sucker

pigeon, gogo

Une personne facile à tromper pour lui faire croire quelque chose ou lui soutirer de l’argent.

En anglais simple : A person who is easily tricked into believing something or giving away money.

• Don't be a sucker.
• Some poor sucker paid twice the usual price.
• They took me for a sucker and tried to cheat me.

Synonymes : fool, dupe, sap

Expressions courantes : poor sucker, complete sucker, a total sucker

mordu, fan

Une personne qui aime tellement quelqu’un ou quelque chose qu’elle a du mal à y résister.

En anglais simple : A person who likes someone or something so much that they find it hard to resist.

• I'm a sucker for chocolate.
• She's always been a sucker for romantic films.
• Are you a sucker for a friendly smile?

Comment l'utiliser : be a sucker for someone/something (I'm a sucker for happy endings.)

Synonymes : enthusiast, fan

Expressions courantes : sucker for something, sucker for someone, such a sucker

sucette

Un bonbon que l’on suce, surtout lorsqu’il est fixé au bout d’un bâtonnet.

En anglais simple : A sweet that you suck, especially one on the end of a stick.

• The child wanted a red sucker.
• She handed out suckers after the game.
• He unwrapped a cherry sucker and put it in his mouth.

Synonymes : lollipop

Expressions courantes : cherry sucker, sucker stick, give someone a sucker

machin, truc

Un objet dont on parle familièrement, souvent gros, difficile à manier ou impressionnant.

En anglais simple : A thing you are talking about, often something large, difficult to handle, or impressive.

• This sucker is heavy!
• We finally got the sucker through the door.
• That new engine is one powerful sucker.

Synonymes : thing

Expressions courantes : this sucker, big sucker, move the sucker

suceur

Un animal, une personne ou un appareil qui absorbe un liquide en l’aspirant.

En anglais simple : An animal, person, or device that draws in liquid by sucking.

• A leech is a blood sucker.
• These insects are sap suckers that damage young plants.
• The tiny blood suckers left itchy marks on her legs.

Expressions courantes : blood sucker, sap sucker, powerful sucker

drageon, rejet

Une nouvelle pousse indésirable qui sort des racines d’une plante ou du bas de son tronc.

En anglais simple : An unwanted new stem growing from a plant's roots or the lower part of its trunk.

• Cut off the sucker near the roots.
• The rose bush keeps producing suckers.
• Remove suckers before they take strength from the main plant.

Synonymes : root shoot

Expressions courantes : root sucker, remove a sucker, rose sucker

duper, arnaquer

Tromper quelqu’un pour lui faire faire quelque chose ou obtenir quelque chose de lui.

En anglais simple : To trick someone into doing something or giving you something.

• Don't let them sucker you.
• She was suckered into paying for an expensive course.
• The scammers suckered him out of all his money.

Comment l'utiliser : sucker someone into doing something (The advertisement suckered me into buying a useless gadget.); sucker someone out of something (They suckered him out of his savings.)

Synonymes : trick, fool, con, dupe

Expressions courantes : sucker someone into something, sucker someone into buying, sucker someone out of

édrageonner

Enlever les pousses indésirables qui sortent des racines d’une plante ou du bas de son tronc.

En anglais simple : To remove unwanted new stems growing from a plant's roots or lower trunk.

• We need to sucker the roses.
• The gardener suckered the young trees in spring.
• They spent the morning suckering the maize.

Expressions courantes : sucker the maize, sucker a plant, sucker the roses