pass through

traverser, passer par

Traverser un lieu en passant à l’intérieur, ou s’étendre d’un côté à l’autre.

En anglais simple : To move through a place, or to extend across it.

• We pass through the park every day.
• The road passes through a forest.
• Did you pass through customs without any problems?

Comment l'utiliser : pass through somewhere (The train passes through several small villages.)

Synonymes : go through, travel through

Expressions courantes : pass through a town, pass through a tunnel

faire passer à travers, passer dans

Faire passer une chose à travers une ouverture ou à l’intérieur d’une autre chose jusqu’à l’autre côté.

En anglais simple : To move something into and out of another thing or through an opening.

• Pass the thread through the needle.
• She passed the dough through the machine twice.
• Can you pass this wire through the hole?

Comment l'utiliser : pass something through something (Pass the liquid through a clean filter.)

Synonymes : feed through, put through

Expressions courantes : pass something through something, pass thread through something

traverser, passer par

Vivre une période, une étape ou une situation difficile.

En anglais simple : To experience a period, stage, or difficult situation in your life.

• Children pass through many stages.
• She passed through a period of deep sadness.
• We have all passed through times of doubt.

Comment l'utiliser : pass through something (The family passed through a difficult period.)

Synonymes : go through, experience, undergo

Expressions courantes : pass through a phase, pass through difficult times

passe-plat

Ouverture dans un mur intérieur servant souvent à passer les plats de la cuisine à une autre pièce.

En anglais simple : An opening in an inside wall, often used to move food from the kitchen to another room.

• The kitchen has a pass through.
• She put the plates on the pass through ledge.
• We added a pass through between the kitchen and dining room.

Synonymes : serving hatch

Expressions courantes : kitchen pass through, pass through opening