Difference between revisions of "Settle"

Revision as of 00:36, 2 May 2020

Rhymes with kettle, metal, mettle...

• settler: colon, un colonisateur, une colonisatrice
• settlement: village founded by settlers
• settle a bill: to pay a bill
• settle out of court: to come to an agreement without an official decision
• settle a dispute: to come to an agreement
• settle up: to pay completely, régler (there is a smartphone payment app called Settle up)
• settle down:: calm down
• settle down (2): fonder une famille
• settle in: s'y installer (pour la nuit, pour l'hiver ou même pour quelques années)
• unsettling (adj): troubling, perturbing, disconcerting...

Compare to "set"

set sth up: paramétrer qqch, mettre qqch en place

When you set sth down you stop carrying it...

• upset so: make so angry or sad
• upset sth: knock sth over, mess sth up
• upset (adj): angry, mad, overwhelmed (bouleversé), perturbed, sad
• upsetting (adj): navrant, bouleversant
• set sth down in writing: mettre qqch à l'écrit (pour le rendre officiel)
• set boundaries: définir les limites
• a set-up (job): a sting operation cf. this review of the movie Setup at IMDB (the internet movie database).

• jet set: jet set
• set theory: théorie des ensembles (algèbre)

All set?=

• --Are you all set? Do you need any help?
• --No thanks, I'm ready. Everything's set, not to worry. It'll be fine.

here set = ready to go

• On your marks, get set, go!