put by

mettre de côté, économiser

Garder de l’argent, de la nourriture ou d’autres choses pour les utiliser plus tard.

En anglais simple : To save money, food, or other things for future use.

• I put a little money by each week.
• They put by enough food for the winter.
• Have you put anything by for your retirement?

Comment l'utiliser : put something by for something (She puts money by for emergencies.)

Synonymes : save, set aside, store

Contraires : spend

Expressions courantes : put money by, put something by, put by savings

ranger, écarter

Ranger une chose à sa place ou cesser de s’occuper d’une idée ou d’un souci.

En anglais simple : To put something away where it belongs, or stop considering an idea or concern.

• She put by her sewing.
• He put by his doubts and accepted the invitation.
• When the work was finished, they put the tools by.

Comment l'utiliser : put something by (He put his papers by and went to bed.)

Synonymes : put away, put aside, disregard

Expressions courantes : put by books, put something by, put by doubts

faire passer en douce

Faire quelque chose sans qu’une personne ou un groupe précis le remarque.

En anglais simple : To do something without a particular person or group noticing it.

• He put the expense by his manager.
• She put the transaction by accounts without anyone asking questions.
• Could they put the change by the inspectors?

Comment l'utiliser : put something by someone (She put the payment by the accounts team.)

Synonymes : sneak past, slip past

Expressions courantes : put something by someone, put it by someone

s’échouer

Pour un bateau, s’échouer volontairement sur le rivage ou un haut-fond afin d’éviter une collision.

En anglais simple : If a ship does this, it is deliberately driven onto the shore or shallow ground to avoid a collision.

• The ship put by to avoid a crash.
• The captain ordered the vessel to put by on the sandbank.
• Two boats collided, but the third put by safely.

Synonymes : run aground, beach

Expressions courantes : put by deliberately, put by ashore