help

aide, assistance

Ce que l’on fait pour rendre une tâche plus facile à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Things someone does to make a task easier for another person.

• Thank you for your help.
• She asked for help with the bags.
• Do you need any help?

Comment l'utiliser : help with something (I need help with my homework.); help from someone (We received help from our neighbours.)

Synonymes : assistance, aid, support

Expressions courantes : ask for help, need help, offer help, give someone help

aide

Personne ou chose qui vous facilite une tâche.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that makes a task easier for you.

• This map is a real help.
• You were a great help yesterday.
• Would a ladder be any help?

Comment l'utiliser : be a help to someone (Your advice was a great help to me.); be a help with something (The checklist was a help with packing.)

Synonymes : aid, asset

Contraires : hindrance

Expressions courantes : a great help, a real help, be a help

personnel, domestiques

Personnes payées pour cuisiner, nettoyer ou effectuer d’autres travaux dans une maison, une ferme ou une entreprise.

En anglais simple : People paid to cook, clean, or do other work in a home, farm, or business.

• The hired help cleaned the house.
• They needed extra help for the harvest.
• She treated the domestic help poorly.

Synonymes : staff, employees, servants

Expressions courantes : the hired help, the domestic help, hire some help

aider, assister

Faire quelque chose pour faciliter une tâche à quelqu’un ou résoudre son problème.

En anglais simple : To do something that makes another person’s task easier or solves their problem.

• Please help me carry this box.
• He helped his mother cook dinner.
• Can you help with the washing?

Comment l'utiliser : help someone (to) do something (She helped me to open the box.); help someone with something (I help my brother with his homework.)

Synonymes : assist, aid

Contraires : hinder

Expressions courantes : help someone, help with something, help someone cook, help with homework

éviter, empêcher

Dans une expression négative, empêcher une réaction ou se retenir ; indique qu’on ne peut pas s’en empêcher.

En anglais simple : If you cannot stop yourself doing something, you do it without choosing to.

• I cannot help laughing.
• She could not help feeling nervous.
• He couldn’t help but look back.

Comment l'utiliser : cannot help doing something (I cannot help worrying about her.); cannot help but + verb (We could not help but smile.)

Synonymes : avoid, prevent

Expressions courantes : cannot help laughing, cannot help it, cannot help myself

servir, se servir

Donner de la nourriture ou une boisson à quelqu’un, ou en prendre pour soi.

En anglais simple : To give someone food or drink, or to take some for yourself.

• Help yourself to some cake.
• She helped the children to more soup.
• Have you helped yourself to a drink?

Comment l'utiliser : help someone to something (He helped his guest to another slice of pie.); help yourself to something (Please help yourself to some bread.)

Synonymes : serve

Expressions courantes : help yourself, help someone to something, help yourself to something

au secours, à l’aide

Cri pour demander à quelqu’un de vous sauver ou de vous aider d’urgence.

En anglais simple : A shout asking someone to rescue you or give you urgent assistance.

• Help! I cannot swim!
• She shouted, “Help! I’m trapped!”
• Help! Somebody call an ambulance!

Expressions courantes : help me, help please, someone help

je suis mort, au secours

Réaction sur internet indiquant que quelque chose est tellement drôle qu’on ne peut plus s’arrêter de rire.

En anglais simple : An online reaction showing that something is so funny you cannot stop laughing.

• Help, this video is so funny!
• Help, I can’t stop laughing at that caption.
• Help, did he really say that?

Synonymes : lol

Expressions courantes : help that’s hilarious, help i’m laughing, help this meme