pay back

rembourser

Rendre de l’argent emprunté ou verser à quelqu’un tout l’argent qu’on lui doit.

En anglais simple : To return money that you borrowed, or give someone all the money you owe them.

• I will pay you back soon.
• She paid back the money she borrowed.
• Have you paid your brother back yet?

Comment l'utiliser : pay someone back (I will pay you back tomorrow.); pay back something / pay something back (She paid the loan back in full.)

Synonymes : repay, reimburse

Expressions courantes : pay back a loan, pay back someone

se venger de

Faire du mal à quelqu’un ou le punir parce qu’il vous a fait du mal ou maltraité.

En anglais simple : To hurt or punish someone because they hurt you or treated you badly.

• I will pay him back for that lie.
• She paid them back by revealing their secret.
• He planned to pay his rival back for humiliating him.

Comment l'utiliser : pay someone back for something (He wanted to pay her back for the insult.)

Synonymes : get back at, take revenge on

Contraires : forgive

Expressions courantes : pay back someone, pay back an enemy