go about

s’y prendre pour, aborder

Choisir comment commencer une tâche ou s’y prendre pour traiter un problème.

En anglais simple : Choose a way to start or deal with a task or problem.

• How do we go about this?
• She went about fixing the roof carefully.
• You need to change how you go about finding work.

Comment l'utiliser : go about doing something (How should we go about finding a new flat?); go about something (You went about the task in the wrong way.)

Synonymes : tackle, approach, set about

Expressions courantes : go about something, go about finding something

vaquer à, s’occuper de

Faire son travail habituel ou ses activités quotidiennes.

En anglais simple : Do your usual work or everyday activities.

• We went about our business.
• She goes about her duties quietly.
• How can people go about normal life during the repairs?

Comment l'utiliser : go about something (People went about their daily work.)

Synonymes : carry on with, attend to

Expressions courantes : go about business, go about work

circuler, se propager

Passer d’une personne à l’autre, comme une nouvelle ou une maladie.

En anglais simple : Pass from one person to another, like news or an illness.

• A nasty cold is going about.
• That story went about the village for weeks.
• Is there a stomach bug going about at school?

Synonymes : spread, circulate, go around

Expressions courantes : go about town, go about school

virer de bord

Tourner un voilier face au vent pour que le vent arrive ensuite de l’autre côté.

En anglais simple : Turn a sailing boat so that the wind comes from the other side.

• The boat began to go about.
• We went about when the wind changed.
• Is the crew ready to go about?

Synonymes : tack, come about

Expressions courantes : go about now, go about again