soon

tôt, proche

Qualifie un moment proche, peu après maintenant ou après un autre événement.

En anglais simple : At a time only a short while after now or another event.

• It is too soon to leave.
• Tomorrow seems very soon for another meeting.
• Is it too soon to ask about the results?

Comment l'utiliser : be too soon to do something (It is too soon to decide.)

Synonymes : early

Contraires : late

Expressions courantes : too soon, very soon, how soon

sur le point de

Indique qu’une personne va faire quelque chose ou devenir quelque chose très prochainement.

En anglais simple : Expected to do or become something after a short time.

• The show is soon to begin.
• She is soon to become a mother.
• The old building, soon to close, still welcomes visitors.

Comment l'utiliser : be soon to do something (The new library is soon to open.)

Synonymes : about to

Expressions courantes : soon to start, soon to become, soon to open

bientôt

Peu de temps après maintenant ou après un autre événement.

En anglais simple : After a short time, from now or from another event.

• See you soon!
• He soon found a new job.
• Will the bus arrive soon?

Comment l'utiliser : soon after something (She fell asleep soon after dinner.)

Synonymes : shortly, before long

Expressions courantes : come soon, soon after, very soon

dès que, aussitôt que

Dans «as soon as», indique qu’une chose se produit immédiatement après une autre.

En anglais simple : In the phrase "as soon as," immediately after something happens.

• I will call as soon as I arrive.
• She left as soon as the meeting ended.
• As soon as he saw us, he smiled.

Comment l'utiliser : as soon as + clause (Call me as soon as you arrive.)

Expressions courantes : as soon as, as soon as possible