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Rhymes with ''kettle'', ''metal'', ''mettle''... | Rhymes with ''kettle'', ''metal'', ''mettle''... | ||
| − | *''' | + | *settle'''r''': ''colon, un colonisateur, une colonisatrice'' |
| − | *''' | + | *settle'''ment''': 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 | + | *settle '''the score''': to get even <span style="font-size:75%;">''Revenge is a dish best served cold.''</span> |
| − | *''' | + | *settle '''up''': to pay completely, '''régler''' (there is a smartphone payment app called [https://settleup.io/ 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)'' |
| + | *The matter is settled, then: ''L'affaire est réglée, alors.'' | ||
| + | *'''un'''settl'''ing''' (adj): troubling, perturbing, disconcerting... | ||
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When you '''set <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span> down''' you stop carrying it... | When you '''set <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span> down''' you stop carrying it... | ||
| − | *''' | + | *'''up'''set <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">so</span>: make <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">so</span> angry or sad |
| − | *''' | + | *'''up'''set <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span>: knock <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span> over, mess <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span> up |
| − | *''' | + | *'''up'''set (adj): angry, mad, overwhelmed (''bouleversé''), perturbed, sad |
| − | *''' | + | *'''up'''sett'''ing''' (adj): ''navrant, bouleversant'' |
| + | *set '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span> down in writing''': ''mettre qqch à l'écrit <span style="font-size:75%;">(pour le rendre officiel)</span>'' | ||
| + | *set '''boundaries''': ''définir les limites'' | ||
| + | *a set'''-up''' (job): a sting operation <span style="font-size:75%;">''cf''. [https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2487377/ this review] of the movie ''Setup'' at IMDB (the <u>i</u>nternet <u>m</u>ovie <u>d</u>ata<u>b</u>ase)</span>. | ||
| + | *'''jet''' set: ''jet set'' | ||
| + | *set '''theory''': ''théorie des ensembles (algèbre)'' | ||
| − | *'''set | + | |
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| + | ==All set?== | ||
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| + | *--Are you all set? Do you need any help? <span style="font-size:73%;">In spoken English this can become: ''y'all set? need any help?''</span> | ||
| + | *--No thanks, I'm ready. Everything's set, not to worry. It'll be fine. | ||
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| + | here ''set'' = ready to go | ||
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| + | *On your marks, get set, go! | ||
Latest revision as of 10:19, 4 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 the score: to get even Revenge is a dish best served cold.
- 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)
- The matter is settled, then: L'affaire est réglée, alors.
- 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? In spoken English this can become: y'all set? 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!
