in the world

du monde, au monde

S’ajoute à une description pour lui donner la plus grande force ou portée possible.

En anglais simple : Used after a description to make it sound as strong or complete as possible.

• I'm the happiest person in the world.
• Nothing in the world matters more to her.
• He called it the worst idea in the world.

Comment l'utiliser : superlative + noun + in the world (He thinks she is the kindest person in the world.); nothing/anything + in the world (Nothing in the world could make me sell this house.)

Expressions courantes : best in the world, nothing in the world

diable, donc

S’emploie dans une question pour exprimer une grande surprise, de l’incompréhension ou de la colère.

En anglais simple : Used in questions to show strong surprise, confusion, or anger.

• What in the world is that?
• Where in the world did I leave my keys?
• Why in the world would anyone buy that broken chair?

Comment l'utiliser : question word + in the world (How in the world did you get here so quickly?)

Synonymes : on earth

Expressions courantes : what in the world, why in the world, how in the world

en ce monde, dans cette vie

Pendant notre vie actuelle, par opposition à une vie après la mort.

En anglais simple : During our present life, rather than in a future life after death.

• We seek peace in the world before we die.
• Her sermon concerned our duties in the world and our hopes after death.
• He expected no reward in the world, only in heaven.

Synonymes : in this life, here and now

Expressions courantes : life in the world, here in the world

dans le monde, dans la vie séculière

Dans la société ordinaire et ses préoccupations quotidiennes, en dehors de la vie d’une communauté religieuse.

En anglais simple : In ordinary society, with its everyday concerns, rather than within a religious community.

• She left the convent to live in the world.
• Life in the world brought him new worries about money.
• The monks discussed the temptations faced by people in the world.

Synonymes : in secular society

Expressions courantes : live in the world, work in the world