wrestle

lutter

Se battre en saisissant, poussant et tirant une autre personne, parfois pour le sport ou pour s’amuser.

En anglais simple : To fight by holding, pushing, and pulling someone, often as a sport or for fun.

• The boys wrestled on the grass.
• She wrestles for her school team.
• Have you ever wrestled with your brother?

Comment l'utiliser : wrestle with someone (The guard wrestled with the intruder.)

Synonymes : grapple

Expressions courantes : wrestle with someone, wrestle someone, wrestle for fun, wrestle professionally

déplacer avec effort, manier avec effort

Déplacer ou maîtriser quelque chose de difficile à manier en poussant ou en tirant avec force.

En anglais simple : To move or control something by pushing or pulling hard, especially when it is difficult.

• We wrestled the sofa upstairs.
• She wrestled the heavy bag into the car.
• He wrestled the stick away from the dog.

Comment l'utiliser : wrestle something into/out of something (We wrestled the wardrobe out of the bedroom.); wrestle something away from someone (She wrestled the keys away from him.)

Synonymes : manhandle, heave

Expressions courantes : wrestle something upstairs, wrestle something open, wrestle something away

lutte, empoignade

Combat où les personnes se saisissent, se poussent et se tirent, parfois pour s’amuser.

En anglais simple : A fight in which people hold, push, and pull each other, sometimes for fun.

• The children had a playful wrestle.
• He hurt his arm during a wrestle with his brother.
• Their wrestle ended when both boys started laughing.

Synonymes : tussle, scuffle

Expressions courantes : have a wrestle, playful wrestle, wrestle with someone