stay

rester

Ne pas partir et continuer à être au même endroit.

En anglais simple : If you do this, you remain where you are instead of leaving.

• Please stay here.
• She stayed in bed all morning.
• Will you stay at home tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : stay in/at a place (Please stay in the car.)

Synonymes : remain

Contraires : leave

Expressions courantes : stay here, stay in bed, stay at home, stay put

séjourner, loger

Passer quelque temps dans un lieu lors d’une visite, souvent en y dormant.

En anglais simple : To spend some time in a place, often sleeping there during a visit.

• We stayed at a hotel.
• Can I stay with you this weekend?
• They are staying in Rome for a month.

Comment l'utiliser : stay at/in a place (We stayed at a small hotel.); stay with someone (I stayed with my cousin.); stay for a period (They stayed for three nights.)

Synonymes : stop over

Expressions courantes : stay at a hotel, stay with someone, stay for a week

rester

Continuer à être dans le même état.

En anglais simple : To continue to be in the same state or condition.

• Try to stay calm.
• The soup stayed warm for hours.
• How do you stay awake during long journeys?

Comment l'utiliser : stay + adjective (The door stayed open all night.)

Synonymes : remain

Expressions courantes : stay calm, stay warm, stay awake, stay healthy

séjour

Période passée dans un lieu, notamment comme visiteur ou patient.

En anglais simple : A period of time you spend in a place, especially as a visitor or patient.

• Enjoy your stay.
• His hospital stay lasted three days.
• We have had several short stays in that village.

Comment l'utiliser : a stay in/at a place (Her stay in hospital lasted a week.); a stay with someone (We enjoyed our stay with your family.)

Synonymes : visit

Expressions courantes : a short stay, hospital stay, during your stay, an overnight stay

baleine

Bande rigide placée dans un vêtement pour l’aider à garder sa forme.

En anglais simple : A stiff strip inside clothing that helps it keep its shape.

• The collar needs a stay.
• She replaced the broken stays in her corset.
• Remove the metal stays before washing the shirt.

Synonymes : stiffener

Expressions courantes : collar stay, a plastic stay, a metal stay

soutien, appui

Personne ou chose qui soutient quelqu’un ou maintient quelque chose en place.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that supports someone or holds something in place.

• Her brother was her only stay.
• A wooden stay held the frame upright.
• These stays support the roof.

Synonymes : support, prop

Expressions courantes : a faithful stay, her only stay, a wooden stay

toujours, constamment

Dans certaines variétés d’anglais, indique qu’une action ou un état se répète régulièrement ou dure tout le temps.

En anglais simple : In some varieties of English, this marks an action or state that happens regularly or all the time.

• He stay talking during class.
• They stay arguing about money.
• She stay busy on weekends.

Comment l'utiliser : stay + -ing (In his neighborhood, “She stay working” means she works all the time.)

Synonymes : always, constantly

Expressions courantes : stay talking, stay working, stay busy