fetch

aller chercher, rapporter

Se rendre quelque part pour prendre une chose ou une personne et la ramener.

En anglais simple : To go somewhere, get someone or something, and bring them back.

• Please fetch my bag.
• The dog fetched the ball from the garden.
• Could you fetch a doctor for my grandmother?

Comment l'utiliser : fetch someone something (Could you fetch me a glass of water?); fetch something from somewhere (He fetched a blanket from the bedroom.)

Synonymes : get, retrieve, bring

Expressions courantes : fetch something, fetch a doctor, fetch someone something

se vendre, rapporter

Se vendre pour une certaine somme et ainsi rapporter cet argent.

En anglais simple : If something does this, it is sold for a particular amount of money.

• The painting fetched a high price.
• Her old car fetched more than she expected.
• How much will this rare book fetch at auction?

Comment l'utiliser : fetch + amount/price (The old vase fetched two hundred dollars.)

Synonymes : sell for, bring in, command

Expressions courantes : fetch a high price, fetch good money, fetch something at auction, fetch a good price

atteindre, gagner

Atteindre un lieu ou une position, surtout lors d’un trajet en bateau.

En anglais simple : To reach a place or achieve a position, especially when traveling by boat.

• The ship fetched the harbor before dark.
• They hoped to fetch the island before the wind changed.
• The small boat finally fetched the sheltered shore.

Synonymes : reach, arrive at, attain

Expressions courantes : fetch the harbor, fetch the shore, fetch headway

récupération de données, lecture

Opération par laquelle un ordinateur récupère des données en mémoire, sur un support ou auprès d’un autre ordinateur.

En anglais simple : An operation in which a computer gets data from memory, storage, or another computer.

• The data fetch failed.
• Each instruction fetch reads the next command from memory.
• A second fetch from the server returned the missing records.

Comment l'utiliser : a fetch from something (A fetch from the cache is usually faster.)

Synonymes : retrieval, read operation

Expressions courantes : a data fetch, an instruction fetch, a cache fetch

ruse, stratagème

Astuce ou plan habile destiné à tromper quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : A clever trick or plan used to deceive someone.

• His story was a cunning fetch.
• She saw through the merchant's clever fetch.
• The tale describes several fetches used to steal the farmer's money.

Synonymes : trick, ruse, stratagem, artifice

Expressions courantes : a cunning fetch, a clever fetch, a dishonest fetch