Settle

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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!