send up

envoyer en haut, faire monter

Faire aller quelqu’un ou quelque chose plus haut, ou augmenter un niveau ou une quantité.

En anglais simple : To cause someone or something to go upward or to a higher place, level, or amount.

• They sent up a balloon.
• Higher fuel costs sent food prices up.
• Please send the repair worker up to the roof.

Comment l'utiliser : send someone/something up to something (They sent supplies up to the mountain camp.)

Synonymes : raise, lift

Contraires : lower

Expressions courantes : send something up, send someone up

parodier, caricaturer

Imiter de manière comique le comportement de quelqu’un ou le style de quelque chose pour s’en moquer.

En anglais simple : To copy someone’s behaviour or the style of something in a funny way that makes fun of it.

• The comedian sends up politicians.
• Their film sent up old detective stories.
• She enjoyed being sent up in the comedy show.

Comment l'utiliser : send someone/something up (The sketch sends up television news presenters.)

Synonymes : parody, mock, satirize

Expressions courantes : send someone up, send something up

dégager, soulever

Produire de la fumée, des étincelles ou de la poussière qui montent dans l’air.

En anglais simple : To produce smoke, sparks, dust, or similar things that move upward into the air.

• The fire sent up sparks.
• The truck sent up a cloud of dust.
• Burning leaves were sending up thick smoke.

Comment l'utiliser : send up a cloud/shower of something (The wheels sent up a cloud of dust.)

Synonymes : give off, emit

Expressions courantes : send up sparks, send up smoke

emprisonner, envoyer en prison

Envoyer quelqu’un en prison pour le punir d’un crime ou d’un délit.

En anglais simple : To send someone to prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him up.
• They sent her up for five years.
• He was sent up after the robbery trial.

Comment l'utiliser : send someone up for something (The judge sent him up for robbery.); send someone up for a period of time (They sent her up for two years.)

Synonymes : imprison, jail, lock up

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : send someone up, send him up