awake

éveillé

Qui ne dort pas.

En anglais simple : Not sleeping.

• Are you awake?
• The noise kept me awake all night.
• She was still awake when I got home.

Synonymes : up

Contraires : asleep

Expressions courantes : wide awake, stay awake, keep someone awake

conscient, attentif

Qui a conscience de quelque chose et reste attentif à son importance ou à ses effets possibles.

En anglais simple : Aware of something and paying attention to its importance or possible effects.

• She is awake to the danger.
• Managers must remain awake to changes in demand.
• Are we fully awake to the consequences of this decision?

Comment l'utiliser : awake to something (They are awake to the risks of the plan.)

Synonymes : aware, alert

Contraires : unaware

Expressions courantes : awake to something, fully awake

se réveiller, réveiller

Sortir du sommeil ou faire sortir quelqu’un du sommeil.

En anglais simple : To stop sleeping, or make someone stop sleeping.

• I awoke early.
• A loud crash awoke the children.
• She has awakened from a deep sleep.

Comment l'utiliser : awake from something (She awoke from a strange dream.); awake to something (We awoke to the sound of rain.)

Synonymes : wake, wake up, awaken

Expressions courantes : awake from sleep, awake at dawn, awake someone

éveiller, susciter

Faire naître ou renforcer un sentiment ou un intérêt.

En anglais simple : To cause a feeling or interest to begin or become stronger.

• Her story awoke my curiosity.
• The visit awoke old memories in him.
• Such remarks can awake resentment among colleagues.

Synonymes : arouse, stir, awaken

Expressions courantes : awake interest, awake a feeling, awake memories

prendre conscience de

Commencer à comprendre quelque chose et à en reconnaître l’importance ou les effets.

En anglais simple : To begin to understand something and recognize its importance or effects.

• He awoke to the danger.
• The company is awakening to the need for change.
• Have they finally awakened to the truth?

Comment l'utiliser : awake to something (They finally awoke to the seriousness of the problem.)

Synonymes : realize, recognize, wake up to

Expressions courantes : awake to something, awake to reality

se réveiller, renaître

Redevenir actif après une période de silence, de calme ou d’inactivité.

En anglais simple : To become active again after a period of silence, stillness, or inactivity.

• The village awoke as spring arrived.
• After years of silence, the movement awoke again.
• The national spirit had awakened at last.

Comment l'utiliser : awake from something (The town awoke from its winter silence.)

Synonymes : revive, stir, awaken

Expressions courantes : awake again, awake from inactivity