away

au loin

En s’éloignant de l’endroit où l’on se trouve.

En anglais simple : Moving from the place where you are.

• Please go away.
• The dog ran away yesterday.
• We drove away before sunrise.

Synonymes : off

Expressions courantes : go away, run away, drive away

ailleurs, de côté

Dans une autre direction, en tournant le regard, le corps ou en se déplaçant.

En anglais simple : In a direction that faces or leads somewhere else.

• She looked away.
• He turned away when I approached.
• Please face away from the camera.

Comment l'utiliser : away from someone/something (He turned away from the bright light.)

Synonymes : aside

Expressions courantes : look away, turn away, face away

absent, parti

Qui n’est pas ici, par exemple parce qu’il voyage ou séjourne ailleurs.

En anglais simple : If someone is not here, they may be traveling or staying somewhere else.

• Dad is away today.
• We were away all weekend.
• Will you be away next week?

Comment l'utiliser : be away from somewhere (My sister is away from home this week.); be away on something (The manager is away on business.)

Synonymes : absent, gone

Contraires : present

Expressions courantes : be away, away from home, away on holiday

à distance, éloigné

À une certaine distance d’un lieu, d’un moment ou d’une situation.

En anglais simple : At a certain distance from a place, time, or situation.

• The shop is five minutes away.
• Her birthday is only a week away.
• Success felt a long way away.

Comment l'utiliser : a distance away from something (The hotel is two miles away from the beach.)

Synonymes : distant

Contraires : near

Expressions courantes : miles away, minutes away, far away

partir, s’en aller

Quitter un endroit pour aller ailleurs.

En anglais simple : To leave and go somewhere else.

• We must away before dawn.
• The travelers awayed to the village.
• Come, let us away to bed.

Comment l'utiliser : away to somewhere (We must away to the castle before sunset.)

Synonymes : leave, depart

Contraires : arrive

Expressions courantes : away to bed, away at dawn