kick off

commencer, lancer

Commencer une activité ou un événement, ou en provoquer le début.

En anglais simple : To start an event or activity, or make it start.

• The show kicks off at eight.
• We kicked off the project with a team meeting.
• Who will kick off the discussion?

Comment l'utiliser : kick off with something (The festival kicks off with a parade.); kick something off (A short welcome speech will kick the evening off.)

Synonymes : start, begin, launch

Contraires : finish, end

Expressions courantes : kick off something, kick off with something

donner le coup d’envoi

Commencer un match ou une partie du match en frappant le ballon du pied.

En anglais simple : To begin a game, or part of a game, by kicking the ball.

• Which team will kick off?
• The visitors kicked off after the break.
• The referee blew his whistle, and we kicked off.

Comment l'utiliser : kick off against someone (Our team kicks off against City at three.)

Expressions courantes : kick off first, kick off again

lancement, début

Le début d’un événement ou d’une activité, ou le fait de les commencer.

En anglais simple : The beginning of an event or activity, or the act of starting it.

• The kick-off is on Monday.
• We invited every department to the project kick-off.
• The concert marked the kick-off of our summer celebrations.

Synonymes : start, launch, beginning

Contraires : end

Expressions courantes : project kick off, official kick off

coup d’envoi

Coup de pied dans le ballon qui commence un match ou une nouvelle partie du match.

En anglais simple : The kick that starts a game or a new part of a game.

• We scored soon after kick-off.
• The referee delayed the kick-off because of heavy rain.
• Who takes the kick-off in the second half?

Synonymes : opening kick

Expressions courantes : opening kick off, kick off time

mourir, rendre l’âme

Mourir ou cesser définitivement de fonctionner.

En anglais simple : To die, or to stop working forever.

• The old engine finally kicked off.
• He joked that he would kick off before his hundredth birthday.
• Our ancient washing machine kicked off yesterday.

Synonymes : die, give out

Expressions courantes : kick off suddenly, kick off finally