like that

comme ça, de cette manière

De la manière qu'on vient de voir ou de décrire.

En anglais simple : In the way you have just seen or described.

• Please do not shout like that.
• She held the cup like that to keep it steady.
• Why did he behave like that?

Synonymes : that way, in that manner

Expressions courantes : talk like that, behave like that, hold something like that

comme ça, de ce genre

Du genre qu'on vient de voir ou de décrire.

En anglais simple : Of the kind you have just seen or described.

• I want a bag like that.
• We have never faced a problem like that before.
• Do you know anyone like that?

Synonymes : of that kind, similar to that

Expressions courantes : something like that, people like that, a house like that

d'un coup, brusquement

Quelque chose arrive brusquement, sans prévenir ou presque.

En anglais simple : Suddenly, with little or no warning.

• The power went off, just like that.
• After years together, he left her like that.
• Can a whole business disappear like that?

Synonymes : suddenly, out of nowhere

Contraires : gradually

Expressions courantes : just like that, disappear like that, end like that

c'est ça, exactement

S’emploie pour confirmer que quelqu’un a bien décrit quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Used to show that another person has described something correctly.

• “You mean a small circle?” “Yes, like that.”
• “Then you pressed the red button?” “Yeah, like that.”
• “So everyone left together?” “Exactly, like that.”

Synonymes : exactly, right

Expressions courantes : yes like that, yeah like that

comme ça, dans ce genre

S'ajoute à la fin pour souligner qu'une chose ressemble à ce qu'on vient de décrire.

En anglais simple : Added at the end to stress that something is similar to what you have described.

• It sounds like a bell, like that.
• Her jacket was sort of like yours, like that.
• The room felt like a cave, like that.

Expressions courantes : sort of like that, a bit like that