take away

enlever, emporter

Déplacer quelque chose pour qu’il ne soit plus là où il était.

En anglais simple : To move something away from where it is.

• Please take away these boxes.
• She took the empty cups away.
• Who will take away the rubbish?

Comment l'utiliser : take something away (The waiter took the empty dishes away.)

Synonymes : remove, carry away

Contraires : bring

Expressions courantes : take away plates, take away something, take something away

retirer, priver de

Faire perdre à quelqu’un un bien, un droit ou un avantage dont il bénéficiait.

En anglais simple : To make someone lose something they own, have, or enjoy.

• They took away my phone.
• The new law takes away our freedom.
• Nothing can take that memory away from her.

Comment l'utiliser : take something away from someone (The school took the phone away from him.)

Synonymes : remove, confiscate

Contraires : give

Expressions courantes : take away rights, take away freedom, take something away

moins

Entre deux nombres, indique qu’on retire le second du premier.

En anglais simple : Used between two numbers to show that the second is subtracted from the first.

• Six take away two is four.
• What is ten take away seven?
• Twelve take away five leaves seven.

Comment l'utiliser : number + take away + number (Eight take away three is five.)

Synonymes : minus, less

Contraires : plus

Expressions courantes : five take away two, ten take away three, nine take away four, eight take away six