strait

détroit

Passage d’eau étroit qui relie deux étendues d’eau plus vastes.

En anglais simple : A narrow area of water joining two larger areas of water.

• The ship crossed the strait.
• Strong currents flow through this strait.
• These straits connect two seas.

Synonymes : channel

Expressions courantes : narrow strait, cross the strait

difficulté, impasse

Situation très difficile, surtout financière ; le mot anglais s’emploie généralement au pluriel.

En anglais simple : A serious difficulty, especially involving money; usually used in the plural.

• The family is in dire straits.
• Losing both jobs left them in desperate straits.
• The business faced severe financial straits.

Synonymes : predicament, difficulty

Expressions courantes : in a strait, desperate strait

passage étroit

Voie étroite qui traverse un terrain ou passe entre des bâtiments.

En anglais simple : A narrow route through land or between buildings.

• The travellers entered a narrow strait between the rocks.
• A strait led from the square to the river.
• They followed the strait through the mountains.

Synonymes : pass, passage

Expressions courantes : narrow strait, through a strait

isthme

Bande de terre étroite reliant deux terres plus vastes.

En anglais simple : A narrow piece of land joining two larger areas of land.

• A narrow strait of land joined the two regions.
• The map showed a sandy strait between the coasts.
• They walked across the strait of land.

Synonymes : isthmus

Expressions courantes : strait of land, sandy strait