go up

monter

Se déplacer vers un endroit ou une position plus élevée.

En anglais simple : To move to a higher place or position.

• The balloon went up.
• We went up the hill together.
• Does this lift go up to the fifth floor?

Comment l'utiliser : go up something (We went up the stairs.); go up to somewhere (She went up to the top floor.)

Synonymes : rise, ascend

Contraires : go down

Expressions courantes : go up stairs, go up a hill

augmenter, monter

Devenir plus élevé, en parlant d’un prix, d’un coût ou d’une valeur.

En anglais simple : To become higher in price, cost, or value.

• Food prices have gone up.
• Our rent went up last month.
• Will these shares go up in value?

Comment l'utiliser : go up by an amount (Rent went up by fifty pounds.); go up to an amount (The price has gone up to ten euros.); go up in value (Our house has gone up in value.)

Synonymes : rise, increase

Contraires : fall, decrease

Expressions courantes : prices go up, go up in price

se construire, être érigé

Pour un bâtiment ou une structure, être en cours de construction ou apparaître une fois construit.

En anglais simple : If a building or structure appears, people are building it or have built it.

• New houses are going up.
• A fence went up around the site.
• Another office block has gone up beside the station.

Synonymes : be built, be erected

Expressions courantes : offices go up, houses go up

brûler, partir en fumée

Brûler, souvent rapidement et entièrement.

En anglais simple : To burn, often quickly and completely.

• The dry wood went up quickly.
• Their barn went up in flames.
• One spark could make the whole place go up.

Comment l'utiliser : go up in flames/smoke (The shed went up in flames within minutes.)

Synonymes : burn, burn down

Expressions courantes : go up in flames, go up in smoke

oublier son texte, avoir un trou

Oublier son texte ou les mouvements prévus pendant un spectacle.

En anglais simple : To forget your words or planned movements during a performance.

• The actor went up onstage.
• I went up halfway through my speech and needed a prompt.
• She fears going up during the opening performance.

Synonymes : blank, forget your lines

Expressions courantes : go up onstage, actor go up

aller en prison, être emprisonné

Être envoyé en prison.

En anglais simple : To be sent to prison.

• He went up for theft.
• She went up for two years after the trial.
• He had gone up before, but this sentence was longer.

Comment l'utiliser : go up for a period (He went up for three years.); go up for an offence (She went up for fraud.)

Synonymes : be imprisoned, go to prison

Expressions courantes : go up for robbery, go up for life