go around

faire le tour de, tourner

Se déplacer en cercle ou suivre un trajet autour de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Move in a circle or follow a path round something.

• The wheels go around slowly.
• We went around the fallen tree.
• Does this path go around the whole island?

Comment l'utiliser : go around something (The road goes around the lake.)

Synonymes : circle, rotate

Expressions courantes : go around something, go around corners

circuler, se propager

Passer d’une personne à l’autre, notamment une nouvelle ou une maladie.

En anglais simple : Pass from one person to another, especially news or an illness.

• A cold is going around.
• A strange rumour went around the office.
• What stories are going around about the new manager?

Synonymes : spread, circulate, go about

Expressions courantes : go around school, go around town

suffire pour tout le monde

Être en quantité suffisante pour que chacun puisse en avoir une part.

En anglais simple : There is enough of something for everyone to have a share.

• There is enough food to go around.
• We bought extra cake so there would be plenty to go around.
• Are there enough tickets to go around?

Comment l'utiliser : enough something to go around (There are enough seats to go around.)

Synonymes : suffice

Expressions courantes : enough to go around, plenty to go around

rendre visite, passer chez

Aller chez quelqu’un ou dans un autre lieu pour y passer un moment.

En anglais simple : Go to someone’s home or another place to spend time there.

• I will go around later.
• She went around to her neighbour’s flat for tea.
• Shall we go around to your parents’ house tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : go around to somewhere (We went around to Ben’s house after dinner.)

Synonymes : visit, drop by, go round

Expressions courantes : go around tonight, go around later

discuter sans fin, ressasser

Continuer à discuter d’un sujet ou à y penser sans trouver de solution.

En anglais simple : Keep arguing about something or thinking about it without settling it.

• Must we go around over this again?
• They went around for hours over who should pay.
• I keep going around over that problem in my head.

Comment l'utiliser : go around over something (They went around over the same old dispute.)

Synonymes : argue, obsess

Expressions courantes : go around again, go around endlessly

remettre les gaz

Interrompre l’atterrissage d’un avion et reprendre de l’altitude pour essayer à nouveau.

En anglais simple : Stop trying to land a plane and climb to try again.

• The pilot decided to go around.
• We went around because the runway was blocked.
• The tower told the aircraft to go around immediately.

Synonymes : abort the landing

Expressions courantes : go around again, go around immediately