see

voir

Percevoir quelque chose avec les yeux.

En anglais simple : To notice something with your eyes.

• I can see the sea.
• She saw a bird outside.
• Have you seen my glasses?

Comment l'utiliser : see someone/something do something (I saw her open the gate.); see someone/something doing something (We saw a dog running across the field.)

Synonymes : notice, spot, observe

Expressions courantes : see something clearly, see a bird, see through something, can see something

comprendre, saisir

Comprendre une idée, une raison ou une situation.

En anglais simple : To understand an idea, reason, or situation.

• I see your point.
• Do you see what I mean?
• She finally saw why the plan had failed.

Comment l'utiliser : see + question word + clause (I see why you're worried.)

Synonymes : understand, grasp, realize

Contraires : misunderstand

Expressions courantes : see the point, see what someone means, see why, i see

sortir avec, fréquenter

Fréquenter quelqu’un dans le cadre d’une relation amoureuse.

En anglais simple : To spend time with someone in a romantic relationship.

• Are you seeing anyone?
• They've been seeing each other for months.
• He stopped seeing her last spring.

Comment l'utiliser : be seeing someone (She's seeing someone from work.)

Synonymes : date, go out with

Expressions courantes : see someone, see each other, start to see someone

vivre, voir, être témoin de

Vivre soi-même un événement ou une situation, ou en être témoin.

En anglais simple : To experience an event or situation yourself.

• I've seen worse storms.
• She has seen many changes in her lifetime.
• Our grandparents saw years of war and hunger.

Synonymes : experience, witness

Expressions courantes : see many changes, see better days, see it all, see hard times

tu vois, voyez-vous

Se dit avant une explication pour attirer l’attention de la personne qui écoute.

En anglais simple : You say this before explaining something to someone.

• See, I don't have a car.
• See, the problem is that nobody has a key.
• See, we need everyone's help to finish today.

Synonymes : you see, look

Expressions courantes : see the thing is, see it's because

diocèse, évêché

Territoire de l’Église chrétienne dirigé par un évêque ou un archevêque.

En anglais simple : An area of the Christian Church led by a bishop or archbishop.

• The see includes twenty parishes.
• The bishop visited churches throughout his see.
• The two neighboring sees share a training college.

Synonymes : diocese, bishopric

Expressions courantes : episcopal see, archiepiscopal see, neighboring see

siège épiscopal, évêché

Fonction officielle occupée par un évêque ou un archevêque.

En anglais simple : The official position held by a bishop or archbishop.

• The see remained vacant for months.
• He was appointed to the see last year.
• She wrote about the bishops who had held that see.

Synonymes : bishopric, episcopate

Expressions courantes : a vacant see, hold a see, succeed to a see