Difference between revisions of "Settle"

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(Compare to "set")
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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...  
  
*'''upset <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">so</span>:'''  make SO angry or sad
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*'''upset <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">so</span>:'''  make <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">so</span> angry or sad
*'''upset <span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:#046;">sth</span>:''' knock STH over, mess STH up
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*'''upset <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
 
*'''upset (adj):''' angry, mad, overwhelmed (''bouleversé''), perturbed, sad
 
*'''upset (adj):''' angry, mad, overwhelmed (''bouleversé''), perturbed, sad
 
*'''upsetting (adj):''' ''navrant, bouleversant''
 
*'''upsetting (adj):''' ''navrant, bouleversant''

Revision as of 23:35, 1 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: 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 theory: théorie des ensembles (algèbre)