time out

temps mort

Courte interruption d’un match, souvent pour permettre à l’entraîneur de parler aux joueurs.

En anglais simple : A short pause in a sports game, often so a coach can speak to the players.

• The coach called a time out.
• We discussed our next move during the time out.
• Does the team have another time out left?

Synonymes : timeout

Expressions courantes : call a time out, take a time out

pause

Courte pause dans une activité stressante pour se détendre.

En anglais simple : A short break from a stressful activity so you can relax.

• I need a time out.
• She took a time out from the argument.
• A short time out helped us feel calmer.

Comment l'utiliser : a time out from something (I need a time out from work.)

Synonymes : break, breather

Expressions courantes : take a time out, need a time out

expirer

S’arrêter automatiquement parce qu’une tâche a dépassé le temps autorisé.

En anglais simple : To stop automatically because a task has taken longer than the allowed time.

• The connection timed out.
• Our download timed out before it finished.
• Does the request time out after a minute?

Comment l'utiliser : time out after + period (The connection will time out after thirty seconds.)

Synonymes : expire

Expressions courantes : time out automatically, time out after seconds