dial in

participer par téléphone

Participer à une réunion ou à une discussion par téléphone.

En anglais simple : To join a meeting or discussion by telephone.

• Can you dial in at ten?
• She dialed in to the meeting from her hotel.
• Three colleagues are dialing in from abroad.

Comment l'utiliser : dial in to something (I’ll dial in to the meeting at noon.)

Synonymes : join by phone

Expressions courantes : dial in to something, dial in from home

régler, ajuster

Régler soigneusement une machine ou ses paramètres jusqu'à obtenir le fonctionnement souhaité.

En anglais simple : To adjust a machine or its settings carefully until it works as wanted.

• We need to dial in the settings.
• He dialed in the suspension before the race.
• Have you dialed the sound in yet?

Comment l'utiliser : dial in something (The engineer dialed in the correct pressure.); dial something in (She dialed the camera settings in.)

Synonymes : adjust, fine-tune, configure

Expressions courantes : dial in settings, dial something in

régler l’extraction du café

Ajuster la préparation du café jusqu'à obtenir le goût souhaité.

En anglais simple : To adjust how coffee is made until its taste is right.

• Let’s dial in this coffee.
• She dialed in the new beans by changing the grind size.
• How long did it take to dial in the espresso?

Comment l'utiliser : dial in something (The barista dialed in the espresso before opening.)

Synonymes : fine-tune

Expressions courantes : dial in espresso, dial in coffee

se connecter par téléphone

Se connecter à un système informatique ou à un service par une ligne téléphonique.

En anglais simple : To connect to a computer system or service using a telephone line.

• Users dial in through a modem.
• I dialed in to the server from home.
• You need a password before you can dial in.

Comment l'utiliser : dial in to something (Staff dialed in to the company’s server.)

Synonymes : connect

Contraires : disconnect

Expressions courantes : dial in remotely, dial in to something

se mettre au diapason, s’adapter

Comprendre une idée ou une situation et adapter sa pensée ou ses actions en conséquence.

En anglais simple : To understand an idea or situation and adjust your thinking or actions to it.

• We must dial in to their needs.
• She quickly dialed in to the team’s way of thinking.
• Have the managers dialed in to the new priorities?

Comment l'utiliser : dial in to something (The team dialed in to what customers needed.)

Synonymes : tune in, get attuned

Expressions courantes : dial in to something, quickly dial in

modérer, atténuer

Réduire quelque chose d'excessif jusqu'à un niveau approprié.

En anglais simple : To reduce something excessive until it reaches a suitable level.

• You need to dial in that aggression.
• She dialed her enthusiasm in during the serious discussion.
• He was too pushy, but eventually dialed it in.

Comment l'utiliser : dial something in (He dialed his aggression in after the warning.)

Synonymes : tone down, moderate

Contraires : intensify

Expressions courantes : dial something in, dial in aggression