shop

magasin, boutique

Lieu où l’on vend des choses au public.

En anglais simple : A place where people buy things.

• The shop sells fresh bread.
• I bought this coat in a small shop.
• What time do the shops close?

Synonymes : store

Expressions courantes : clothes shop, corner shop, local shop, shop window

garage

Lieu où des mécaniciens réparent les voitures et d’autres véhicules.

En anglais simple : A place where mechanics repair cars and other vehicles.

• My car is in the shop.
• The shop replaced the truck's brakes.
• We took the van to a repair shop.

Synonymes : garage, repair garage

Expressions courantes : repair shop, auto shop, in the shop

atelier

Lieu où l’on fabrique ou répare des choses avec des outils ou des machines.

En anglais simple : A place where people make or repair things using tools or machines.

• He makes furniture in his shop.
• The machine shop produces metal parts.
• Workers left their tools on the shop floor.

Synonymes : workshop

Expressions courantes : machine shop, woodworking shop, shop floor

bureau, cabinet

Bureau ou entreprise où l’on exerce une activité professionnelle.

En anglais simple : An office or business where people do professional work.

• Our design shop has five employees.
• She runs a small consulting shop.
• Several lawyers left to start their own shop.

Synonymes : office, firm

Expressions courantes : small shop, design shop, consulting shop

faire les courses, faire les magasins

Regarder les articles en vente et acheter ce dont on a besoin ou envie.

En anglais simple : To look at things for sale and buy what you need or want.

• I shop for food on Saturdays.
• We shopped for new shoes yesterday.
• Do you prefer to shop online?

Comment l'utiliser : shop for something (We shopped for a birthday present.); shop at something (I usually shop at the local supermarket.)

Synonymes : go shopping

Expressions courantes : shop for clothes, shop online, shop at something, shop for gifts

acheter, parcourir

Parcourir un site, un catalogue ou une gamme de produits pour choisir quoi acheter.

En anglais simple : To look through a website, catalogue, or range of products and choose things to buy.

• Shop our summer collection today.
• You can shop the whole range online.
• She shopped the catalogue from home.

Comment l'utiliser : shop something (Shop our new collection on the website.)

Synonymes : browse

Expressions courantes : shop the collection, shop our sale, shop the range