toast

pain grillé

Pain chauffé jusqu’à ce que sa surface soit dorée et croustillante.

En anglais simple : Bread heated until its surface is brown and crisp.

• I like toast with butter.
• She burned the toast this morning.
• Would you like eggs on toast?

Expressions courantes : buttered toast, slice of toast, toast with jam

toast

Paroles prononcées en levant son verre pour honorer quelqu’un ou célébrer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Words spoken while raising a drink to honor someone or celebrate something.

• We raised a toast to Dad.
• She proposed a toast to their future.
• Everyone stood for the wedding toast.

Comment l'utiliser : a toast to someone/something (We drank a toast to the new baby.)

Synonymes : salute

Expressions courantes : a toast to someone, raise a toast, propose a toast, make a toast

coqueluche

Personne, groupe ou chose que beaucoup de gens admirent et félicitent.

En anglais simple : A person, group, or thing that many people praise and admire.

• She became the toast of the town.
• The young singer was the toast of Paris.
• Their team is now the toast of the sporting world.

Comment l'utiliser : the toast of somewhere/something (The actor became the toast of the city.)

Synonymes : darling, favorite

Expressions courantes : toast of the town, toast of society, toast of london

griller, faire griller

Chauffer un aliment pour dorer sa surface et souvent la rendre croustillante.

En anglais simple : To heat food until its surface becomes brown and often crisp.

• Toast the bread lightly.
• I toasted some nuts in a pan.
• How long should we toast these seeds?

Synonymes : brown

Expressions courantes : toast bread, toast the nuts, toast some seeds

porter un toast

Lever son verre en exprimant de bons souhaits pour quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To raise your drink and express good wishes for someone or something.

• We toasted the winners.
• They toasted their anniversary with champagne.
• Everyone stood to toast the happy couple.

Comment l'utiliser : toast someone/something (We toasted their success.); toast someone/something with something (They toasted the bride with wine.)

Synonymes : salute

Expressions courantes : toast the couple, toast someone with champagne, toast our success

réchauffer

Réchauffer agréablement une partie du corps près d’une source de chaleur.

En anglais simple : To make a part of your body pleasantly warm near a source of heat.

• I toasted my feet by the fire.
• She sat near the stove to toast her hands.
• We toasted our cold toes beside the hearth.

Comment l'utiliser : toast something by something (He toasted his feet by the stove.)

Synonymes : warm

Expressions courantes : toast your feet, toast your hands, toast by the fire