20 ) Prépositions Et Particules Flashcards
Entrer
Come in
Avancer
Move along
Par dessus, au dessus
Over
Être à la hauteur de qqch
Be up to sth
Élever
Bring up
Près de
Near
Traverser
Walk across
Avoir recours à qqch
Fall back on sth
Dans
In
Le long de
Along
À travers
Through
Mouvement vers une surface
On
Bring back
Rapporter, ramener
Idée de séparation
Off
Emporter
Take away
Rendre
Give back
Se lever
Get up
Résister à qqch / qqn
Stand up to sth / sb
Derrière
Behind
Idée d’avancer le long de quelques chose
Along
Idée d’éloignement
Away
À, dans
At
Vider son verre
Drink up
Among
Parmi
Quant à
As for
Enfiler (un vetement)
Put on
Traverser (une situation)
Go through
Entre
Between
Venir à manquer de
Run out of sth
Étant donnée
Considering/ given
À propos de
About
Noter
Take down
À coté de
Next to
Revenir
Come back
Lever les yeux
Look up
À travers
Through
Éclater (pdnt la guerre)
Break out
À coté de
Beside
Au dessus de
Above
Entrer
Get in
Autour de
Round
Contrairement à
Contrary to/ unlike
S’entendre avec quelqu’un
Get on with sb
Abandonner, arreter
Give up
Dans différentes directions
About
Vers le haut/ idée d’achèvement
Up
Mouvement vers l’ext
Out
À cause de
Because of
Dans (sens dynamique)
Into
Idée de l’intérieur
In
Essayer des habits
Try clothes on
De l’autre coté de, à travers
Across
En face de
Opposite
Héberger quelqu’un
Put sb up
Devant
In front of
Regarder autour de soi
Look around
Remettre à plus tard
Put off
Sous
Under
Idée de retour
Back
Décoller
Take off
À l’intérieur de
Inside
En raison de
Owing to
Descendre
Go down
Se débarrasser de qqch
Go away with sth
Idée de circularité
Around/ round
Faire attention à qqch
Watch up for sth
Hors de
Out of
Se promener
Walk about
Tolerer qqch/ quelqu’un
Put up with sth/ sb
En ce qui concerne
As regards/ regarding
Rattraper quelqu’un
Catch up with sb
À l’extérieure de
Outside
Reprendre
Take back
Sur
On
Près de
By
Revenir
Get back
S’éloigner
Move away
En haut de
Up
Au lieu de
Instead of
En bas de
Down
Continuer qqch
Go on with
Tout près de
Close to
À,en
To (sens dynamique)
Enlever qqch
Take sth off
Déménager
Move out
Tomber en panne
Break down
Au large de, séparé de
Off
De (points de départ)
From
Mouvement vers le bas
Down
Se sentir le courage de faire qqch
Feel up to sth
Vers
Towards
Movement au-dessus de qqch
Over
Mépriser qqch/ qqn
Look down on sth / sb
À travers
Across
Au-dessous de
Below
Devant
Past
Malgré
In spite of/ despite
Être déterminé/ être parti pour
Be out to
he is out to win at all costs
Être fini
Be (all) over
It was all over in a flash
En avoir fini avec
Be through with
He is not yet through with his work
Être au courant de
Be up on
Donald Trump isn’t really up on the situation in Europe
Manigancer/ être à la hauteur de
Be up to
Confirmer
Bear out
What happened bore out the journalist’s prediction
Faire face/ tenir bon
Bear up
he’s bearing up well/to bear up in the face of adversity
Tomber en panne
Break down
Entrer par effraction
Break into
Rompre (relations)/ enlever (en cassant)
Break off
He broke off the handles
Éclater/ s’évader
Break out
Provoquer
Bring about
Convertir à
Bring around to
Rich countries want to bring others around to the idea of CO2 reduction
Renverser/ abattre
Bring down
Faire ressortir
Bring out
Soulever (une question)/ élever
Bring up
Demander
Call for
Annuler
Call off
Rendre visite à quelqu’un
Call on
Réussir / emporter
Carry off
it is a risky plan and I wonder if they can carry it off
Exécuter
Carry out
To carry out a plan
Arriver / se produire
Come about
nobody knows how this situation came about
Tomber sur/ trouver par hasard
Come across
Se ranger à l’opinion de / retrouver ses esprits
Come around
They finally came round to our point of view
Se réduire à/ se résumer à
Come down to
in the end it all comes down to what Obama decides to do
Se ranger du coté de
Come over to
A top Labour minister has come over to the Conservatives
Surgir/ apparaître
Come up
a new question has come up
Se retrouver face à face avec / se heurter à
To come up against
the government has come up against difficulties
Arriver à/ s’approcher de
Come up to
the new President may not come up to expectations/my ex-girlfriend came up to me in the street
Réduire
Cut back
The government have had to cut back on health spending recently
Couper/ interrompre
To cut off
The storm cut off all communications with remote regions
Éliminer/ découper
Cut out
We must cut out all that is not completely necessary
Une part des bénéfices
Ne pas confondre
A cut of the profits
Une baisse des bénéfices
Pas confondre
A cut in profits
Une réduction
A cutback
Abolir
Do away with
It will take time to do away with the vestiges of the old regime
Se passer de
Do without
They had to do without water for 3 days
Faire face à
Face up to
everyone will soon have to face up to environmental issues
Avoir recours à/ se rabattre sur
Fall back on
They’ll have to fall back on the original plan
Se disputer au sujet de
Fall out over
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer fell out over the question of the bank bailout
Échouer
Fall through
plans for a new stadium in London have fallen through
Suivre
Follow up
his declaration was not followed up by any concrete measures
Révéler
To give away
I promise not to give away your secret
Céder
Give in
The government promised to never give in to terrorrists
S’accrocher/ tenir bon
To hold on
hold on! I’ll save you!
Résister/ tenir
Hold out
They won’t be able to hold out till spring without more help
Licencier
Lay off
thousands of workers were laid off because of the recession
Décevoir, laisser en plan
Let down (After all his promises, he has let us down very badly)
Relâcher
Let off
the judge let him off with a surprisingly light sentence
Laisser entendre
Let on
if the government has a plan, nobody is letting on
Libérer
Let out
(prisoners in Britain are often let out early)
Se nourrir de / vivre de
Live off
Lots of French towns live off tourism
Être à la hauteur de
Live up to
The tyrant had no difficulty living up to his reputation for cruelty
Regarder de haut
Look down on
Rolls Royce owners tend to look down on Mr Appleton’s car
Attendre avec impatience
Look Forward to
Mr Appleton is looking forward to all the presents his students will give him on his birthday
Examiner/ étudier de près
Look into
A special commission was appointed to look into the issue
Compter sur
To look to
Former communist countries are looking to the EEC for help
Chercher (dans une liste) / s’améliorer/ lever les yeux
Look up
he looked up the number in the telephone directory/After a bad spell, things are looking up
Avoir du respect pour
To look up to
The students look up to Mr Appleton as a model of virtue
Se faire passer pour
To pass oneself off as
Obama didn’t try to pass himself off as the Saviour of the planet
Entrer dans le jeu de
To play along with
what you propose is dishonest and I refuse to play along with you
Minimiser
Play down
the government will try and play down the scandal
Prendre de l’avance
Pull ahead
towards the end of the campaign, Obama started pulling ahead
Réussir
Pull off
They pulled off the robbery by bribing the guards
Faire passer de force
Push through
the government pushed through the law on foxhunting
Répandre
Put about
the popular press is always putting about false rumours
Mettre au compte de/ expliquer
Put down to
One could put the result down to Trump’s charisma
Ériger/ héberger
Put up
(a statue has been put up in his honour)
We would be happy to put you up when you next come to London.
Tolérer
Put up with
Trump is not likely to put up with criticism lightly
Écarter (une hypothèse/ une possibilité)
Rule out (military intervention cannot be ruled out )
Être à court de
Run out of
Accumuler/ totaliser
Run up
The company has run up a huge deficit recently
Se mettre à
To set about
Obama has set about dealing with the problem of CO2 emissions
Déclencher/ partir
Set off
the event set off a diplomatic incident
Attacher de l’importance à
Set store by
the public sets little store by what is promised by candidates
Établir/ créer
Set up (they set up a new compagny)
Compenser/ équilibrer
Offset sth
to offset his losses in the City, he was forced to take out a loan
Revers
A setback
after several setbacks they had to close the factory
Organisation/ structure
A setup
many people criticised the government setup under Blair
Démissionner
Stand down
he was obliged to stand down as President after the scandal broke out
Ressortir
Stand out
Trump stood out from other Republican candidates thanks to his dynamism
Résister à / défier
Stand up to
it takes courage to stand up to dictators
Tenir de
Take after (he takes after his father)
Prendre le contrôle de
Take over (the invaders took over the planet in a matter of ours)
Refuser
To turn down
Se transformer
To turn into
S’avérer/ participer
To turn out
the policy turned out to be a failure/the evangelical community failed to turn out en masse for the election
Baisse
Downturn
a downturn in inflation
Assistance/ participation
Turnout
the turnout for the concert was greater than predicted
Relance
Upturn
we are all waiting eagerly for the upturn in the economy
Passer/ s’atténuer
Wear off
the novelty of Barack Obama will wear off in time
User/ fatiguer
Wear out
I’m worn out with marking my students’ papers
Faire une croix sur/ passer par pertes et profits
Write off
(Corbyn’s chances of winning the next election have been written off in some quarters/some experts recommend writing off Third World Debt)
