unable

incapable

Qui ne peut pas faire quelque chose, faute de capacité ou parce que les circonstances l’en empêchent.

En anglais simple : If you are like this, you cannot do something.

• I am unable to help.
• He was unable to walk after the accident.
• We have been unable to contact her.

Comment l'utiliser : unable to do something (She was unable to open the door.)

Synonymes : incapable

Contraires : able

Expressions courantes : unable to attend, unable to work, unable to help

impossible

Se dit à la radio pour signaler qu’on ne peut pas suivre une instruction.

En anglais simple : Used over a radio to say that you cannot follow an instruction.

• “Unable,” the pilot replied.
• “Unable at present; our engine is overheating.”
• “Unable due to low fuel; request another runway.”

Expressions courantes : unable due to, unable at present