past

passé

Temps qui précède le présent, avec les événements qui s’y sont produits.

En anglais simple : The time before now, including things that happened then.

• Life was different in the past.
• She rarely talks about her past.
• We learned from mistakes made in the recent past.

Comment l'utiliser : in the past (People travelled more slowly in the past.)

Synonymes : earlier times, bygone days

Contraires : future, present

Expressions courantes : in the past, distant past, recent past, remember the past

passé

Forme du verbe utilisée pour parler de faits antérieurs au présent.

En anglais simple : A verb form used to talk about things that happened before now.

• Use the past in this sentence.
• We practised the simple past today.
• What is the past of “bring”?

Comment l'utiliser : the past of a verb (The past of “go” is “went”.)

Synonymes : past tense

Expressions courantes : simple past, past of something, in the past

dernier, écoulé

Qui désigne une période venant de s’écouler.

En anglais simple : Referring to a period of time that has just gone by.

• The past week has been busy.
• We have moved twice in the past year.
• Have you seen her during the past few days?

Synonymes : last, previous

Contraires : next, coming

Expressions courantes : past week, past year, past few days

passé, terminé

Déjà terminé ou qui ne se produit plus.

En anglais simple : Already finished or no longer happening.

• The danger is past now.
• Those difficult days are long past.
• When the worst was past, we began repairing the house.

Synonymes : over, finished, ended

Contraires : ongoing

Expressions courantes : danger is past, trouble is past, long past

devant

En passant devant quelqu’un ou quelque chose et en continuant son chemin.

En anglais simple : Moving by someone or something and continuing beyond them.

• A bus went past.
• He walked past without saying hello.
• Did you see the bird fly past?

Synonymes : by

Expressions courantes : walk past, drive past, go past, rush past

devant

Indique qu’on passe devant quelqu’un ou quelque chose en poursuivant son chemin.

En anglais simple : By the side of someone or something, while moving further along.

• Walk past the shop.
• We drove past your house yesterday.
• A cat ran past me and disappeared.

Comment l'utiliser : past someone/something (She walked past me without stopping.)

Synonymes : by

Expressions courantes : past the door, walk past something, drive past someone

au-delà de, après

Indique qu’on dépasse un lieu, un point, une heure ou une quantité.

En anglais simple : Further than a place, point, time, or amount.

• It is ten past six.
• Their house is just past the bridge.
• The spending has gone past our agreed limit.

Comment l'utiliser : past a time/place/limit (We stayed up past midnight.)

Synonymes : beyond

Expressions courantes : past midnight, half past ten, past the limit, past the bridge

au-delà de

Indique qu’on a dépassé le stade où l’on pouvait ou voulait faire ou ressentir quelque chose.

En anglais simple : No longer able or willing to do or feel something.

• I’m past caring now.
• By midnight, she was past feeling hungry.
• He was past hoping for an apology.

Comment l'utiliser : be past doing something (I’m past worrying about what they think.)

Synonymes : beyond

Expressions courantes : past caring, past worrying, past hope