notice

avis, affiche

Message écrit qui donne une information ou un avertissement.

En anglais simple : A written message that gives people information or a warning.

• Please read the notice.
• They put a notice on the door.
• The notice says the pool is closed.

Comment l'utiliser : a notice about something (There is a notice about the meeting on the door.)

Synonymes : announcement, sign

Expressions courantes : read a notice, put up a notice, public notice, printed notice

attention

Attention portée à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose, ou conscience de sa présence.

En anglais simple : Attention paid to someone or something, or awareness that something is there.

• He took no notice of me.
• The change escaped her notice.
• His unusual clothes attracted everyone's notice.

Comment l'utiliser : take notice of someone/something (Please take notice of the warning.); bring something to someone's notice (She brought the error to my notice.)

Synonymes : attention, awareness

Expressions courantes : take notice, take no notice, escape someone's notice

préavis, avertissement

Information donnée avant un événement pour permettre aux gens de se préparer.

En anglais simple : Information given before something happens so that people can prepare.

• The shop closed without notice.
• Please give us more notice next time.
• They canceled the meeting at short notice.

Comment l'utiliser : give someone notice of something (They gave us notice of the planned closure.); at short notice (We had to leave at short notice.)

Synonymes : warning, notification

Expressions courantes : advance notice, short notice, without notice

préavis

Annonce officielle qu’un employé quittera son poste ou sera licencié après un délai précisé.

En anglais simple : A formal warning that an employee will leave or lose their job after a stated period.

• I handed in my notice today.
• He gave his employer two weeks' notice.
• She is working her notice before starting another job.

Comment l'utiliser : give someone a period's notice (The company gave him a month's notice.); hand in your notice (She handed in her notice on Friday.)

Expressions courantes : give notice, hand in notice, work your notice

remarquer, s'apercevoir de

Voir, entendre ou prendre conscience de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To see, hear, or become aware of someone or something.

• Did you notice my new shoes?
• She noticed a mistake in the letter.
• I hadn't noticed that it was raining.

Comment l'utiliser : notice that… (I noticed that the door was open.); notice someone/something doing something (She noticed a bird building a nest.); notice someone/something do something (He noticed her leave the room.)

Synonymes : spot, observe, see

Contraires : overlook, miss

Expressions courantes : notice a difference, notice something strange, notice someone