cut off

se couper, interrompre

S'arrêter brusquement, ou interrompre brusquement un appel, un son ou une connexion.

En anglais simple : To stop suddenly, or make a call, sound, or connection stop suddenly.

• The music cut off suddenly.
• Our phone call was cut off.
• Why does the sound keep cutting off?

Comment l'utiliser : be cut off (Our call was cut off during the storm.)

Synonymes : break off, stop abruptly

Expressions courantes : cut off suddenly, cut off mid-sentence, cut off contact

cesser de soutenir, couper les vivres

Cesser de fournir de l’argent ou des ressources à quelqu’un, le privant de cette aide.

En anglais simple : If someone stops giving you money or supplies, they leave you without that support.

• They cut off our water.
• His family cut him off last year.
• Will the bank cut off funding?

Comment l'utiliser : cut someone off (Her parents cut her off after she left college.); cut off something (The council cut off funding for the project.)

Synonymes : stop supporting, stop supplying

Expressions courantes : cut off someone, cut off funding, cut off supplies

couper la parole

Interrompre quelqu'un avant qu'il ait fini de parler.

En anglais simple : To stop someone speaking before they have finished what they want to say.

• Please do not cut me off.
• He cut her off before she finished.
• The host keeps cutting off his guests.

Comment l'utiliser : cut someone off (The interviewer cut her off before she could explain.)

Synonymes : interrupt

Expressions courantes : cut off someone, cut off rudely, cut off mid-sentence

couper, cadrer hors champ

Laisser une partie de quelque chose hors de l’image ou empêcher qu’on la voie.

En anglais simple : To leave part of something outside a picture or block it from being seen.

• The photo cuts off his feet.
• The camera angle cut off half the sign.
• Her face was cut off by the edge of the screen.

Comment l'utiliser : cut off something / cut something off (The edge of the frame cuts off her hand.); be cut off by something (His feet were cut off by the bottom of the photo.)

Synonymes : crop out, obscure

Expressions courantes : cut off something, cut something off

couper la route, barrer le passage

Se placer sur le chemin de quelqu'un pour l'empêcher de continuer dans cette direction.

En anglais simple : To move into someone’s path and stop them continuing in that direction.

• That car cut me off.
• A guard cut off the escaping thief.
• She ran ahead and cut him off.

Comment l'utiliser : cut someone off (A van cut us off as we approached the bridge.)

Synonymes : block, intercept

Expressions courantes : cut off someone, cut off traffic, cut off escape

éteindre

Arrêter un appareil électrique à l'aide de son interrupteur.

En anglais simple : To stop an electrical device by using its switch.

• Cut off the light, please.
• She cut the television off before bed.
• Have you cut off the fan?

Comment l'utiliser : cut something off (Could you cut the radio off?)

Synonymes : turn off, switch off

Contraires : turn on

Expressions courantes : cut off something, cut off lights, cut off television