Signification de after En anglais

• 0 at a time later than

  • We’re going swimming after school. Nous allons nager après l’école.

  • They got bored after a while. Ils se sont ennuyés au bout d’un moment.

• 1 in a position following

  • Five comes after four. Le cinq vient après le quatre.

  • Who’s name is after yours on the list? Quel nom vient après le tien sur la liste ?

• 2 beyond a place

  • Turn left after the library. Tournez à gauche après la bibliothèque.

• 3 indicates how much later sth happens

  • A few minutes after that there was an explosion. Quelques minutes après cela, il y a eu une explosion.

  • She’s speaking right after the Senator. Elle parle juste après le sénateur.

• 4 indicates how many minutes past the hour

  • It’s twenty after three. Il est trois heures vingt.

• 5 because of

  • After all that excitement, it was hard to sleep. Après toute cette excitation, il a été difficile de dormir.

• 6 despite

  • She didn’t even thank me, after everything I did to help. Elle ne m’a même pas remercié, après tout ce que j’ai fait pour aider.

• 7 contradicting what was said or done before

  • Maybe I will go after all. Peut-être que j’irai après tout.

  • Be nicer to her. She’s your only sister after all! Sois plus gentil avec elle. C’est ton unique sœur après tout !

• 8 beyond a place

  • You’ll see it after you go through the light. Vous le verrez après avoir traversé la lumière.

• 9 at a time later than

  • Jen left the party after David did. Jen a quitté la soirée après David.

• 10 indicates how much later sth happens

  • The thunder came immediately after the lightning hit. Le tonnerre est arrivé immédiatement après que les éclairs ont frappé.

• 11 later

  • They came on Tuesday, and we arrived two days after. Ils sont venus mardi, et nous sommes arrivés deux jours plus tard.

• 12 later in time or place than

  • After 5 o’clock, we were free to go home.

• 13 following often indicating repetition

  • We had a lot of problems – it was one thing after another

  • Night after night, the dogs’ barking kept us awake.

• 14 behind

  • Shut the door after you!

• 15 in search or pursuit of

  • He ran after the bus.

• 16 considering

  • After all I’ve done, you’d think he’d thank me

  • It’s disappointing to fail after all that work.

• 17 (American in telling the time) past

  • It’s a quarter after ten.

• 18 later in time or place

  • They arrived soon after.

• 19 later than the time when

  • After she died, we moved house.