building

bâtiment, immeuble

Construction avec des murs et un toit, où l’on vit, travaille ou pratique d’autres activités.

En anglais simple : A structure with walls and a roof, where people live, work, or do other activities.

• That building is a school.
• They work in different buildings.
• How old is this building?

Synonymes : structure

Expressions courantes : office building, tall building, building entrance

construction

Travail consistant à assembler des éléments pour faire une maison, un pont ou autre chose.

En anglais simple : The work of making a house, bridge, or something else by putting parts together.

• Building takes time and money.
• The building of the school began in May.
• Heavy rain delayed the building work.

Comment l'utiliser : the building of something (The building of the tunnel took five years.)

Synonymes : construction

Expressions courantes : building work, the building of, road building