call up

sélectionner

Choisir un joueur pour une équipe, notamment nationale ou de niveau supérieur.

En anglais simple : To choose a player to join a team, especially a national or higher-level team.

• The coach called up two players.
• He was called up to the national squad last month.
• Who will they call up to replace the injured goalkeeper?

Comment l'utiliser : call someone up to a team (The coach called her up to the national team.)

Synonymes : select, pick

Contraires : drop

Expressions courantes : call up someone, call up a player

afficher, évoquer

Faire apparaître des informations enregistrées à l’écran, ou faire revenir un souvenir à l’esprit.

En anglais simple : To bring stored information onto a screen or bring a memory into your mind.

• Call up the customer record.
• The song called up memories of our first holiday.
• He called the old photographs up on his screen.

Comment l'utiliser : call something up (She called the document up on her laptop.)

Synonymes : retrieve, recall, bring up

Expressions courantes : call up something, call up a file

appeler sous les drapeaux, mobiliser

Ordonner à quelqu’un de rejoindre l’armée ou d’y reprendre son service.

En anglais simple : To order someone to join or return to the armed forces.

• They called up more soldiers.
• My grandfather was called up during the war.
• Will the army call up reservists this year?

Comment l'utiliser : be called up for something (He was called up for military service at nineteen.)

Synonymes : conscript, draft, mobilize

Contraires : discharge

Expressions courantes : call up reservists, call up someone

téléphoner à, appeler

Contacter quelqu’un par téléphone.

En anglais simple : To contact someone by telephone.

• Call up your friend.
• She called me up last night.
• Why did you call up the office so early?

Comment l'utiliser : call someone up (I called my sister up to ask about dinner.)

Synonymes : call, phone, ring

Expressions courantes : call up someone, call up a friend