put in

mettre dedans, insérer

Placer quelque chose dans un récipient, un espace ou une ouverture.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you move something into a container, space, or opening.

• Put the key in.
• She put the clothes in the bag.
• Did you put the cake in the oven?

Comment l'utiliser : put something in something (Put the coins in the jar.)

Synonymes : insert, place inside

Contraires : take out

Expressions courantes : put something in, put in a key, put in the oven

faire une demande, déposer une demande

Envoyer une demande officielle pour obtenir quelque chose que l’on souhaite.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you send an official request or application for something you want.

• I put in a request.
• He has put in for two days off.
• When did you put in your application?

Comment l'utiliser : put in for something (She put in for a transfer to another office.); put in something (We put in an application for a grant.)

Synonymes : apply, submit

Expressions courantes : put in for something, put in a request, put in an application

consacrer, investir

Consacrer du temps, des efforts ou de l’argent à un travail ou une activité.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you give time, effort, or money to a job or activity.

• You need to put in more effort.
• She put in ten hours of work yesterday.
• We each put some money in to start the business.

Comment l'utiliser : put in something (They put in a lot of effort to finish on time.)

Synonymes : contribute, invest, devote

Expressions courantes : put in effort, put in time, put in money, put something in

emprisonner

Enfermer quelqu’un dans une prison ou une cellule sur ordre des autorités.

En anglais simple : If authorities do this to someone, they make that person stay in prison or a locked cell.

• They put him in jail.
• The police put the suspect in a cell overnight.
• She was put in prison for stealing public money.

Comment l'utiliser : put someone in prison/jail (The judge put him in prison for three years.)

Synonymes : imprison, jail, lock up

Contraires : release, free

Expressions courantes : put someone in prison, put someone in jail, put in a cell

déposer, présenter

Déclarer officiellement une décision ou une position pour qu’elle soit consignée dans un document officiel.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you formally state a decision or position so it becomes part of an official record.

• He put in a guilty plea.
• The lawyer put in a plea on her client’s behalf.
• She put in her notice before leaving the company.

Comment l'utiliser : put in a plea of something (The defendant put in a plea of not guilty.)

Synonymes : enter, tender

Expressions courantes : put in a plea, put in notice

planter, semer

Semer des graines ou planter de jeunes plants pour obtenir une récolte.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you plant seeds or young plants so that a crop will grow.

• We put in potatoes this spring.
• The farmer is putting in a new crop of wheat.
• Have you put the carrots in yet?

Comment l'utiliser : put in something (We put in beans along the fence.)

Synonymes : plant, sow

Expressions courantes : put in carrots, put in potatoes, put in a crop