take a picture

prendre une photo, photographier

Faire une photo de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose avec un appareil photo ou un téléphone.

En anglais simple : To use a camera or phone to make a photo of someone or something.

• Can you take a picture?
• She took a picture of her new puppy.
• We're taking pictures by the lake.

Comment l'utiliser : take a picture of someone/something (I took a picture of the mountains.); take someone's picture (Could you take our picture, please?)

Synonymes : photograph, take a photo

Expressions courantes : take a picture outside, take a picture together, take a picture here

prends une photo

Se dit avec colère ou en plaisantant à quelqu’un qui vous fixe, pour qu’il arrête.

En anglais simple : Said angrily or jokingly to someone who is staring at you, to make them stop.

• Stop staring! Take a picture!
• She caught him staring and snapped, 'Take a picture; it'll last longer.'
• 'Take a picture,' he told the stranger who kept watching him.

Synonymes : stop staring

Expressions courantes : take a picture then, take a picture instead