apart

séparément, à part

Sans être ensemble ou sans faire quelque chose ensemble.

En anglais simple : Separately from each other, rather than together.

• They live apart now.
• Keep the two groups apart.
• The twins had never spent a night apart.

Synonymes : separately

Contraires : together

Expressions courantes : live apart, keep something apart, consider something apart

en morceaux, en pièces

De façon à séparer un tout en plusieurs morceaux.

En anglais simple : Into separate pieces or parts.

• The old chair fell apart.
• He took the clock apart to repair it.
• Can you pull these two pieces apart?

Synonymes : to pieces

Expressions courantes : take something apart, fall apart, pull something apart

à part, exceptionnel

Nettement différent des autres, souvent par des qualités inhabituelles.

En anglais simple : Clearly different from other people or things, often because of unusual qualities.

• She is a musician apart.
• Their skill makes them a class apart.
• These artists are a breed apart.

Synonymes : distinct, exceptional, different

Contraires : ordinary

Expressions courantes : a class apart, a breed apart, a world apart

écartés, à distance

Avec un espace entre plusieurs personnes ou choses.

En anglais simple : With space between two or more people or things.

• Stand a little apart.
• The chairs are two metres apart.
• The islands drifted farther apart over millions of years.

Comment l'utiliser : distance + apart (The two houses are fifty metres apart.); apart from someone/something (She stood apart from the crowd.)

Synonymes : away from

Expressions courantes : far apart, metres apart, apart from someone

à part, mis à part

Sans tenir compte de quelque chose dans une réflexion ou une discussion.

En anglais simple : Leaving something out when thinking about or discussing a situation.

• Joking apart, we need help.
• Price apart, both cars suit us.
• Their differences apart, they work well together.

Comment l'utiliser : something + apart (The cost apart, the plan looks sensible.)

Synonymes : aside

Expressions courantes : joking apart, something apart, cost apart