impress

impressionner

Amener quelqu’un à vous admirer ou à trouver quelque chose très bien.

En anglais simple : To make someone admire you or think that something is very good.

• Your work impressed me.
• She tried to impress her new boss.
• Were you impressed by the performance?

Comment l'utiliser : impress someone with something (She impressed us with her knowledge.); be impressed by/with something (I was impressed by his kindness.)

Contraires : disappoint

Expressions courantes : impress someone, impress with something, impress the judges, impress an audience

inculquer, faire comprendre

Faire bien comprendre à quelqu’un à quel point une chose est importante.

En anglais simple : To make someone clearly understand how important something is.

• They impressed the rules on us.
• The teacher impressed upon us the importance of practice.
• I must impress on you that this is urgent.

Comment l'utiliser : impress something on/upon someone (He impressed the need for caution upon us.); impress on someone that… (She impressed on me that we must arrive early.)

Synonymes : emphasize, stress

Expressions courantes : impress upon someone, impress on someone

imprimer, marquer

Créer une marque ou une forme sur une surface en y pressant quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To make a mark or shape on a surface by pressing something against it.

• She impressed a stamp into the wax.
• The artist impressed patterns on the soft clay.
• Their shoes impressed deep marks into the mud.

Comment l'utiliser : impress something into/on something (She impressed a leaf pattern into the clay.)

Synonymes : stamp, imprint

Expressions courantes : impress a pattern, impress into something, impress on something, impress a seal