grow up

grandir, devenir adulte

Passer de l’enfance à l’âge adulte.

En anglais simple : To change from being a child to being an adult.

• Children grow up quickly.
• I grew up in a small town near the sea.
• What did you want to do when you grew up?

Comment l'utiliser : grow up in somewhere (She grew up in a small village.); grow up with someone (I grew up with three brothers.)

Synonymes : become an adult, mature

Expressions courantes : grow up in somewhere, grow up together, grow up with someone

mûrir, devenir adulte

Cesser de se comporter comme un enfant et agir avec plus de bon sens.

En anglais simple : To stop behaving like a child and act more sensibly.

• You need to grow up.
• He finally grew up and started taking responsibility.
• Will you ever grow up and stop blaming everyone else?

Synonymes : mature, act your age

Expressions courantes : grow up a little, grow up and change

se développer, naître

Apparaître puis se développer et s’établir avec le temps.

En anglais simple : To begin to exist and become established over time.

• A town grew up around the port.
• New traditions have grown up over the years.
• An entire industry grew up to meet that demand.

Comment l'utiliser : grow up around something (A community grew up around the factory.)

Synonymes : develop, emerge, arise

Expressions courantes : grow up around something, traditions grow up

grandis un peu, comporte-toi en adulte

Se dit pour demander à quelqu’un de cesser ses enfantillages et d’agir plus raisonnablement.

En anglais simple : Said to tell someone that their behavior is childish and they should act more sensibly.

• Grow up! That joke isn’t funny.
• Oh, grow up and stop teasing her.
• Grow up, Dan! You’re old enough to know better.

Synonymes : act your age

Expressions courantes : grow up please, oh grow up