Difference between revisions of "Settle"
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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''': 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)'' |
| − | *''' | + | *'''un'''settl'''ing''' (adj): troubling, perturbing, disconcerting... |
==Compare to "set"== | ==Compare to "set"== | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 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 (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 theory: théorie des ensembles (algèbre)
