pack up

ranger, emballer

Rassembler des affaires et les mettre dans des sacs, des boîtes ou ailleurs pour les ranger.

En anglais simple : To collect things and put them into bags, boxes, or another place for storage.

• Let’s pack up our things.
• We packed up the tent after breakfast.
• Have you packed the painting supplies up yet?

Comment l'utiliser : pack something up (Please pack your tools up before you leave.)

Synonymes : put away, stow away

Contraires : unpack

Expressions courantes : pack up equipment, pack up something, pack something up

emballer, empaqueter

Mettre quelque chose dans un emballage ou un contenant adapté pour pouvoir l’envoyer.

En anglais simple : To put something in suitable wrapping or a container so it can be sent somewhere.

• Please pack up this gift.
• She packed up the order and posted it.
• Have you packed the books up for shipping?

Comment l'utiliser : pack something up for someone/something (We packed the gift up for delivery.)

Synonymes : package, wrap, box up

Contraires : unpack

Expressions courantes : pack up gifts, pack up orders, pack something up

déménager, plier bagage

Quitter son logement pour aller vivre ailleurs.

En anglais simple : To leave your home and move to live somewhere else.

• We packed up and moved abroad.
• After ten years here, she decided to pack up.
• Would you pack up and move for a better job?

Comment l'utiliser : pack up and move somewhere (They packed up and moved to Canada.)

Synonymes : move, relocate

Contraires : stay

Expressions courantes : pack up permanently, pack up again

abandonner, baisser les bras

Cesser d’essayer et partir parce qu’on a été vaincu ou qu’on ne peut pas réussir.

En anglais simple : To stop trying and leave because you have been defeated or cannot succeed.

• We lost again, so we packed it up.
• They refused to pack up despite their repeated failures.
• With no chance left, he decided to pack it up.

Comment l'utiliser : pack it up (There is no chance of winning; we should pack it up.)

Synonymes : give up, quit, throw in the towel

Contraires : persist

Expressions courantes : pack it up, pack up now

remonter, réassembler

Remettre ensemble les pièces de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To put the parts of something back together.

• She packed the pieces up into one unit.
• He packed the frame up after taking it apart for cleaning.
• We must pack the equipment up after replacing its broken parts.

Comment l'utiliser : pack something up (After cleaning the separate sections, he packed the frame up again.)

Synonymes : reassemble, put back together

Contraires : dismantle

Expressions courantes : pack something up, pack up something

remplir de cannabis

Remplir une pipe ou son foyer de cannabis pour le fumer.

En anglais simple : To fill a pipe or its bowl with cannabis ready for smoking.

• He packed up the bowl with cannabis.
• She packed up a pipe before lighting it.
• They took turns packing up the bowl.

Comment l'utiliser : pack up something with something (He packed up the pipe with cannabis.)

Synonymes : fill, load

Contraires : empty

Expressions courantes : pack up bowls, pack up pipes, pack something up