Verbes à particule
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| send through vtr phrasal sep | (convey or transmit) | envoyer⇒, transmettre⇒ vtr |
| shine through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be clearly seen) | transparaître dans [qch] vi + prép |
| | His kindness shines through everything he says. |
| | Sa gentillesse transparaît dans tout ce qu'il dit. |
| shine through vi phrasal | figurative (be clearly seen) | transparaître⇒ vi |
| | Whenever she speaks, her intelligence shines through. |
| | Quand elle parle, son intelligence transparaît. |
| shoot through vi phrasal | AU, informal (depart quickly) (familier : partir) | filer⇒ vi |
| show through vi phrasal | (be visible through [sth]) | se voir à travers v pron |
| | (soutenir) | transparaître⇒ vi |
| | The fabric of Heather's white pants was thin, and her black underwear showed through. |
| sit through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (endure the whole of) | endurer [qch] jusqu'au bout vtr |
| | (familier) | se taper [qch] jusqu'au bout v pron |
| | Il a fallu que je reste et que je me tape son discours jusqu'au bout. |
| skim through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (read in a cursory way) | parcourir⇒, survoler⇒ vtr |
| | | lire en diagonale loc v |
| | Read chapter 1 carefully, but just skim through chapter 2. |
| | Lisez attentivement le chapitre 1, mais parcourez (or: survolez) seulement le chapitre 2. |
| slip through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (pass easily through) | glisser entre vi + prép |
| | I thought I had a hold of it, but it just slipped through my fingers. |
| | Je pensais que je le tenais, mais il m'a glissé entre les doigts. |
| sort through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (examine while searching) | trier⇒ vtr |
| | | faire le tri dans [qch] loc v |
| | Justin was sorting through a pile of papers, trying to find the electricity bill. |
| | Justin faisait le tri dans une pile de papiers pour trouver sa facture d'électricité. |
squeak by,
squeak through vi phrasal | figurative (win, succeed narrowly) (match) | gagner de justesse, l'emporter de justesse loc v |
| strike through [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (cross out) | barrer⇒, rayer⇒, biffer⇒ vtr |
| | He struck through the irrelevant sentences. |
| | Il barra toutes les phrases hors sujet. |
| take [sb] through [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (guide through: a procedure, etc.) | accompagner [qqn] dans [qch] vtr + prép |
| | Il m'a accompagnée dans les démarches pour l'obtention d'un visa. |
| | | guider [qqn] dans [qch] vtr + prép |
| talk [sb] through [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (guide through: a procedure, etc.) | guider [qqn] dans [qch], guider [qqn] pour [qch] vtr + prép |
| | | expliquer [qch] à [qqn] vtr |
| | The surgeon talked his students through the procedure that he was performing. |
| travel through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (cross, traverse) | traverser⇒ vtr |
| | If you travel through the desert, you'd better take plenty of water. |
| | Si tu traverses le désert, prévois de prendre beaucoup d'eau. |
vote through [sth],
vote [sth] through vtr phrasal sep | UK (approve by vote) | voter pour vi + prép |
waltz through,
waltz through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (do easily) | réussir facilement vtr + adv |
| | She waltzed through her geography exam thanks to all those months of revision. |
| | Elle a facilement réussi son examen de géographie grâce à tous ses mois de révision. |
wear [sth] out,
wear [sth] through vtr phrasal sep | (make a hole in [sth]) | trouer⇒ vtr |
| | Our children have worn out the knees of their trousers. |
| | Nos enfants ont troué les genoux de leurs pantalons. |
| work through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (manage, deal with) | examiner⇒ vtr |
| | I worked through my budget, and decided to spend less. Just work through the first part of the problem for now. |
| | J'ai examiné mon budget et j'ai décidé de moins dépenser. Examine simplement la première partie du problème pour le moment. |
| work through [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (resolve) | accepter⇒ vtr |
| | | se résoudre à v pron |
| | He spent years working through the death of his parents in an accident. |
| | Il a mis des années pour accepter la mort de ses parents dans un accident. |
Formes composées
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| shear through [sth] vi + prep | (cut through) | couper⇒ vtr |
| | Laura sheared through the undergrowth to create a path. |
| | Laura a coupé les broussailles pour créer un sentier. |
| shear through [sth] vi + prep | (move as though cutting) (l'eau) | glisser sur vi + prép |
| | | avancer rapidement vi + adv |
| | The boat sheared through the water. |
| | Le bateau glissait sur l'eau. |
| shot through with [sth] adj + prep | (streaked) | strié de adj + prép |
| | That diamond is shot through with flashes of brilliant light. |
| | Ce diamant est strié d'éclats de lumière. |
| shot through with [sth] adj + prep | figurative (permeated) | rempli de adj + prép |
| | (atmosphère) | empreint de adj + prép |
| | (erreurs) | truffé de adj + prép |
| | The stories are shot through with a wry wit. |
| | Les histoires sont empreintes d'un humour caustique. |
| sift through [sth] vi + prep | figurative (sort through: papers) | trier⇒ vtr |
| | I was sifting through papers when I found your letter. |
| | Je triais des papiers quand j'ai trouvé ta lettre. |
| slice through [sth] vi + prep | (cut effortlessly) | couper sans effort, trancher sans effort, découper sans effort vtr + loc adv |
| | Ned sliced through the packaging. |
| | Ned a coupé l'emballage sans effort. |
| slice through [sth] vi + prep | figurative (move through like a knife) | fendre⇒ vtr |
| | The ship sliced through the water. |
| | Le navire a fendu l'eau. |
| slip through [sth] vi + prep | (be undetected) | se faufiler⇒ v pron |
| | The door was left opened and I think we can slip through it without being seen. He slipped through security undetected. |
| | La porte est ouverte, je crois qu'on peut se faufiler à l'intérieur sans être vus. Il se faufila à travers la sécurité sans se faire remarquer. |
| slip through [sb]'s fingers v expr | figurative (opportunity, etc.: elude, escape) | filer entre les doigts de [qqn], glisser entre les doigts de [qqn] loc v |
| soak through vi + adv | often passive (completely drench) | tremper⇒, détremper⇒ vtr |
| soak through [sth] vtr + prep | (moisture: penetrate) | tremper⇒, imbiber⇒, imprégner⇒ vtr |
| squeak through vi + adv | informal, figurative (pass narrowly) (figuré) | passer de justesse loc v |
| | The team played badly, and only just squeaked through to the next round. |
| squeak through [sth] vi + prep | informal, figurative (pass narrowly) | l'emporter de justesse loc v |
| | The car squeaked through the gap. |
| squeeze through [sth] vi + prep | (pass through with difficulty) | se frayer un chemin à travers [qch] loc v |
| | Roger squeezed through the crowd. |
| | Roger s'est frayé un chemin à travers la foule. |
| steamroller [sth] through [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (measure, law: push through) (une loi,...) | faire passer [qch] en force loc v |
| | The government has steamrollered this legislation through without any consultation. |
| straight through adv | (directly, without stopping) | directement adv |
| | I wanted to stop and see the sights, but he insisted on driving straight through. |
| | J'aurais aimé m'arrêter pour faire un peu de tourisme, mais il a insisté pour qu'on se rende directement à notre destination. |
| straight through adv + prep | (directly through the middle of) | tout droit au travers de loc prép |
| | | en plein milieu de loc prép |
| | He drove straight through our town and didn't even stop to visit. |
| struggle through vi + adv | (endure difficulty) | finir⇒ vtr |
| | | venir à bout de [qch] loc v |
| | | rester jusqu'à la fin loc v |
| struggle through [sth] vi + prep | (go through [sth] with difficulty) (figuré) | finir (avec difficulté) vtr |
| | (figuré) | venir à bout de [qch] loc v |
| | | affronter, être aux prises avec loc v |
| | (d'une situation) | se sortir de [qch] v pron + prép |
| stumble through [sth] vi + prep | (make way with difficulty) | avancer avec difficulté dans [qch], avancer avec peine dans [qch] loc v |
| | Sarah stumbled through the dark forest. |
| | Sarah avançait avec difficulté (or: avec peine) dans la forêt sombre. |
| stumble through [sth] vi + prep | figurative (speech: make with difficulty) (discours) | venir à bout de [qch] loc v |
| | Paul was ill-prepared, but he managed to stumble through his presentation. |
| | Paul était mal préparé, mais il s'est débrouillé pour venir à bout de sa présentation. |
| sweep through [sth] vi + prep | (spread quickly) | se répandre dans, se propager dans v pron + prép |
| | The virus swept through the school; within two weeks, almost all the pupils had had it. |
| sweep through [sth] vi + prep | figurative (information: spread quickly) | se répandre⇒, se propager⇒ v pron |
| | News of Jerry's return swept through the village. |
| talk through your hat v expr | figurative, informal (speak without knowing the facts) | parler à tort et à travers loc v |
| | (Can) | parler à travers son chapeau loc v |
| tear through vi + prep | figurative (progress through [sth] rapidly) (figuré : un livre,...) | avaler⇒, dévorer⇒ vtr |
| | (un travail,...) | finir⇒ vtr |
| | Emily tore through the romance novel in just two days. |
think [sth] through,
think [sth] out vtr + adv | (consider fully) | bien réfléchir à [qch] loc v |
| | | réfléchir sérieusement à [qch] loc v |
| | Juliet had to think through Romeo's wedding proposal. I need to think it through before making a decision. |
| | Juliet a dû bien réfléchir à la demande en mariage de Romeo. Je dois bien y réfléchir avant de prendre une décision. |
| thread [sth] through [sth] vtr + prep | (film: feed through) (Cinéma, Photographie) | charger⇒ vtr |
| | She threaded the film through the camera. |
| | Elle chargea le film dans le projecteur de cinéma. |
| thread your way through [sth] v expr | figurative (make your way through: crowd, etc.) | se frayer un chemin dans v pron |
| | We threaded our way through the crowd. |
| | On s'est frayé un chemin à travers la foule. |
| through and through adv | (thoroughly, utterly) (figuré, familier) | pur jus loc adj |
| | (figuré) | jusqu'au bout des ongles loc adv |
| | | complet, complète adj |
| | (Can) | pure laine loc adj |
| | Charles could never live abroad - he's English through and through! |
| | Charles ne pourrait jamais vivre à l'étranger : c'est un Anglais pur jus. |
| | Charles ne pourrait jamais vivre à l'étranger : il est anglais jusqu'au bout des ongles. |
| through ball n | (soccer: pass through defence) (Football) | passe en profondeur nf |
| through it all expr | (despite everything) | malgré tout loc adv |
| through street | (traffic) | route prioritaire nf |
| go through the mill v expr | (have experienced difficulties) | être mis à rude épreuve loc v |
| | | en voir de toutes les couleurs loc v |
| put [sb] through the mill v expr | (cause difficulties for [sb]) | mettre [qqn] à rude épreuve loc v |
| | | en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à [qqn] loc v |
| through the night adv | (during the whole night) | toute la nuit loc adv |
| | They travelled through the night in order to get there at first light. |
| through thick and thin adv | figurative, informal (through all manner of difficulties) | contre vents et marées loc adv |
| | | envers et contre tout loc adv |
thrust through [sth],
thrust into [sth] vi + prep | (force a passage) | se frayer un chemin, se frayer un passage loc v |
| | The explorers thrust through the dense undergrowth. |
| | Les explorateurs se sont frayé un chemin dans les broussailles denses. |
| thumb through [sth] vi + prep | informal (leaf quickly through) | feuilleter⇒ vtr |
| | I thumbed through the pile of bills, just to see if any were past due. Alice thumbed through a magazine while waiting to be attended to. |
| | J'ai feuilleté la pile de factures pour voir si certaines étaient en retard. // Alice a feuilleté un magazine en attendant que l'on s'occupe d'elle. |
| trawl through [sth] vi + prep | (search) | fouiller dans [qch] vi + prép |
| | The police trawled through the woods in search for clues. |
| trudge through [sth] vi + prep | (walk heavily through: mud, etc.) | traverser péniblement vtr + adv |
| | | progresser difficilement dans vi + adv + prép |
| | | avancer péniblement dans [qch] vi + adv + prép |
| trudge through [sth] vi + prep | figurative (work through: a difficult task) | progresser difficilement dans [qch] vi + adv + prép |
| | | avancer péniblement dans [qch] vi + adv + prép |
| wade through [sth] vi + prep | (walk through: deep water or mud) | patauger dans vi + prép |
| | It rained so much I had to wade through water to get to my house. |
| | Il a tellement plu que j'ai dû patauger dans l'eau pour atteindre ma maison. |
| wade through [sth] vi + prep | figurative (work through: [sth] tedious) | lire⇒ vtr |
| | I'm too tired to wade through all this work tonight. I'll do it tomorrow. |
| | Je suis trop fatigué pour lire ça ce soir. Je m'y mettrai demain. |
| walk [sb] through [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (guide [sb]) | guider [qqn] pas à pas vtr + loc adv |
| | | expliquer [qch] à [qqn] en détail vtr + prép + adv |
| | | montrer [qch] à [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | | passer [qch] en revue à [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | This video will walk you through the process of creating an animated gif. |
walk-through,
walkthrough n | figurative (practice, going through [sth]) (d'un lieu) | visite nf |
| | (d'un objet) | démonstration nf |
| | (une procédure,...) | expliquer [qch] à [qqn] en détail, montrer [qch] à [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | The librarian gave the new students a walk-through of the procedure for borrowing books. |
| | La documentaliste a montré aux nouveaux élèves la procédure pour emprunter des livres. |
walk-through,
walkthrough adj | figurative (practice, guided) | détaillé adj |
| | The booklet that comes with the game contains a walk-through guide. |
| whip through [sth] vi + prep | (rapidly go through [sth]) | traverser⇒ vtr |
| | That new translator is great; she really whips through the projects we give her. |
| win through vi | (succeed despite obstacles) | triompher⇒ vi |
| | | l'emporter loc v |