wind up

finir, se retrouver

Se retrouver finalement dans un lieu ou une situation, souvent sans l’avoir prévu.

En anglais simple : To finally be in a place or situation, often without planning it.

• You could wind up lost.
• We wound up eating at home.
• How did you wind up in this town?

Comment l'utiliser : wind up + adjective (They might wind up disappointed.); wind up doing something (We wound up spending the night there.); wind up in/at somewhere (He wound up in hospital.)

Synonymes : end up, finish up

Expressions courantes : wind up somewhere, wind up broke, wind up alone

remonter

Tourner une clé ou une poignée pour donner à une montre ou un jouet l’énergie nécessaire au fonctionnement.

En anglais simple : To turn a key or handle so a clock, watch, or toy stores power and works.

• You need to wind up this clock.
• She wound the toy up and let it walk.
• Have you wound up your watch today?

Comment l'utiliser : wind something up (Wind the clock up every morning.)

Synonymes : wind

Expressions courantes : wind up a clock, wind up a toy, wind up something

exciter

Rendre quelqu’un très excité et plein d’énergie.

En anglais simple : To make someone very excited and full of energy.

• Do not wind up the children.
• The music wound everyone up before the party.
• You have wound him up, and now he cannot sleep.

Comment l'utiliser : wind someone up (That noisy game always winds the children up.)

Synonymes : excite, get excited

Contraires : calm

Expressions courantes : wind someone up, wind up children

enrouler

Enrouler toute la longueur d’un fil, d’une corde ou d’un matériau similaire autour de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To wrap all of a length of string, rope, or similar material around something.

• Wind up the loose string.
• She wound up the cable before packing it away.
• Can you wind the rope up onto this reel?

Comment l'utiliser : wind something up (He wound the loose cable up.); wind something up onto something (Wind the thread up onto the spool.)

Synonymes : coil up, reel in

Contraires : unwind

Expressions courantes : wind up rope, wind up cable, wind up something

remonter

Faire monter quelque chose en tournant une poignée, notamment une vitre de voiture.

En anglais simple : To raise something by turning a handle, especially a car window.

• Wind up the window, please.
• He wound the bucket up from the well.
• Can you wind your window up a little?

Comment l'utiliser : wind something up (Please wind your window up before we leave.)

Synonymes : roll up, raise

Contraires : lower

Expressions courantes : wind up a window, wind up something

tendre, crisper

Rendre quelque chose plus tendu en le tournant, ou rendre une personne nerveuse.

En anglais simple : To make something tighter by turning it, or make someone feel tense.

• Wind up the spring until it is tight.
• The tense film wound me up emotionally.
• All that waiting has really wound her up.

Comment l'utiliser : wind someone/something up (The suspense wound me up until I could hardly sit still.)

Synonymes : tighten, make tense

Contraires : relax, loosen

Expressions courantes : wind someone up, wind up a spring, wind up something