overcome

surmonter, vaincre

Réussir à résoudre un problème ou une difficulté qui empêche de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To deal successfully with a problem or difficulty that prevents you from doing something.

• You can overcome this problem.
• She overcame her fear of flying.
• How have they overcome the language barrier?

Synonymes : get past, surmount, conquer

Expressions courantes : overcome a problem, overcome an obstacle, overcome your fear, overcome something together

submerger, accabler

Affecter quelqu’un par une émotion ou une force physique si intense qu’il ne peut plus agir normalement.

En anglais simple : To affect someone so strongly with a feeling or physical force that they cannot act normally.

• He was overcome with sadness.
• Smoke overcame the workers in the basement.
• She felt overcome by emotion as she thanked everyone.

Comment l'utiliser : be overcome with something (She was overcome with joy when her son returned.); be overcome by something (Two workers were overcome by smoke.)

Synonymes : overwhelm, overpower

Expressions courantes : overcome with grief, overcome by smoke, overcome with joy

vaincre, battre

Vaincre quelqu’un dans un combat ou une compétition.

En anglais simple : To defeat someone in a fight or competition.

• They overcame the enemy.
• Our team overcame the champions in the final.
• The smaller army had overcome a much stronger force.

Synonymes : defeat, beat, vanquish

Expressions courantes : overcome an opponent, overcome the enemy, overcome enemy forces