call to

attirer, tenter

Donner très envie de posséder quelque chose ou de vivre une expérience.

En anglais simple : If something strongly attracts you, you feel a desire to have it or experience it.

• The sea calls to me.
• Adventure called to him, so he left home.
• Even after dinner, that chocolate cake still calls to me.

Comment l'utiliser : something calls to someone (The open road calls to her every spring.)

Synonymes : tempt, beckon, appeal to

Contraires : repel

Expressions courantes : call to someone, call to me

appeler au sacerdoce

Faire naître chez quelqu’un le sentiment spirituel profond qu’il doit devenir prêtre catholique.

En anglais simple : To give someone a strong spiritual feeling that they should become a Catholic priest.

• He felt called to the priesthood.
• She asked whether God had called him to the priesthood.
• Those called to the priesthood often spend years in training.

Comment l'utiliser : be called to the priesthood (He believed he was called to the priesthood.)

Synonymes : destine for the priesthood

Expressions courantes : call to priesthood, call to ministry