after

après, derrière

Derrière quelqu’un ou quelque chose, ou à un moment plus tardif.

En anglais simple : Behind someone or something, or at a later time.

• I left, and she came after.
• He called shortly after.
• We met again years after.

Synonymes : later, behind, afterward

Contraires : before

Expressions courantes : soon after, shortly after, follow after

après

À un moment qui suit une heure ou un événement donné.

En anglais simple : At a time later than a particular event or time.

• Call me after lunch.
• We went home after the concert.
• Did you sleep after taking the medicine?

Comment l'utiliser : after doing something (Wash your hands after touching raw meat.)

Synonymes : following

Contraires : before

Expressions courantes : after lunch, after school, after work, after midnight

après, derrière

Derrière quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans une file, une liste ou un autre classement.

En anglais simple : Behind someone or something in a line, list, or other order.

• Your name comes after mine.
• Put the blue card after the red one.
• Who comes after you in the queue?

Synonymes : behind, following

Contraires : before

Expressions courantes : after someone, come after something, page after page

à la poursuite de, à la recherche de

Indique qu’on essaie de rattraper quelqu’un ou d’obtenir ce qu’on veut.

En anglais simple : Trying to catch someone or get something you want.

• The dog ran after me.
• Are you after a new job?
• They went after the biggest prize.

Comment l'utiliser : be after someone/something (The police are after the driver.)

Synonymes : in pursuit of, seeking

Expressions courantes : run after someone, be after something, go after something, chase after someone

derrière

En parlant de ménage, indique qu’on nettoie ou range ce qu’une autre personne a laissé en désordre.

En anglais simple : When you clean up this way, you remove the mess another person has left.

• Please clean up after yourself.
• She picked up after the children all morning.
• I'm tired of tidying up after you.

Comment l'utiliser : clean up after someone (I'm always cleaning up after my children.)

Expressions courantes : clean up after someone, pick up after someone, tidy up after someone

après que, une fois que

Relie deux parties de phrase pour indiquer qu’un événement se produit après un autre.

En anglais simple : You use this to say that one event happens later than another event.

• I'll call after I get home.
• She rested after she finished the work.
• Can we play after we've eaten?

Comment l'utiliser : after + clause (We ate after everyone had arrived.)

Synonymes : once

Contraires : before

Expressions courantes : after you arrive, after we finish, after someone leaves

arrière

Situé à l’arrière d’un navire ou d’un avion, ou près de l’arrière.

En anglais simple : At or near the back of a ship or aircraft.

• The crew gathered on the after deck.
• Smoke rose from the after compartment.
• They stored the equipment in the after cabin.

Synonymes : rear, aft

Contraires : forward

Expressions courantes : after deck, after cabin, after hatch