verb🔗ShareCouver, se consumerTo burn with no flame and little smoke."After the campfire was put out, some embers were still smouldering under the ashes. "Après que le feu de camp a été éteint, quelques braises couvaient encore sous les cendres.natureenvironmentdisasterenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCouver, bouillirTo show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion."After the argument with her brother, Sarah was smouldering silently, refusing to speak but clearly still very angry. "Après la dispute avec son frère, Sarah bouillait en silence, refusant de parler, mais étant clairement encore très en colère.emotionmindcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCouver, être latentTo exist in a suppressed or hidden state."Even years after the argument, a resentment was still smouldering between the two sisters. "Même des années après la dispute, une rancœur était toujours latente entre les deux sœurs.conditionstatesituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCouver, brûler à petit feuTo smother; to suffocate; to choke."The thick smoke from the burning plastic was smouldering him, making him cough and struggle to breathe. "L'épaisse fumée du plastique en feu le faisait couver, le faisant tousser et lutter pour respirer.naturedisasterenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCoup de feu, braise(sometimes figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat."the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War"Les braises de la guerre de Trente Ans.energyphysicsprocessnaturedisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
