get across

faire comprendre, transmettre

Expliquer une idée ou un sentiment de façon à être compris par les autres.

En anglais simple : Explain an idea or feeling so that other people understand it.

• I cannot get my point across.
• The pictures got the message across clearly.
• How do you get complex ideas across to children?

Comment l'utiliser : get something across to someone (She got her message across to the whole class.); get across to someone that… (I tried to get across to him that we needed more time.)

Synonymes : convey, communicate, explain

Expressions courantes : get across something, get across ideas, get across feelings

traverser, passer de l’autre côté

Passer d’un côté de quelque chose à l’autre.

En anglais simple : Move from one side of something to the other.

• How can we get across the road?
• They got across the river before dark.
• We could not get across because the bridge was closed.

Comment l'utiliser : get across something (We used a small boat to get across the river.)

Synonymes : cross, traverse

Expressions courantes : get across something, get across safely, get across rivers

contrarier, se mettre à dos

Agacer quelqu’un ou lui donner une mauvaise opinion de soi.

En anglais simple : Annoy someone or make them think badly of you.

• Try not to get across him.
• She got across her neighbors by complaining every day.
• He had got across several colleagues before he left.

Comment l'utiliser : get across someone (You do not want to get across the boss.)

Synonymes : annoy, antagonize

Contraires : please

Expressions courantes : get across someone, get across people