feel like

avoir envie de

Avoir envie de quelque chose ou de faire quelque chose à ce moment précis.

En anglais simple : To want something or want to do something at that moment.

• I feel like a cup of tea.
• She did not feel like cooking last night.
• Do you feel like joining us for lunch?

Comment l'utiliser : feel like something (I feel like some soup.); feel like doing something (Do you feel like going for a walk?)

Synonymes : want, fancy

Expressions courantes : feel like something, feel like going out

se sentir comme

Avoir le sentiment d’être un certain type de personne ou de chose.

En anglais simple : To have the sense that you are a particular kind of person or thing.

• I feel like a child again.
• She felt like a winner after passing the test.
• Do you ever feel like an outsider here?

Comment l'utiliser : feel like + noun (I felt like a stranger in my own town.)

Synonymes : feel as if you are

Expressions courantes : feel like a fool, feel like an outsider

avoir l'impression que

Éprouver une sensation comme si une situation était réelle, même si elle ne l’est pas.

En anglais simple : To experience a feeling as if something were true, whether or not it really is.

• I feel like I am dreaming.
• He felt like the room was spinning.
• Do you feel like you have been here before?

Comment l'utiliser : feel like + clause (I felt like I was floating.)

Synonymes : feel as though, feel as if

Expressions courantes : feel like something happened, feel like you belong

ressembler à, évoquer

Rappeler quelque chose par son aspect, ses qualités ou son atmosphère.

En anglais simple : To give someone a particular impression through its appearance, qualities, or atmosphere.

• This room feels like home.
• The soft fabric felt like silk.
• With the warm sunshine, today feels like summer.

Comment l'utiliser : something feels like something (This place feels like home.)

Synonymes : seem like, resemble

Expressions courantes : feel like home, feel like silk

avoir l'impression que, pressentir

Avoir fortement l’impression que quelque chose va se produire.

En anglais simple : To have a strong impression that something will happen.

• I feel like it will rain soon.
• She felt like the team would win that evening.
• Do you feel like things will improve next month?

Comment l'utiliser : feel like + clause about the future (I feel like we will win today.)

Synonymes : expect, think, sense

Expressions courantes : feel like it'll rain, feel like we'll win

donner l'impression de faire

Donner au corps une impression de température qui peut différer de la température mesurée.

En anglais simple : To seem a certain temperature to your body, even if the measured temperature is different.

• It feels like ten degrees outside.
• Yesterday felt like forty degrees because of the humidity.
• The forecast says it will feel like minus five tonight.

Comment l'utiliser : feel like + temperature (It is twenty degrees, but it feels like fifteen.)

Expressions courantes : feel like thirty degrees, feel like freezing weather