switch off

éteindre

Arrêter une lampe ou une machine en utilisant sa commande d’alimentation.

En anglais simple : To stop a light or machine working by using its power control.

• Please switch off the light.
• She switched the oven off after cooking.
• Have you switched off your phone?

Comment l'utiliser : switch something off (Please switch the radio off before bed.)

Synonymes : turn off

Contraires : switch on

Expressions courantes : switch off lights, switch off something

décrocher, ne plus écouter

Cesser de faire attention parce qu’on s’ennuie ou qu’on n’est pas intéressé.

En anglais simple : To stop paying attention because you are bored or uninterested.

• I switch off during long speeches.
• Half the class switched off after ten minutes.
• When he started discussing figures, she switched off.

Synonymes : tune out, stop listening

Expressions courantes : switch off mentally, switch off completely

se relayer, alterner

Se relayer ou passer régulièrement d’une activité ou d’une chose à une autre.

En anglais simple : To take turns or move repeatedly between two activities or things.

• We switch off doing the dishes.
• The two nurses switched off watching the patient.
• They switch off between answering calls and greeting visitors.

Comment l'utiliser : switch off between A and B (We switch off between cooking and washing up.); switch off doing something (They switch off driving during long journeys.)

Synonymes : alternate, take turns

Expressions courantes : switch off regularly, switch off driving