start out

commencer, débuter

Commencer une activité ou entrer dans une première étape de son travail ou de sa vie.

En anglais simple : To begin an activity or enter the first stage of your work or life.

• We started out with little money.
• She started out teaching children.
• Did you start out as a waiter?

Comment l'utiliser : start out as someone (She started out as a nurse.); start out doing something (He started out selling fruit.)

Synonymes : begin, start

Contraires : finish

Expressions courantes : start out small, start out as someone, start out doing something

surgir, jaillir

Sortir brusquement d'un endroit ou apparaître soudain de sa cachette.

En anglais simple : To suddenly move out from a place or appear from somewhere hidden.

• A fox started out from the bushes.
• Two men started out from the shadows and blocked the path.
• She cried out when a figure started out of the doorway.

Comment l'utiliser : start out from something (A figure started out from behind the curtain.)

Synonymes : jump out, spring out, emerge

Expressions courantes : start out suddenly, start out from somewhere, figures start out

ressortir, se détacher

Devenir bien visible grâce à sa forme, sa couleur ou sa différence avec ce qui l'entoure.

En anglais simple : To become easy to notice because of a clear shape, colour, or difference from the surroundings.

• The red letters start out clearly.
• As the light changed, the carved figures started out against the wall.
• The mountain's outline started out sharply against the pale sky.

Comment l'utiliser : start out against something (The white letters started out against the dark stone.)

Synonymes : stand out, become conspicuous

Expressions courantes : start out clearly, start out sharply, features start out