split up

se séparer, rompre

Cesser d’être ensemble comme couple ou groupe, ou partir dans des directions différentes.

En anglais simple : To stop being together as a couple or group, or go in different directions.

• They split up last year.
• The band split up after its final tour.
• Let us split up and search different streets.

Comment l'utiliser : split up with someone (She split up with her boyfriend last month.)

Synonymes : separate, break up, part

Contraires : unite, reconcile

Expressions courantes : split up with someone, split up temporarily

diviser, séparer

Répartir des personnes ou des choses en parties ou groupes distincts.

En anglais simple : To divide people or things into separate parts or groups.

• Please split up the group.
• The teacher split the children up into teams.
• They are splitting up the company into smaller businesses.

Comment l'utiliser : split someone/something up into something (The teacher split the class up into pairs.); split someone/something up (We had to split the two boys up.)

Synonymes : divide, separate

Contraires : combine, unite

Expressions courantes : split up something, split someone up

séparé, divisé

En parties ou groupes distincts, ou qui ne sont plus ensemble.

En anglais simple : In separate parts or groups, or no longer together.

• They are already split up.
• The class is split up into small groups.
• Our family was split up across several towns.

Comment l'utiliser : be split up into something (The children are split up into three groups.)

Synonymes : separated, divided, apart

Contraires : together, united

Expressions courantes : be split up, already split up