stack up

se comparer, faire le poids

Se révéler meilleur, moins bon ou aussi bon que quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’autre.

En anglais simple : To be better, worse, or equally good when compared with someone or something else.

• How does this phone stack up?
• Our team stacked up well against the champions.
• The cheaper model does not stack up against this one.

Comment l'utiliser : stack up against someone/something (How does our service stack up against theirs?)

Synonymes : compare, measure up

Expressions courantes : stack up against something, stack up well

empiler, entasser

Mettre des objets les uns sur les autres pour former une pile.

En anglais simple : To put things on top of each other in a pile.

• Please stack up the plates.
• We stacked the chairs up after the meeting.
• Can you stack up these boxes safely?

Comment l'utiliser : stack something up (Stack the empty boxes up beside the door.)

Synonymes : stack, pile up

Contraires : unstack

Expressions courantes : stack up boxes, stack up plates, stack something up

s’accumuler, s’amonceler

Devenir de plus en plus nombreux, souvent au point de ne plus pouvoir tout gérer.

En anglais simple : To gradually increase in number or amount, often faster than you can deal with.

• The unpaid bills stacked up.
• Orders are stacking up faster than we can fill them.
• Small delays can stack up over a long journey.

Synonymes : pile up, build up, accumulate

Expressions courantes : bills stack up, let work stack up, problems stack up

rassembler, réunir

Réunir plusieurs idées, souvenirs ou autres éléments qui ne sont pas des objets matériels.

En anglais simple : To bring together several ideas, memories, or other things that you cannot physically touch.

• She stacked up reasons to stay.
• The essay stacks up arguments for changing the law.
• We stacked up memories of our years together.

Comment l'utiliser : stack up something (The writer stacks up memories to build a picture of her childhood.)

Synonymes : collect, assemble, gather

Expressions courantes : stack up memories, stack up arguments, stack up reasons