thick

épais

Dont les côtés ou les surfaces opposés sont très éloignés l’un de l’autre.

En anglais simple : Having a large distance between opposite sides or surfaces.

• The book is thick.
• He cut a thick slice of bread.
• These walls are thicker than the old ones.

Contraires : thin

Expressions courantes : thick wall, thick slice, thick book, thick board

dense, épais

Qui contient beaucoup d’éléments ou de matière serrés les uns contre les autres.

En anglais simple : Having many things or a lot of material packed closely together.

• She has thick hair.
• We could barely see through the thick fog.
• The path disappeared into thick forest.

Synonymes : dense

Contraires : sparse

Expressions courantes : thick hair, thick fog, thick forest

épais

Se dit d’un liquide qui coule lentement et se verse difficilement.

En anglais simple : A liquid like this flows slowly and does not pour easily.

• The soup is thick.
• Add water if the sauce becomes too thick.
• This paint is thicker than I expected.

Synonymes : viscous

Contraires : thin, watery

Expressions courantes : thick soup, thick sauce, thick cream, thick gravy

en couche épaisse

En formant une couche épaisse ou en plaçant beaucoup d’éléments très proches les uns des autres.

En anglais simple : In a deep layer or with many things close together.

• Dust lay thick on the shelves.
• The snow fell thick around the cabin.
• Smoke hung thick in the air.

Synonymes : thickly

Contraires : thinly

Expressions courantes : lie thick, spread thick, fall thick

en grand nombre, fréquemment

En grande quantité ou en arrivant très souvent.

En anglais simple : In large numbers or arriving very often.

• Questions came thick and fast.
• Bullets flew thick and fast over their heads.
• Complaints arrived thick and fast after the announcement.

Synonymes : frequently, profusely

Contraires : rarely

Expressions courantes : thick and fast, come thick

cœur, plein milieu

La partie la plus animée, dangereuse ou intense d’une situation.

En anglais simple : The busiest, most dangerous, or most intense part of an event or situation.

• He was in the thick of the action.
• We found ourselves in the thick of a fierce argument.
• The camera caught her in the thick of the crowd.

Comment l'utiliser : in the thick of something (She was in the thick of the election campaign.)

Synonymes : midst, heart

Expressions courantes : the thick of, in the thick