get on

monter dans, monter sur

Entrer dans un bus, train ou avion, ou monter sur un vélo ou un animal pour se déplacer.

En anglais simple : To enter a bus, train, or plane, or climb onto a bike or animal to ride it.

• Get on the bus here.
• She got on her bike and left.
• Have all the passengers got on?

Comment l'utiliser : get on something (We got on the train at the next station.)

Synonymes : board, mount

Contraires : get off

Expressions courantes : get on something, get on board, get on buses

continuer, se mettre à

Continuer une tâche ou se mettre à la faire sans attendre davantage.

En anglais simple : To continue a task or start doing it without further delay.

• Get on with your homework.
• We got on with painting the fence.
• Can we get on with the meeting?

Comment l'utiliser : get on with something (We need to get on with the repairs.); get on with doing something (Let us get on with cleaning the kitchen.)

Synonymes : continue, carry on, proceed

Contraires : stop

Expressions courantes : get on with something, get on with work, get on with life

se débrouiller, progresser

Faire face à une situation ou progresser dans son travail ou sa vie.

En anglais simple : To manage a situation or make progress in your work or life.

• How are you getting on?
• She got on well in her new job.
• He is getting on better at school.

Comment l'utiliser : get on with something (How are you getting on with your new job?)

Synonymes : manage, do, progress

Expressions courantes : get on well, get on badly, get on professionally

se faire tard

Se faire tard, au point qu'il peut être nécessaire de se dépêcher.

En anglais simple : If time passes like this, it is becoming late and you may need to hurry.

• Time is getting on.
• It was getting on, so we left.
• The evening is getting on; we should eat.

Synonymes : grow late

Expressions courantes : get on now, get on towards midnight

vieillir, prendre de l’âge

Vieillir, surtout lorsque l'âge commence à limiter ce qu'on peut faire.

En anglais simple : To become old, especially when age starts to affect what someone can do.

• My grandfather is getting on.
• Our cat is getting on in years.
• They were getting on and needed more help.

Comment l'utiliser : get on in years (Our dog is getting on in years.)

Synonymes : age, grow old

Expressions courantes : get on in years, get on a bit

approcher de

Être proche d'une quantité, d'un âge ou d'une heure donnée.

En anglais simple : To be close to a particular amount, age, or time.

• It is getting on for midnight.
• The repairs came to getting on for a thousand pounds.
• She must be getting on for eighty.

Comment l'utiliser : get on for an amount/time (The bill is getting on for two hundred pounds.)

Synonymes : approach, near

Expressions courantes : get on for something, get on for midnight

allons donc, tu plaisantes

S'emploie pour montrer sa surprise ou qu'on ne croit pas ce que quelqu'un vient de dire.

En anglais simple : Used to show that you are surprised or do not believe what someone has said.

• “Get on!” she said. “You cannot be serious.”
• “Get on! You never met the king!”
• “Oh, get on!” he laughed. “That cannot be true.”

Synonymes : come on, no way

Expressions courantes : oh get on, get on now