/something (Could you spare some money for the shelter?)

Synonymes : give, provide

Expressions courantes : spare some time, spare someone something, spare a minute

avoir en trop, rester

Avoir plus de temps, d’argent ou d’autres choses que nécessaire.

En anglais simple : To have more time, money, or other things than you need.

• We have money to spare.
• She arrived with five minutes to spare.
• There is room to spare in the car.

Comment l'utiliser : have something to spare (We have plenty of food to spare.); with something to spare (He finished with ten minutes to spare.)

Synonymes : have left over

Expressions courantes : time to spare, money to spare, room to spare

épargner

Éviter à quelqu’un de vivre une expérience désagréable.

En anglais simple : To prevent someone from having an unpleasant experience.

• Please spare me the details.
• His quick reply spared us a wasted journey.
• She was spared the embarrassment of explaining her mistake.

Comment l'utiliser : spare someone something (I wanted to spare her the worry.); spare someone from something (The shortcut spared us from a long walk.)

Synonymes : save

Expressions courantes : spare someone something, spare someone the trouble