attention

attention

Le fait de se concentrer sur quelqu'un ou quelque chose en regardant, en écoutant ou en réfléchissant.

En anglais simple : The act of looking, listening, or thinking carefully about someone or something.

• Please pay attention.
• The noise caught my attention.
• He gave the teacher his full attention.

Comment l'utiliser : pay attention to someone/something (Please pay attention to the instructions.); draw/attract someone’s attention to something (She drew my attention to a small mistake.)

Synonymes : focus, concentration

Contraires : inattention

Expressions courantes : pay attention, attention to something, attract attention

garde-à-vous

Position militaire debout, le corps droit, les pieds joints et les bras le long du corps.

En anglais simple : A straight standing position with feet together and arms at the sides, used by soldiers.

• The guard stood at attention.
• The soldiers came to attention at the command.
• She remained at attention until the officer had passed.

Comment l'utiliser : stand at attention (The soldiers stood at attention.); come to attention (The guards came to attention when the officer arrived.)

Expressions courantes : stand at attention, come to attention, at attention