write up

rédiger, mettre par écrit

Transformer des notes ou des informations en un compte rendu complet.

En anglais simple : To turn notes or information into a complete written account.

• Please write up your notes.
• She wrote up the interview for the local paper.
• Have you written the experiment up yet?

Comment l'utiliser : write something up (I wrote my notes up after the meeting.); write something up as something (She wrote the findings up as a short report.)

Synonymes : write, document, record

Expressions courantes : write up something, write up results, write up notes

signaler, dresser un rapport sur

Consigner officiellement par écrit qu’une personne a enfreint une règle ou mal agi.

En anglais simple : To officially record that someone has broken a rule or done something wrong.

• The manager wrote me up.
• She was written up for ignoring safety rules.
• Will the teacher write him up for fighting?

Comment l'utiliser : write someone up for something (The manager wrote him up for repeated lateness.)

Synonymes : report, cite

Expressions courantes : write up someone, write up employees

faire un éloge écrit

Décrire quelqu’un ou quelque chose par écrit en le présentant sous un jour favorable.

En anglais simple : To describe someone or something in writing in a way that makes them seem good.

• The local paper wrote up our restaurant.
• A magazine wrote the young artist up enthusiastically.
• Will the critics write up her latest show?

Synonymes : praise, commend

Expressions courantes : write up someone, write up a restaurant

réévaluer à la hausse

Augmenter dans les comptes la valeur d’un bien appartenant à une entreprise.

En anglais simple : To increase the value of something a business owns in its financial records.

• The firm wrote up its land.
• An accountant recommended writing up the property after the valuation.
• Can we write up these assets this year?

Synonymes : revalue upwards

Contraires : write down

Expressions courantes : write up assets, write up property

annoter des timbres

Ajouter des renseignements écrits sur les timbres à une page d’un album de collection.

En anglais simple : To add written information about stamps to a page in a stamp collection.

• She wrote up the stamps carefully.
• I am writing up the new pages in my stamp album.
• Have you written up that rare stamp yet?

Synonymes : annotate

Expressions courantes : write up stamps, write up an album

écrire en haut

Écrire sur du papier ou un écran en se trouvant à l’étage ou dans un endroit plus haut.

En anglais simple : To put words on paper or a screen while you are in a higher place.

• I like to write up here.
• She used to write up in the attic.
• Can you write up there without getting cold?

Expressions courantes : write up here, write up there