set sail

prendre la mer, appareiller

Quitter un endroit pour commencer un voyage en bateau.

En anglais simple : To leave a place and begin a journey by boat or ship.

• We set sail at dawn.
• The ship set sail for Greece yesterday.
• When do we set sail from the harbor?

Comment l'utiliser : set sail for somewhere (We set sail for the island at dawn.); set sail from somewhere (They set sail from a small port.)

Synonymes : depart, put to sea

Expressions courantes : set sail for somewhere, set sail from somewhere, set sail tomorrow

prendre la mer, appareiller

Commencer un voyage en mer à bord d'un bateau qui avance au moteur plutôt qu'à la voile.

En anglais simple : To begin a sea journey on a ship that uses an engine rather than sails.

• The ferry will set sail soon.
• Our diesel ship set sail at noon.
• The steamship set sail with two hundred passengers.

Comment l'utiliser : set sail for somewhere (The cruise ship set sail for Norway.)

Synonymes : depart, put to sea

Expressions courantes : ferry set sail, set sail for somewhere, set sail from somewhere

déployer les voiles, hisser les voiles

Ouvrir et placer les voiles d'un bateau pour que le vent le fasse avancer.

En anglais simple : To open and position a boat’s sails so that the wind can move it.

• The crew set sail together.
• We set sail once the wind strengthened.
• The sailors prepared the ropes before setting sail.

Synonymes : hoist sails, spread sails

Expressions courantes : set sail carefully, set sail together, set sail before departure