fire up

enthousiasmer, motiver

Donner à quelqu’un de l’énergie ou une forte envie de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel excited, energetic, or eager to do something.

• The music fired up the crowd.
• Her speech really fired me up.
• Are you fired up for tomorrow’s match?

Comment l'utiliser : fire someone up (The coach’s speech fired us up.); be fired up for something (The players are fired up for the final.)

Synonymes : excite, energize, motivate

Contraires : discourage

Expressions courantes : fire up someone, fire up the crowd

allumer

Allumer le combustible d’un barbecue, d’un poêle ou d’un appareil semblable.

En anglais simple : To light a fire in a grill, stove, or similar piece of equipment.

• Let’s fire up the grill.
• He fired up the stove to cook dinner.
• Have you fired the barbecue up yet?

Comment l'utiliser : fire something up (We fired the barbecue up before the guests arrived.)

Synonymes : light, ignite

Contraires : extinguish

Expressions courantes : fire up the grill, fire up a stove

démarrer

Mettre un moteur en marche, ou commencer à tourner pour un moteur.

En anglais simple : To make an engine begin running, or to begin running as an engine.

• The engine fired up at once.
• We fired up the generator during the storm.
• Will this old motor fire up?

Comment l'utiliser : fire something up (She fired the engine up and drove away.)

Synonymes : start, start up

Contraires : stop, shut down

Expressions courantes : fire up an engine, fire up a generator

ouvrir, lancer

Lancer un programme informatique pour pouvoir l’utiliser.

En anglais simple : To open a computer program so you can use it.

• Fire up your browser.
• She fired up the app to check the weather.
• I’ll fire up a text editor and fix the file.

Comment l'utiliser : fire something up (Fire your browser up and visit our website.)

Synonymes : open, launch, run

Contraires : close

Expressions courantes : fire up a browser, fire up an app