fall on

tomber un, tomber sur

Avoir lieu ou être fixé à un jour précis.

En anglais simple : To happen or have its date on a particular day.

• My birthday falls on Sunday.
• The holiday fell on a weekend last year.
• Does the first day of term fall on a Monday?

Comment l'utiliser : fall on a day/date (The festival falls on 12 June this year.)

Synonymes : occur on, be on

Expressions courantes : fall on a monday, fall on a weekend

traverser, connaître

Commencer à traverser une période malheureuse ou difficile.

En anglais simple : To begin experiencing an unhappy or difficult period.

• The family fell on hard times.
• Many local shops have fallen on difficult times.
• Will the charity help people who fall on hard times?

Comment l'utiliser : fall on + adjective + times (The company fell on hard times after losing its biggest customer.)

Synonymes : run into, experience

Expressions courantes : fall on hard times, fall on difficult times

incomber à, revenir à

Pour une tâche ou une dépense, devenir la responsabilité de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : If a task or cost does this, someone becomes responsible for it.

• The responsibility falls on you.
• Most of the childcare fell on her.
• It will fall on the council to find a solution.

Comment l'utiliser : something falls on someone (The cost of repairs falls on the owner.); it falls on someone to do something (It falls on me to tell everyone the news.)

Synonymes : fall to, rest on

Expressions courantes : fall on someone, fall on parents

se poser sur, tomber sur

Pour les yeux ou le regard, se poser sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose et le remarquer.

En anglais simple : If your eyes or gaze do this, you look at or notice someone or something.

• Her eyes fell on the letter.
• My gaze fell on a familiar face in the crowd.
• As he turned, his eyes fell on the broken window.

Comment l'utiliser : eyes/gaze fall on someone/something (His gaze fell on the empty chair.)

Synonymes : alight on, settle on

Expressions courantes : fall on someone, fall on something