tidy

rangé, ordonné

Propre et bien rangé, avec les choses à leur place.

En anglais simple : Clean and neat, with things in their proper places.

• Your room looks tidy.
• We kept the kitchen tidy all week.
• Is the house tidy enough for visitors?

Synonymes : neat, orderly

Contraires : untidy, messy

Expressions courantes : tidy room, keep something tidy, neat and tidy, tidy desk

ordonné, soigneux

Se dit de quelqu’un qui aime garder les choses propres et à leur place.

En anglais simple : Someone who likes keeping things clean and in their proper places.

• My brother is very tidy.
• She has always been a tidy person.
• Are your new flatmates tidy?

Synonymes : neat, orderly

Contraires : untidy, messy

Expressions courantes : tidy person, tidy child, tidy by nature

coquet, considérable

Assez élevé, surtout quand il s’agit d’une somme d’argent.

En anglais simple : Quite large, especially when talking about an amount of money.

• The car cost a tidy sum.
• They made a tidy profit selling furniture.
• She earned a tidy fortune from her books.

Synonymes : considerable, substantial, sizeable

Expressions courantes : tidy sum, tidy profit, tidy fortune

ranger

Mettre les choses à leur place pour rendre un endroit bien rangé.

En anglais simple : To put things in their proper places and make a place neat.

• Please tidy your room.
• I tidied the kitchen after lunch.
• Have you tidied up yet?

Comment l'utiliser : tidy something up (Please tidy your bedroom up before dinner.); tidy something away (We tidied the toys away after the children left.)

Synonymes : tidy up, straighten up, put in order

Contraires : mess up

Expressions courantes : tidy up, tidy a room, tidy something away

organiseur, range-tout

Petit récipient ou accessoire qui garde ensemble et en ordre des objets dispersés.

En anglais simple : A small container or device that keeps loose things together and in order.

• Put your pens in the desk tidy.
• We bought a sink tidy for our brushes.
• These cable tidies keep the wires together.

Synonymes : organizer, holder

Expressions courantes : desk tidy, sink tidy, cable tidy