okay

accord, autorisation

Permission ou accord permettant de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Permission or agreement that allows something to happen.

• We need your okay.
• The manager gave us the okay to leave.
• Have you got the final okay?

Comment l'utiliser : the okay to do something (We got the okay to start.); the okay from someone (I need the okay from my boss.)

Synonymes : approval, permission, go-ahead

Expressions courantes : give the okay, get the okay, someone’s okay

approuver, autoriser

Autoriser quelque chose ou reconnaître que c’est acceptable.

En anglais simple : To give permission for something or agree that it is acceptable.

• The boss must okay this plan.
• She okayed our request yesterday.
• Who can okay these changes?

Synonymes : approve, authorize

Contraires : reject

Expressions courantes : okay a plan, okay the budget, okay something

faire approuver

Vérifier auprès de quelqu’un qu’il accepte ce que l’on souhaite faire.

En anglais simple : To check with someone that they agree to something you want to do.

• Okay it with Dad first.
• Have you okayed the trip with your parents?
• I okayed the change with my boss.

Comment l'utiliser : okay something with someone (Please okay the dates with your manager.)

Synonymes : clear

Expressions courantes : okay something with someone, okay it first

bien, en bonne santé

En bonne santé, en sécurité ou se sentant assez bien.

En anglais simple : Healthy, safe, or feeling well enough.

• Are you okay?
• I felt okay after a short rest.
• She fell, but she was okay.

Synonymes : fine, well, all right

Contraires : unwell

Expressions courantes : feel okay, be okay, okay now

acceptable, correct

Assez bon pour être accepté, sans être forcément très bon.

En anglais simple : Good enough or acceptable, although perhaps not very good.

• The food was okay.
• Is this price okay for you?
• The room looked okay, but it was small.

Comment l'utiliser : okay for someone/something (This room is okay for one night.); okay to do something (The water is okay to drink.)

Synonymes : acceptable, all right, adequate

Contraires : unacceptable

Expressions courantes : an okay meal, okay for someone, okay to use

sympa

Assez aimable ou agréable pour qu’on l’apprécie.

En anglais simple : Friendly or pleasant enough to like.

• He is an okay guy.
• Your new neighbour seems okay.
• I met her brother; he was okay.

Synonymes : nice, decent, pleasant

Contraires : unpleasant

Expressions courantes : an okay guy, an okay person

d’accord

Se dit pour montrer que l’on accepte quelque chose ou que l’on est d’accord.

En anglais simple : Used to show that you accept or agree to something.

• Okay, I will help you.
• Okay, see you at six.
• You need another day? Okay.

Synonymes : all right, sure

Expressions courantes : okay then, okay sure, okay with me

d’accord ?

Se dit après une phrase pour demander si l’autre personne est d’accord ou a compris.

En anglais simple : Used after a statement to ask whether someone agrees or understands.

• Wait here, okay?
• We will meet outside, okay?
• Please bring your notebook tomorrow, okay?

Synonymes : all right

Expressions courantes : okay with you, okay for you