like

aimer, apprécier

Trouver une personne ou une chose agréable, ou prendre plaisir à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To enjoy something or feel that someone or something is pleasant or good.

• I like this song.
• She liked the food we made.
• Do your children like reading?

Comment l'utiliser : like someone/something (I like your new shoes.); like doing something (She likes swimming in the sea.); like to do something (They like to watch films together.)

Synonymes : enjoy, be fond of

Contraires : dislike, hate

Expressions courantes : like something, like someone, really like something

être attiré par, avoir un faible pour

Être attiré par quelqu’un et éventuellement vouloir une relation amoureuse avec cette personne.

En anglais simple : To feel attracted to someone and perhaps want a romantic relationship with them.

• I think she likes him.
• He liked me, but I only wanted friendship.
• Do you like her enough to ask her out?

Comment l'utiliser : like someone (I think Tom likes you.)

Synonymes : be attracted to, have a crush on, fancy

Expressions courantes : like someone, really like someone, like someone back

aimer, préférer

Choisir de faire régulièrement quelque chose parce qu’on le trouve utile ou souhaitable.

En anglais simple : To choose to do something regularly because it seems useful or right to you.

• I like to arrive early.
• She likes to keep her desk tidy.
• He liked to check his emails before breakfast.

Comment l'utiliser : like to + verb (I like to check the doors before bed.)

Synonymes : prefer

Expressions courantes : like to check, like to keep, like to arrive

goût, préférence

Ce qu’une personne aime ou préfère, souvent évoqué avec ce qu’elle n’aime pas.

En anglais simple : Something that a person enjoys or prefers, usually discussed together with things they do not enjoy.

• We have different likes and dislikes.
• Tell me about your likes.
• Her personal likes influenced the colours she chose.

Synonymes : preference, taste

Contraires : dislike

Expressions courantes : a personal like, someone’s main like

autres choses du genre

Dans une liste, désigne d’autres choses du même genre que celles qui sont citées.

En anglais simple : In a list, this refers to other things of the same kind.

• Bring cups, plates, and the like.
• The shop sells screws, nails, and the like.
• Could you lend me a basket or the like?

Comment l'utiliser : A, B, and the like (We sell pens, notebooks, and the like.)

Synonymes : similar things

Expressions courantes : and the like, or the like

gens de cet acabit

Personnes d’un certain genre, dont on parle avec mépris ou désapprobation.

En anglais simple : People of a particular kind, mentioned to show that you do not respect or approve of them.

• Keep away from the likes of him.
• She refused to work with the likes of them.
• The likes of you have caused enough trouble.

Comment l'utiliser : the likes of someone (I would never trust the likes of him.)

Synonymes : people like that, that sort

Expressions courantes : someone and their like, someone and the like

semblable, pareil

Personne ou chose qui ressemble à une autre, est du même genre ou lui est comparable.

En anglais simple : A person or thing similar to another, or belonging to the same kind.

• We had never seen its like.
• The town may never see her like again.
• Replace the broken part with its like.

Comment l'utiliser : the like of someone/something (I have never seen the like of this machine.)

Synonymes : equal, counterpart, match

Expressions courantes : someone’s like, the like of something, like for like

coup d’égalisation

Au golf, coup qui porte le total de coups d’un joueur au même nombre que celui de son adversaire.

En anglais simple : In golf, a shot that brings your total number of shots level with your opponent’s.

• It is my turn to play the like.
• His opponent played the like from the rough.
• She was playing the like after his third stroke.

Expressions courantes : play the like, the like stroke