pass up

laisser passer, refuser

Choisir de ne pas accepter ou utiliser quelque chose qui est proposé ou disponible.

En anglais simple : To choose not to accept or use something that is offered or available.

• Do not pass up this chance.
• She passed up a better job to stay near her family.
• Would you pass up a free holiday?

Comment l'utiliser : pass something up (I could not pass the offer up.)

Synonymes : turn down, decline, forgo

Contraires : accept

Expressions courantes : pass up something, pass up an opportunity, pass up a chance

passer vers le haut

Donner quelque chose à une personne qui se trouve plus haut que soi.

En anglais simple : To give something to someone who is above you.

• Please pass up the hammer.
• She passed the box up to me on the ladder.
• Can you pass a clean towel up here?

Comment l'utiliser : pass something up to someone (Pass the bucket up to the worker on the ladder.)

Synonymes : hand up

Contraires : hand down

Expressions courantes : pass up something, pass something up, pass up the tools

rendre, remettre

Remettre des devoirs ou des feuilles au professeur, souvent en les faisant passer le long d’une rangée.

En anglais simple : To give work or papers to a teacher, often by passing them along a row.

• Please pass up your homework.
• The students passed their tests up to the teacher.
• Have you passed up your assignment yet?

Comment l'utiliser : pass something up to someone (Please pass your worksheets up to the teacher.)

Synonymes : hand in, submit

Expressions courantes : pass up homework, pass up your papers, pass something up