hear

entendre

Percevoir un son avec ses oreilles.

En anglais simple : To notice a sound with your ears.

• Can you hear the music?
• I heard a dog barking outside.
• We could hardly hear her quiet voice.

Comment l'utiliser : hear someone/something do something (I heard the door close.); hear someone/something doing something (She heard someone knocking upstairs.)

Synonymes : perceive

Expressions courantes : hear a sound, hear someone sing, hear a voice, can hear something

avoir des nouvelles de

Recevoir un message, une lettre ou un appel de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To receive a message, letter, or call from someone.

• Did you hear from Tom?
• We have not heard from her since Monday.
• I finally heard back from the company yesterday.

Comment l'utiliser : hear from someone (Have you heard from your sister lately?); hear back from someone (I hope to hear back from the school soon.)

Synonymes : get word from, receive a message from

Expressions courantes : hear from someone, hope to hear, never hear back

exaucer, accueillir

Écouter une demande avec bienveillance et accepter d’y répondre.

En anglais simple : To listen kindly to a request and agree to help.

• Please hear our plea for mercy.
• The king heard her request and freed her son.
• They prayed that God would hear their prayers.

Synonymes : heed, grant

Contraires : reject

Expressions courantes : hear a prayer, hear a plea, hear our request