concentrate

se concentrer

Réfléchir attentivement à une seule chose sans se laisser distraire.

En anglais simple : To think carefully about one thing without letting other things take your attention.

• I can’t concentrate with this noise.
• She concentrated on reading the instructions.
• Try to concentrate while I explain the rules.

Comment l'utiliser : concentrate on something/doing something (He found it difficult to concentrate on his homework.)

Synonymes : focus, pay attention

Expressions courantes : concentrate on something, concentrate hard, concentrate fully

se concentrer, consacrer

Consacrer l’essentiel de son temps, de son énergie ou de ses moyens à une activité ou un objectif précis.

En anglais simple : To give most of your time, energy, or resources to a particular activity or goal.

• We concentrate on helping local families.
• They concentrated their efforts on repairing the bridge.
• The company will concentrate its resources on staff training.

Comment l'utiliser : concentrate on something/doing something (We will concentrate on improving the service.); concentrate something on something (They concentrated their resources on the new product.)

Synonymes : focus

Expressions courantes : concentrate on something, concentrate efforts on something

se concentrer, se regrouper

Se rassembler ou se trouver en grand nombre dans un lieu précis.

En anglais simple : To gather or be present in large numbers in a particular place.

• Most jobs are concentrated in the capital.
• Tourists concentrate around the old town square.
• The fighting was concentrated in a small area.

Comment l'utiliser : be concentrated in/around something (Most factories are concentrated around the port.)

Synonymes : cluster, gather

Contraires : disperse

Expressions courantes : concentrate in something, concentrate around something

concentrer, rassembler

Réunir des choses dans un même lieu, groupe ou point.

En anglais simple : To bring things together into one place, group, or point.

• The lens concentrates light into a small spot.
• The general concentrated his forces near the border.
• They concentrated all the supplies in one warehouse.

Comment l'utiliser : concentrate something in/at something (The army concentrated its troops at the crossing.); concentrate something into something (The mirror concentrates sunlight into a narrow beam.)

Synonymes : gather, focus, bring together

Contraires : disperse, scatter

Expressions courantes : concentrate light, concentrate forces, concentrate something into something

concentré

Substance rendue plus concentrée en retirant de l’eau, souvent diluée avant utilisation.

En anglais simple : A substance made stronger by removing water, often mixed with water before use.

• This juice is made from concentrate.
• Mix the concentrate with three parts water.
• Keep cleaning concentrates away from children.

Expressions courantes : orange concentrate, juice concentrate, from concentrate