tend

avoir tendance

Être porté à faire quelque chose ou le faire souvent par habitude.

En anglais simple : To be likely to do something, or to do it often as a habit.

• I tend to forget names.
• He tended to eat alone when he was younger.
• Do these plants tend to grow quickly?

Comment l'utiliser : tend to do something (Small children tend to wake up early.)

Synonymes : be inclined, be likely

Expressions courantes : tend to forget, tend to happen, tend to agree

soigner, s'occuper de

S’occuper d’une personne ou d’une chose en lui apportant les soins nécessaires.

En anglais simple : To look after someone or something and give them the care they need.

• He tends the garden.
• The nurses tended the wounded soldiers.
• Who will tend to the animals while we're away?

Comment l'utiliser : tend someone/something (She tends the roses every morning.); tend to someone/something (A nurse came to tend to his injuries.)

Synonymes : look after, care for, attend to

Contraires : neglect

Expressions courantes : tend a garden, tend the sick, tend the fire, tend to someone

tendre, pencher

Présenter généralement une certaine qualité ou évoluer vers un résultat particulier.

En anglais simple : To generally have a particular quality or move towards a particular result.

• His views tend towards the conservative.
• Her early paintings tended toward realism.
• These arguments tend towards the same conclusion.

Comment l'utiliser : tend towards/toward something (Her designs tend towards simplicity.)

Synonymes : lean, incline

Expressions courantes : tend towards optimism, tend toward something, tend towards simplicity

tenir le bar

Travailler derrière le comptoir d’un bar pour préparer et servir des boissons.

En anglais simple : To work behind a bar, preparing and serving drinks.

• She tends bar on weekends.
• I tended bar to pay for college.
• Who will tend the bar tonight?

Synonymes : bartend

Expressions courantes : tend bar, tend the bar

tendre, s'orienter

Évoluer ou se déplacer généralement dans une direction donnée.

En anglais simple : To usually move or change in a particular direction.

• Prices tend upward in summer.
• The path tended east as we climbed.
• Temperatures have tended downward over the past week.

Comment l'utiliser : tend in a direction (Prices have tended downward since June.)

Synonymes : trend, incline

Expressions courantes : tend upward, tend downward, tend north