settle down

se calmer, calmer

Devenir calme et tranquille, ou rendre quelqu’un calme et tranquille.

En anglais simple : To become calm and quiet, or make someone calm and quiet.

• Please settle down and listen.
• The crowd settled down when the singer appeared.
• Can you settle the baby down?

Comment l'utiliser : settle someone down (A quiet story helped settle the children down.)

Synonymes : calm down, quiet down

Expressions courantes : settle down now, settle someone down

s'adapter, s'habituer

Commencer à se sentir à l’aise dans un nouveau logement ou une nouvelle situation.

En anglais simple : To start feeling comfortable in a new home or situation.

• It took me weeks to settle down here.
• The children have settled down well at their new school.
• Have you settled down in your new home yet?

Comment l'utiliser : settle down in a place (She soon settled down in her new flat.)

Synonymes : settle in, adjust

Expressions courantes : settle down here, settle down comfortably

se calmer

Cesser de s’agiter ou de faire du bruit, notamment quand quelqu’un le demande.

En anglais simple : To become quiet and calm, especially when someone asks you to.

• Settle down, everyone; the lesson is starting.
• The children finally settled down after lunch.
• Will you settle down and let me speak?

Synonymes : calm down, quiet down

Expressions courantes : please settle down, settle down now

s'installer, se poser

Arrêter de changer de lieu et s’installer quelque part pour y vivre longtemps.

En anglais simple : To stop moving from place to place and start living somewhere for a long time.

• They want to settle down here.
• After years of travel, she settled down in Bristol.
• Are you ready to settle down and start a family?

Comment l'utiliser : settle down in a place (They decided to settle down in a small coastal town.); settle down with someone (He wants to settle down with his partner.)

Synonymes : put down roots

Expressions courantes : settle down somewhere, settle down together