make sense

avoir du sens

Être clair ou logique, de sorte qu’on comprenne pourquoi quelque chose est dit ou fait.

En anglais simple : If something is clear or reasonable, you can understand why it is said or done.

• That answer makes sense.
• Her plan made sense once she explained it.
• Does this sentence make sense to you?

Comment l'utiliser : make sense to someone (Your explanation makes sense to me.)

Synonymes : be logical, be reasonable, be understandable

Expressions courantes : make sense now, make sense to someone

comprendre, déchiffrer

Comprendre le sens ou le fonctionnement de quelque chose qui semblait confus.

En anglais simple : If you do this with something confusing, you understand what it means or how it works.

• Can you make sense of this map?
• She finally made sense of his messy notes.
• We are trying to make sense of the results.

Comment l'utiliser : make sense of someone/something (I cannot make sense of these instructions.)

Synonymes : understand, figure out, interpret

Contraires : misunderstand

Expressions courantes : make sense of something, make sense of someone

valoir la peine, être avantageux

Être utile ou avantageux, donc valoir la peine d’être choisi ou poursuivi.

En anglais simple : If a choice or situation is useful or good for you, it is worth choosing or continuing.

• Buying a monthly pass makes sense for me.
• Their relationship no longer made sense to either of them.
• Does renting a car make sense financially?

Comment l'utiliser : it makes sense to do something (It makes sense to buy tickets early.); make sense for someone (A smaller office makes sense for our company.)

Synonymes : be worthwhile, be beneficial, be practical

Expressions courantes : make sense financially, make sense for someone

être ordinaire, être dans la norme

Être ordinaire par la taille ou le développement ; surtout employé négativement pour évoquer quelque chose d’énorme ou d’impressionnant.

En anglais simple : To be ordinary in size or development; mainly used negatively to describe something unusually large or impressive.

• His enormous arms barely make sense.
• After years of training, her muscles no longer made sense.
• Those legs are so huge they do not make sense.

Synonymes : be ordinary, be unremarkable

Contraires : be extraordinary

Expressions courantes : make sense anymore, make sense physically