tundra

toundra

Vaste région plate du Grand Nord où le froid empêche les arbres de pousser.

En anglais simple : A large, flat area in the far north where cold weather prevents trees from growing.

• No trees grew on the tundra.
• Reindeer crossed the frozen tundra.
• Small plants cover parts of the tundra in summer.

Expressions courantes : arctic tundra, frozen tundra, across the tundra

étendue interminable

Longue étendue de temps ou d’autre chose qui semble vide.

En anglais simple : A long, seemingly empty stretch of time or something else.

• A tundra of silence separated them.
• He wandered through a tundra of lonely years.
• The afternoon became a tundra of waiting.

Comment l'utiliser : tundra of something (She faced a tundra of empty days.)

Synonymes : expanse, stretch

Expressions courantes : tundra of time, tundra of silence