wade

marcher dans l’eau, patauger

Avancer à pied dans l’eau ou dans une matière qui rend la marche difficile.

En anglais simple : To walk through water or something else that makes walking difficult.

• We waded across the stream.
• Children wade in the shallow water.
• She waded through mud to reach the gate.

Comment l'utiliser : wade through something (We had to wade through deep water.); wade across something (They waded across the river.); wade into something (He waded into the shallow pool.)

Expressions courantes : wade through water, wade across something, wade into something

parcourir péniblement

Traiter lentement une grande quantité de documents ou de contenu difficiles ou ennuyeux.

En anglais simple : To deal slowly with a large amount of difficult or boring material.

• I must wade through these reports.
• She waded through hundreds of emails.
• Have you waded through the whole contract?

Comment l'utiliser : wade through something (I spent hours wading through old files.)

Synonymes : plough through

Expressions courantes : wade through something, wade through paperwork

se jeter dans

Se lancer dans une bagarre, une dispute ou une situation difficile sans beaucoup réfléchir ni prendre de précautions.

En anglais simple : To enter a fight, argument, or difficult situation without much care or thought.

• He waded into the argument.
• She waded into the debate without knowing the facts.
• The boys waded into the fight.

Comment l'utiliser : wade into something (He waded into the dispute and made it worse.)

Synonymes : plunge into, jump into

Expressions courantes : wade into something, wade into battle

traversée à gué

Action de traverser de l’eau à pied.

En anglais simple : An occasion when you walk through water.

• We enjoyed a short wade in the stream.
• The wade across the river took ten minutes.
• Our cold wade left us shivering.

Comment l'utiliser : a wade across something (A wade across the stream cooled our feet.)

Expressions courantes : a short wade, wade across something, wade through something