alone

seul

Qui n’a personne près de lui ou avec lui.

En anglais simple : Without other people near you or with you.

• I am alone at home.
• She was alone in the room.
• Are you afraid when you are alone?

Synonymes : by yourself, on your own, solitary

Expressions courantes : be alone, home alone, all alone, completely alone

seul, isolé

Sans amis ni personnes qui se soucient de soi, ce qui rend souvent triste.

En anglais simple : Without friends or people who care about you, often making you feel sad.

• He feels very alone.
• She felt alone after moving to a new city.
• You are never completely alone when someone cares about you.

Synonymes : lonely, isolated

Expressions courantes : feel alone, alone in life, all alone

seul, isolé

Sans autres personnes partageant les mêmes opinions, sentiments ou expériences.

En anglais simple : Without other people who share your opinions, feelings, or experiences.

• You are not alone in feeling worried.
• He was alone in opposing the plan.
• Many others share your experience, so you are not alone.

Comment l'utiliser : alone in doing something (He is not alone in wanting a change.); alone in something (She felt alone in her beliefs.)

Synonymes : isolated

Expressions courantes : alone in something, not alone, alone in thinking

seul

Sans être accompagné et sans autre personne présente.

En anglais simple : Without another person coming with you or being present.

• She lives alone.
• I walked home alone last night.
• Do you prefer eating alone?

Synonymes : by yourself, on your own, solo

Contraires : together

Expressions courantes : travel alone, live alone, walk alone

sans aide, seul

Sans recevoir l’aide de qui que ce soit.

En anglais simple : Without help from anyone else.

• I can do it alone.
• She built the shelves alone.
• Could you finish this job alone?

Synonymes : independently, by yourself, unaided

Expressions courantes : do something alone, manage alone, work alone

seul

Sans que d’autres personnes participent ou accompagnent la personne concernée.

En anglais simple : Without other people taking part or coming with you.

• He went to the cinema alone.
• She travelled alone across the country.
• Would you rather walk alone today?

Synonymes : by yourself, on your own

Contraires : together

Expressions courantes : go alone, walk alone, travel alone

seul, seulement

Uniquement la personne ou la chose mentionnée, sans rien inclure d’autre.

En anglais simple : Only the person or thing mentioned, without including anything else.

• The rent alone costs a fortune.
• Planning alone took three weeks.
• Words alone cannot solve this problem.

Synonymes : only, solely

Expressions courantes : rent alone, planning alone, words alone