abide

respecter, se conformer à

Suivre une règle ou accepter une décision.

En anglais simple : To follow a rule or accept a decision.

• You must abide by the rules.
• Both sides agreed to abide by the decision.
• Will they abide by the terms of the contract?

Comment l'utiliser : abide by something (All members must abide by the club rules.)

Synonymes : obey, follow, comply with

Contraires : disobey

Expressions courantes : abide by rules, abide by something

supporter, tolérer

Tolérer quelqu’un ou quelque chose ; « cannot abide » signifie qu’on ne le supporte vraiment pas.

En anglais simple : If you cannot bear someone or something, you strongly dislike them.

• I cannot abide that smell.
• She could never abide rude people.
• He cannot abide being kept waiting.

Comment l'utiliser : cannot abide someone/something (I cannot abide loud music.); cannot abide doing something (She cannot abide waiting in queues.)

Synonymes : stand, tolerate, bear

Expressions courantes : cannot abide something, cannot abide someone

supporter, endurer

Accepter avec patience une situation désagréable.

En anglais simple : To accept something unpleasant patiently.

• She abided the delay without complaint.
• He learned to abide pain in silence.
• They abided their troubles patiently.

Synonymes : bear, endure, tolerate

Expressions courantes : abide the delay, abide suffering

résister à, endurer

Rester solide malgré une épreuve ou quelque chose de nuisible.

En anglais simple : To stay strong despite something harmful or difficult.

• The old walls abided the storm.
• Few could abide such hardship without losing hope.
• The oak abides the strongest winds.

Synonymes : withstand, endure

Expressions courantes : abide the storm, abide hardship