go past

passer devant

Passer devant une personne, un lieu ou une chose et poursuivre son chemin.

En anglais simple : To move beyond a person, place, or thing.

• Go past the shop and turn right.
• The bus went past our house.
• Did you go past the station on your way here?

Comment l'utiliser : go past someone/something (Go past the bank and turn left.)

Synonymes : pass, go by

Expressions courantes : go past something, go past someone, go past school

passer, s’écouler

Pour le temps, passer ou s’écouler.

En anglais simple : If time does this, it passes.

• The hours went past quickly.
• Three weeks have gone past since we last spoke.
• Time goes past slowly when you are waiting for news.

Synonymes : pass, go by, elapse

Expressions courantes : hours go past, years go past

dépasser

Aller au-delà d’une limite ou de ce qui est permis.

En anglais simple : To exceed a limit or continue beyond an allowed point.

• Do not go past the agreed limit.
• Their spending went past the budget by ten thousand pounds.
• The discussion has gone past the boundaries we set.

Comment l'utiliser : go past a limit (We cannot go past our spending limit.)

Synonymes : exceed, overstep, go beyond

Expressions courantes : go past limits, go past something