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anglais > français
take off
1. v. Enlever (un vêtement, un couvercle, un objet ou un matériau qui se trouve sur autre chose).
I watched as he took his shirt off.
Je regardai quand il enleva sa chemise.
James, will you please take the lid off this jar? It's screwed on too tight for me.
James, veux-tu bien enlever le couvercle de ce bocal ? Il est vissé trop fort pour moi.
I was finally able to take the stains off using acetone.
J'ai finalement réussi à enlever les taches en utilisant de l'acétone.
She took the vase off the table and set it on the mantelpiece.
Elle enleva le vase de la table et le mit sur le manteau de la cheminée.
2. v. (Aéro) Décoller.
The helicopter will take off at 0800 hours.
L'hélicoptère décollera à 8 heures.
3. v. (Familier) Partir.
Hey Mark, I'm going to take off now. See you on Saturday, OK?
Hé Mark, je pars maintenant. On se voit samedi, d'accord ?
4. v. (Intrans) Rencontrer du succès, être florissant.
I'm happy your business has taken off.
Je suis heureux que tes affaires rencontrent du succès.
anglais > anglais
take off
1. v. To remove.
He took off his shoes.
The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm.
2. v. To imitate, often in a satirical manner.
3. v. (intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) To leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.
The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3.
4. v. (intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.
The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit.
5. v. (intransitive) To depart.
I'm going to take off now.
Take off, loser!
6. v. To quantify.
I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project.
7. v. To absent oneself from work or other responsibility, especially with permission.
If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa.
He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner.
8. v. (intransitive, slang) To take drugs; to inject drugs.
9. v. (transitive, slang) To steal (something) or rob (someone).
français > anglais
décoller
1. v. to take off (i.e. a plane)
2. v. unstick
Cela m'a pris beaucoup de temps de décoller toutes les affiches. - It took me a long time to unstick all the posters.
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive) to come undone, come unstuck

Exemples de phrases

Take off your hat when you enter a classroom.      On ôte son chapeau quand on entre dans une salle de classe. Take off your hat when you come into a room.      Ôte ton chapeau quand tu entres dans une pièce. If it's that hot, how about you take off all your clothes?      S'il fait si chaud que ça, pourquoi ne retires-tu pas tous tes vêtements ? Please take off your shoes.      Enlève tes chaussures, s'il te plaît. We will soon take off.      Nous allons bientôt décoller.

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