straighten up

se redresser

Cesser de se pencher en avant et s’asseoir avec le dos droit.

En anglais simple : To stop bending forward and sit with your back straight.

• Straighten up in your chair.
• She straightened up when the teacher entered.
• Can you straighten up without hurting your back?

Synonymes : sit up, sit upright

Contraires : slouch

Expressions courantes : straighten up slowly, straighten up in bed

ranger

Remettre les objets à leur place pour rendre une pièce ou un endroit bien ordonné.

En anglais simple : To put things in their proper places and make a room or area neat.

• Please straighten up the kitchen.
• I straightened the living room up before our guests arrived.
• Have you had time to straighten up?

Comment l'utiliser : straighten something up (Please straighten your room up before lunch.)

Synonymes : tidy, tidy up

Expressions courantes : straighten up something, straighten something up, straighten up the room

se redresser

Devenir moins courbé ou moins plié.

En anglais simple : To become less bent or curved.

• The bent stem straightened up.
• The wire straightened up as we pulled it tight.
• Will the young tree straighten up as it grows?

Synonymes : straighten

Contraires : bend

Expressions courantes : straighten up slowly, straighten up again

mettre en ordre, régler

Résoudre les problèmes ou organiser une situation pour qu’elle fonctionne correctement.

En anglais simple : To solve problems or arrange a situation so it works properly.

• We must straighten up our finances.
• She straightened up the accounts before selling the business.
• Have you straightened up those payment problems?

Comment l'utiliser : straighten something up (We need to straighten our affairs up before leaving.)

Synonymes : sort out, put in order

Expressions courantes : straighten up finances, straighten something up

redresser la direction

Corriger la direction d’un véhicule pour qu’il avance tout droit.

En anglais simple : To change direction so that a vehicle moves straight ahead.

• Turn left, then straighten up.
• The driver straightened up after the bend.
• You need to straighten up before entering the narrow lane.

Synonymes : straighten out

Expressions courantes : straighten up afterward, straighten up smoothly

clarifier, éclaircir

Rendre quelque chose plus facile à comprendre ou dissiper la confusion à son sujet.

En anglais simple : To make something easier to understand or remove confusion about it.

• We should straighten up that misunderstanding.
• Her explanation straightened up the confusion about the dates.
• Can you straighten this matter up for me?

Comment l'utiliser : straighten something up (Let me straighten this misunderstanding up.)

Synonymes : clarify, clear up

Contraires : confuse

Expressions courantes : straighten up something, straighten something up