telegraph

révéler, trahir

Faire deviner ses sentiments ou ses intentions par ses gestes ou son comportement, souvent sans le vouloir.

En anglais simple : To show your feelings or plans through your movements or behaviour, often without meaning to.

• His face telegraphed his disappointment.
• Try not to telegraph your next move.
• She telegraphed her impatience by repeatedly checking the clock.

Synonymes : signal, reveal, give away

Contraires : conceal, hide

Expressions courantes : telegraph your intentions, telegraph a punch, telegraph your next move

télégraphier

Envoyer un message par un système de signaux électriques, courant avant le téléphone.

En anglais simple : To send someone a message using an electrical signal system once common before telephones.

• They telegraphed for help.
• She telegraphed the news to her brother.
• The captain telegraphed that the ship had reached port.

Comment l'utiliser : telegraph someone that… (He telegraphed his wife that he would arrive on Monday.)

Synonymes : wire, cable

Expressions courantes : telegraph someone, telegraph the news, telegraph for help

télégraphe

Ancien appareil ou système qui transmet des messages à grande distance grâce à des signaux électriques.

En anglais simple : An older device or system that sends messages over long distances using electrical signals.

• The museum has an old telegraph.
• Messages once travelled across the country by telegraph.
• The telegraph operator tapped out a message in code.

Expressions courantes : electric telegraph, telegraph operator, by telegraph