send away

renvoyer, faire partir

Dire à quelqu’un de s’éloigner de soi ou de quitter un lieu.

En anglais simple : To tell someone to leave you or a place.

• She sent the salesman away.
• They sent us away without answering our questions.
• Why did you send the visitors away?

Comment l'utiliser : send someone away (The guard sent the visitors away.)

Synonymes : dismiss, turn away

Expressions courantes : send someone away, send away someone

envoyer loin, envoyer séjourner ailleurs

Organiser pour quelqu’un un long séjour ou une installation dans un autre lieu.

En anglais simple : To arrange for someone to live or stay somewhere else for a long time.

• They sent him away to school.
• Her parents sent her away to stay with relatives for a year.
• Would you send your child away for a whole term?

Comment l'utiliser : send someone away to somewhere (They sent their daughter away to boarding school.); send someone away for something (The company sent him away for three months of training.)

Synonymes : send off

Expressions courantes : send someone away, send away someone

envoyer, expédier

Faire partir une personne ou une chose vers un autre lieu, loin de soi.

En anglais simple : To make a person or thing go to another place, away from where you are.

• I sent the parcel away this morning.
• They sent the samples away for testing.
• Can you send the broken watch away for repair?

Comment l'utiliser : send something away for something (We sent the machine away for repairs.); send something away to somewhere (She sent the documents away to the head office.)

Synonymes : dispatch, send off

Expressions courantes : send something away, send away something

commander par correspondance

Commander quelque chose à un fournisseur éloigné pour le recevoir chez soi.

En anglais simple : To request something from a distant supplier so that it is delivered to you.

• I sent away for some free samples.
• Have you sent away for the new catalogue?
• We used to send away for toys advertised in magazines.

Comment l'utiliser : send away for something (She sent away for a gardening catalogue.)

Synonymes : send off for, order

Expressions courantes : send away for something, send away for samples