stage

scène

Espace surélevé où l’on joue un spectacle ou prend la parole devant un public.

En anglais simple : A raised area where people perform or speak in front of an audience.

• The singer walked onto the stage.
• Bright lights shone above the stage.
• Have you ever performed on stage?

Comment l'utiliser : on stage (The dancers are already on stage.)

Synonymes : platform

Expressions courantes : on stage, take the stage, stage lights, theatre stage

étape, phase, stade

Une partie d’un processus, d’une évolution ou d’une suite d’événements.

En anglais simple : One part of a process, period of development, or series of events.

• We are at the planning stage.
• The project has three main stages.
• What happens during the next stage of treatment?

Comment l'utiliser : a stage of/in something (We have reached the final stage of the project.); at a stage (At this stage, we cannot make changes.); in stages (The repairs will be completed in stages.)

Synonymes : phase, step

Expressions courantes : early stage, final stage, at this stage, stage of something

diligence

Grande voiture tirée par des chevaux qui transportait des voyageurs entre villes sur un trajet régulier.

En anglais simple : A large horse-drawn vehicle that carried passengers between towns on a regular route.

• The stage arrived at noon.
• Six passengers climbed into the stage.
• They missed the morning stage and waited until evening.

Synonymes : stagecoach, coach

Expressions courantes : catch the stage, stage driver, morning stage

étage

Partie d’un circuit électronique qui traite un signal avant de le transmettre à la partie suivante.

En anglais simple : One section of an electronic circuit that processes a signal before passing it to the next section.

• The amplifier has two stages.
• The output stage drives the speaker.
• Each filter stage removes more unwanted signals.

Synonymes : section, block

Expressions courantes : amplifier stage, output stage, filter stage, input stage

platine

Partie plate du microscope où l’on pose la petite lame de verre à observer.

En anglais simple : The flat part of a microscope that holds the small glass plate you look at.

• Place the slide on the stage.
• She lowered the microscope's stage carefully.
• The stage clips held the glass slide in place.

Synonymes : specimen platform

Expressions courantes : microscope stage, mechanical stage, stage clips

organiser, mener

Organiser et réaliser un événement ou une action prévue.

En anglais simple : To organize and carry out an event or planned action.

• The workers staged a strike.
• Students staged a protest outside the university.
• The team staged a remarkable comeback in the final minutes.

Synonymes : organize, hold, carry out

Expressions courantes : stage a protest, stage a strike, stage a comeback, stage a demonstration

monter, mettre en scène

Préparer et présenter une pièce de théâtre ou un autre spectacle devant un public.

En anglais simple : To prepare and present a play or other performance for an audience.

• The school staged a play.
• They are staging a new musical this summer.
• Our theatre has never staged an opera before.

Synonymes : put on, produce, present

Expressions courantes : stage a play, stage a musical, stage a show, stage an opera

simuler, mettre en scène

Organiser un événement ou une scène pour faire croire qu’il s’est produit naturellement.

En anglais simple : To arrange an event or scene so that people wrongly believe it happened naturally.

• They staged the robbery.
• The couple staged an accident to claim insurance money.
• Was the rescue real, or had someone staged it?

Synonymes : fake, set up

Expressions courantes : stage an accident, stage a robbery, stage a scene