immediately

immédiatement, aussitôt

Sans attendre, ou sans espace ni délai entre deux choses.

En anglais simple : At once, or with no time or distance between things.

• Please call me immediately.
• A second bus arrived immediately after the first.
• Their house is immediately behind ours.

Synonymes : at once, straight away, directly

Expressions courantes : leave immediately, immediately after, immediately behind

dès que, aussitôt que

Indique qu’une chose se produit aussitôt qu’une autre arrive.

En anglais simple : As soon as something happens.

• I left immediately the meeting ended.
• Immediately she heard the news, she called her mother.
• We will start immediately everyone is ready.

Comment l'utiliser : immediately + clause (Call me immediately you get home.)

Synonymes : as soon as, the moment that

Expressions courantes : immediately someone arrives, immediately something happens

juste après, dès que

Indique qu’une chose arrive immédiatement après un événement.

En anglais simple : Right after an event happens.

• Let me know immediately she arrives.
• We left immediately the doors opened.
• He phoned immediately the results came out.

Comment l'utiliser : immediately + clause (Tell me immediately the parcel arrives.)

Synonymes : right after, as soon as

Expressions courantes : immediately after lunch, immediately someone arrives