take off

enlever, retirer

Retirer quelque chose qu’on porte ou qui se trouve sur une surface.

En anglais simple : You remove something from your body or from a surface.

• Take off your hat.
• She took her glasses off to clean them.
• Can you take the cover off the chair?

Comment l'utiliser : take off something / take something off (Take your wet jacket off.)

Synonymes : remove

Contraires : put on

Expressions courantes : take off shoes, take off a coat, take something off

décoller, s'envoler

Quitter le sol et commencer à voler, pour un avion ou un oiseau.

En anglais simple : An aircraft or bird leaves the ground and starts flying.

• The plane is taking off.
• A duck took off from the pond.
• What time does our flight take off?

Comment l'utiliser : take off from somewhere (The helicopter took off from the roof.)

Synonymes : lift off

Contraires : land

Expressions courantes : take off safely, take off from somewhere, take off on time

décoller, prendre son essor

Commencer à avoir beaucoup de succès ou à devenir très populaire, souvent rapidement.

En anglais simple : Something starts to become very successful or popular, often quickly.

• Her business is taking off.
• His career took off after his first film.
• Do you think this new idea will take off?

Synonymes : flourish, boom, catch on

Contraires : fail

Expressions courantes : take off quickly, really take off, take off worldwide

partir, s’en aller

Quitter l’endroit où l’on se trouve.

En anglais simple : To leave the place where you are.

• I need to take off now.
• She took off before lunch.
• Are you taking off already?

Synonymes : leave, head off

Expressions courantes : take off early, take off now

se lever sur la planche

Se lever sur sa planche et commencer à glisser sur une vague qui déferle.

En anglais simple : A surfer stands on the board and starts riding a wave as it breaks.

• The surfer took off smoothly.
• He fell just as he was taking off on the wave.
• Try to take off before the wave becomes too steep.

Comment l'utiliser : take off on a wave (She took off on the first wave she caught.)

Synonymes : start riding a wave

Expressions courantes : take off smoothly, take off too late, take off on waves

calculer les quantités

Calculer les quantités de matériaux nécessaires à un chantier à partir des plans.

En anglais simple : To use building plans to calculate how much material a construction job needs.

• We need to take off the concrete quantities.
• The estimator took off the materials from the plans.
• Have you taken off the steel for this project?

Comment l'utiliser : take off something (We must take off the steel quantities before ordering.)

Synonymes : quantify, measure

Expressions courantes : take off quantities, take off materials