gather

se rassembler, rassembler

Se retrouver au même endroit, ou réunir des personnes ou des choses.

En anglais simple : To come together in one place, or bring people or things together.

• People gather here every Sunday.
• A crowd gathered outside the shop.
• She gathered the children in the kitchen.

Comment l'utiliser : gather around someone/something (The children gathered around the teacher.); gather somewhere (Fans gathered outside the stadium.)

Synonymes : assemble, collect, come together

Contraires : disperse, scatter

Expressions courantes : gather together, gather around, gather people

comprendre, déduire

Comprendre ou supposer quelque chose à partir de ce qu’on a entendu, lu ou remarqué.

En anglais simple : To understand or believe something because of what you have heard, read, or noticed.

• I gather you know my sister.
• From his letter, I gathered that he needed help.
• Is she leaving soon, as I gather from your message?

Comment l'utiliser : gather that… (I gather that you are moving abroad.); gather from something that… (She gathered from his reply that he was annoyed.)

Synonymes : understand, infer

Expressions courantes : I gather, gather that

accumuler, rassembler

Réunir une quantité toujours plus grande de quelque chose au fil du temps.

En anglais simple : To collect more and more of something over time.

• We need to gather more evidence.
• Over the years, he gathered a large collection of stamps.
• The proposal is gathering support among local residents.

Synonymes : collect, accumulate, amass

Expressions courantes : gather evidence, gather information, gather support

accélérer, prendre de la vitesse

Devenir progressivement plus rapide.

En anglais simple : To gradually become faster.

• The train began to gather speed.
• The car gathered speed as it went downhill.
• Her steps gathered pace as she approached home.

Synonymes : accelerate, speed up

Contraires : decelerate

Expressions courantes : gather speed, gather pace

prendre la poussière

Rester inutilisé si longtemps que la poussière s’accumule dessus.

En anglais simple : To remain unused for so long that dust settles on it.

• These books just gather dust.
• My guitar gathered dust in the cupboard for years.
• Why leave your exercise bike gathering dust?

Synonymes : lie unused

Expressions courantes : gather dust, gather dust upstairs

cueillir, ramasser

Ramasser ou cueillir des aliments là où ils poussent.

En anglais simple : To pick or collect food from the place where it grows.

• We gather berries in summer.
• She gathered nuts beneath the trees.
• Can you safely gather mushrooms in this forest?

Synonymes : collect, pick, harvest

Expressions courantes : gather berries, gather mushrooms, gather nuts