undertaking

entreprise, projet

Tâche ou projet que quelqu’un entreprend ou tente de mener à bien, souvent difficile.

En anglais simple : A task or project that someone starts or tries to complete, often a difficult one.

• Moving house is a big undertaking.
• Building the bridge was an expensive undertaking.
• They completed this ambitious undertaking in two years.

Synonymes : project, task, enterprise

Expressions courantes : a major undertaking, a difficult undertaking, an ambitious undertaking

engagement, promesse

Promesse ferme de faire quelque chose, notamment lorsqu’elle est donnée officiellement.

En anglais simple : A firm promise to do something, especially one made officially.

• She gave a written undertaking.
• We received an undertaking to protect the trees.
• The court accepted his undertaking to leave the property.

Comment l'utiliser : undertaking to do something (He gave an undertaking to repay the money.)

Synonymes : promise, pledge, commitment

Expressions courantes : give an undertaking, a written undertaking, undertaking to pay

services funéraires

Activité consistant à préparer les morts pour l’enterrement et à organiser les funérailles.

En anglais simple : The business of preparing dead people for burial and arranging funerals.

• His family works in undertaking.
• The company offers undertaking services.
• She joined the undertaking business after helping at a funeral home.

Synonymes : funeral directing

Expressions courantes : undertaking business, undertaking services, work in undertaking