collect

rassembler, recueillir, collectionner

Réunir des choses au même endroit ou dans un même groupe.

En anglais simple : To bring things together in one place or group.

• I collect old coins.
• She collected the papers from the desk.
• The team is collecting data about local birds.

Comment l'utiliser : collect something from someone/something (We collected information from local families.)

Synonymes : gather, assemble, amass

Contraires : scatter, disperse

Expressions courantes : collect data, collect stamps, collect something together, collect papers

percevoir, encaisser, recevoir

Recevoir une somme due ou quelque chose qui est prêt pour soi.

En anglais simple : To get money or something else that someone owes or has ready for you.

• He collects the rent each month.
• She went on stage to collect her prize.
• The company has not collected the money it is owed.

Comment l'utiliser : collect something from someone (The owner collects rent from the tenants every month.)

Synonymes : receive, get

Expressions courantes : collect rent, collect a payment, collect a prize

en PCV, en port dû

Qualifie un appel ou un envoi dont les frais sont payés par la personne qui le reçoit.

En anglais simple : Paid for by the person receiving the phone call or goods.

• He made a collect call home.
• Will you accept this collect call?
• The office refused the collect shipment because no one could pay.

Synonymes : reverse-charge

Contraires : prepaid

Expressions courantes : collect call, collect shipment, collect delivery

en PCV, en port dû

Appeler ou envoyer quelque chose en faisant payer les frais à la personne qui reçoit.

En anglais simple : With the cost paid by the person receiving the call or goods.

• I called collect from the airport.
• The company ships these boxes collect.
• Can I send the package collect?

Synonymes : at the recipient's expense

Expressions courantes : call collect, ship collect, send something collect

collecte, oraison

Courte prière dite pendant un office chrétien, souvent avant une lecture de la Bible.

En anglais simple : A short prayer used during a Christian church service, often before a reading from the Bible.

• The priest read the collect.
• Today's collect asks for peace.
• She found the collect for Easter in the prayer book.

Synonymes : prayer

Expressions courantes : the sunday collect, read the collect, collect for easter