Height en français : traduction et définition

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Traduction et définition

the height: la hauteur, la taille, le niveau noun
I'm afraid of heights est une expression voulant dire "j'ai le vertige".
heights est aussi utilisé pour indiquer des quartiers situés en hauteur : Crown Heights, Shaker Heights, Monterey Heights.
This company is capable of reaching the greatest heights. Cette entreprise est capable d'aller très loin (littéralement "aller très haut").
My height is 6 foot 2 inches. Je mesure 1m90.

UK: This company is capable of reaching the greatest heights.
US: My height is 6 foot 2 inches.

Exemples

  • "Height: 1m60"
  • "Icarus : Actually I'm afraid of heights."
  • "This year's conference will take place in the Kennedy Suite at the Boston Heights Conference Center (Boston, Massachusetts) on the 21st of August."
  • "Reaching new heights in budget air travel"
  • "Address: APARTMENT B, 21 SUTRO HEIGHTS AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94121"
  • "My goal is to further develop my talents in the customer service field, and I am confident that by working together we can reach new heights in telephone customer service."
  • "I am confident that by working together we can reach new heights in customer service!"
  • "Physical description: (Age) 19 (Height) 5.8 M (Weight) 2367 KG (additional information) LOVES SUDOKU"
  • "I am already engaged that evening to speak at Twin Heights elementary school for Career Night."
  • "21 Sutro Heights Avenue"
  • "The ceiling height is 14 feet, and the apartment comes fully furnished."
  • "Merced Heights: 1 Bedroom/1 Bathroom Spacious Condo"
  • "I earn a six-figure salary, I'm a former model, and have my own two-bedroom apartment in Pacific Heights."
Exercice 1
Icarus tells Bruno that he is afraid of .
Icarus tells Bruno that he is afraid of high places.
high places: This is the best choice here. Icarus says that he is "afraid of heights" and suffers from "vertigo" (dizziness or fear of elevated places). Someone who is "afraid of heights" (an acrophobe) is terrified of being in high places (on top of a skyscraper or a roller coaster or above a canyon, for example).
open spaces: To be "afraid of heights" does not express a fear of "open spaces".
large offices: To be "afraid of heights" does not express a fear of "large offices".
warped bridges: To be "afraid of heights" does not mean a fear of "warped bridges". Although some people who are afraid of heights do have a fear of bridges, because they are often suspended high above land or water.
Exercice 2
Let's talk about dimensions and sizes!

When we talk about how long something is, we refer to its length.

When we talk about how high something is, we refer to its . (Hint: the Estate Agent uses this term!)

When we talk about how wide something is, we refer to its .

When we talk about how deep something is, we refer to its .

When we talk about how heavy an object is, we refer to its .
Let's talk about dimensions and sizes!

When we talk about how long something is, we refer to its length.

When we talk about how high something is, we refer to its height 1. (Hint: the Estate Agent uses this term!)

When we talk about how wide something is, we refer to its width 2.

When we talk about how deep something is, we refer to its depth 3.

When we talk about how heavy an object is, we refer to its weight 4.
1 height: The "height" of an object is the distance from the base to the top of it. In the audio, the Estate Agent mentions the "ceiling height" of the apartment being 14 feet. This means that distance from the floor to the ceiling is 14 feet. The "ceiling" is the upper surface of a room. A "foot" is 12 inches, or 0.3048 metres if you like precise metric figures.
2 width: The "width" of an object is the distance from one side to the other, for example: the width of my jeans has slowly gone up without my knowledge. "Width" is the noun form of the adjective "wide".
3 depth: "Depth" is the noun form of the adjective "deep". Because we are humans, we are able to perceive the world in three dimensions, and this is called "depth perception". Interesting, eh? No? Oh.
4 weight: The "weight" of an object is a measure of how heavy it is. Example: My weight increased rapidly after my boyfriend dumped me. Note the verbs most commonly associated with this noun: we "gain" (or "put on") weight = to increase weight. Or we "lose" weight = to decrease weight.
Exercice 3
Jean Marron is signing himself up to MyFace, a social networking website. Can you help him complete the online application form?

Welcome to MyFace!!!

MyFace is a website that allows you to waste your time at work, spy on your partner, and forward spam messages to your entourage!

To join MyFace, please complete the registration data by filling in all the fields found below.

First name:

Last name:

Sex:

Relationship status:

: 30 January, 1978

: 1m60

: 68kg

: Aquarius

Interests:
Jean Marron is signing himself up to MyFace, a social networking website. Can you help him complete the online application form?

Welcome to MyFace!!!

MyFace is a website that allows you to waste your time at work, spy on your partner, and forward spam messages to your entourage!

To join MyFace, please complete the registration data by filling in all the fields found below.

First name: Jean 1

Last name: Marron 2

Sex: Male 3

Relationship status: Single 4

Birthday 5: 30 January, 1978

Height 6: 1m60

Weight 7: 68kg

Star sign 8: Aquarius

Interests: I love eating French food! 9
Surfing the internet for girls! 10
1 Jean: "Jean" is the appropriate first name to enter here. Sometimes this part of a person's name is referred to as their "Christian name". Example: "The president doesn't like people calling him by his first name".
1 Marron: This is incorrect. This is Jean's "last name" or "surname". This is not the part of the form where he should enter this part of his name.
1 Jean Marron: This is incorrect. This is Jean's "full name", not his "first name".
1 Marron, Jean: This is incorrect. We looking for Jean's "first name" (Jean), not a variant of his "full name". Note that Jean's "full name" is usually written as "Jean Marron", not "Marron, Jean".
2 Marron: "Marron" is the appropriate part of Jean's name to enter here. This is his "last name" or "surname".
2 Jean: This is incorrect. This is Jean's "first name" or "Christian name". This is not the part of the form where he should enter this part of his name.
2 Frenchie: This is incorrect. "Frenchie" might be Jean's "nickname", but certainly not his "last name" or "surname".
2 My mother's name was Pineau: This is incorrect. "Pineau" may be Jean's mother's "maiden name" but not his last name. A "maiden name" is the surname of a woman before she marries (and takes the surname of her husband).
3 Male: This is correct. In answer to the question "what is your sex?" there are two answers, "male" or "female", and sometimes "neuter" if you speak German, or have been castrated. Jean is a "man" so his sex is "male". The term "male" is often used as a neutral term in statistics to refer to "men".
3 Man: This is incorrect. Jean is a "man" but his sex is "male". "Male" emphasises the physical or sexual characteristics of a man.
3 Medium: This is incorrect. "Medium" would refer to Jean's "size". It is not common practice to ask about the "size" of one's sexual organs on these kind of forms. Being a virile Frenchman, it is not uncommon for Jean to think with an organ other than his brain, although this is not the time or place!
3 Yes please!: Unfortunately, this purpose of this question is not to measure Jean's desire to have sex, but to determine his gender. Being a virile Frenchman, it is not uncommon for Jean to think with an organ other than his brain, although this is not the time or place!
4 Single: This is correct. "Single" describes being "unmarried" or sometimes "without a partner", for example: It was difficult to look after her children because she was a single mother. "Relationship status" is similar to "marital status" although it is less official, both terms look at the condition of being married or unmarried, and if someone has a partner.
4 Happy: This is incorrect. Although Jean is mostly a happy person, his "relationship status" does not describe his state of mind, but whether he has a partner, is single, or married.
4 French: This is incorrect. One's "relationship status" is not equivalent to one's "nationality". Jean's nationality is "French", but his "relationship status" describes if he has a partner or is married.
4 IT support officer: This is incorrect. One's "relationship status" is not equivalent to one's "job status". Jean's job is "IT support officer" ("IT" stands for "information technology"), however this has nothing to do with his "relationship status".
5 Birthday: This is correct. A "birthday" refers to the date of one's birth, and is also synonymous with the term "date of birth". Example: Luna shares the same birthday as Brigitte Bardot.
5 Anniversary: This is incorrect. An "anniversary" is a date which commemorates an event: a wedding, a death, the opening of a store, etc. Since there is no other information given , this date must refer to Jean's "birthday".
5 Born the: This is incorrect. "Born the..." is never used as a term to indicate one's "birthday" or "date of birth".
5 Place of Birth: This is incorrect. Don't confuse "place of birth" with "birthday" (or "date of birth"). Jean's "place of birth" is either a town or a hospital: in his case "Nantes" in France.
6 Height: This is correct. This measurement is Jean's "height" (in metres and centimetres): how "tall" he is, or the distance between his feet and the top of his head.
6 Size: This is incorrect. "Size" generally refers to the physical dimensions of something. It does not accurately describe the distance between the feet and the top of the head. It can describe the dimensions of clothing (ex: I have a European size 44 shoe) or how big something is (ex: the cat is the size of a small lion).
6 High: This is incorrect. This is the incorrect form to use here. As a noun, "high" can be used to describe the highest point, for example: This month saw a record high in sales of Delavigne's perfumes.
6 Tall: This is the incorrect form to use here. "Tall" is most used as an adjective to mean "having a large height", for example: Philip doesn't like to date tall women, because they make him look small.
7 Weight: This is correct. This measurement is Jean's "weight" (in kilos and grammes): how "heavy" he is, or the quantity of his mass.
7 Weigh: This is incorrect. To "weigh" is the verb form, which doesn't make sense in this context. Jean "weighs" 68kg, but his "weight" is 68kg.
7 Weigth: This is incorrect. Note the correct spelling of "weight".
7 Kilo: This is incorrect. It is not normal to refer to someone's "kilo" when talking about how heavy they are.
8 Star sign: This is correct. Jean's "star sign" is Aquarius, as he was born on 30 January. We can also use the terms "astrological sign" or "zodiac sign". "Aquarius" is an Air sign, equivalent to the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. This makes Jean ideally suited to working with computers and playing brass musical instruments, like the trombone.
8 Favorite drink: This is incorrect. As far as I know, there is no drink called the Aquarius. If there was one, it would be a grapefruit-flavoured sports drink.
8 Hometown: This is incorrect. As far as I know, there is no town called Aquarius. If there was one, it would full of hippies smoking pot, and pretending they were living in the 60s.
8 Favorite sexual position: This is incorrect. As far as I know, there is no sexual position called Aquarius. If there was one, it would certainly feature a lot of foreplay and a blast off to Uranus.
9 I love eating French food!: This is correct. Usually state verbs like "to love" (and "to hate") are not used in progressive verb tenses and are followed by another verb in the gerund (ING) form.
9 I enjoy to eat French food!: This is incorrect. The verb "to enjoy" is never followed by another verb in the full infinitive (with "to") and is only followed by a verb in the gerund (ING) form. Example: I enjoy beating the English at tennis.
9 I'm loving French food!: This is incorrect. While the progressive form is gradually being used in state verbs (like "to love"), it is still considered to be unacceptable in written English. Unfortunately companies like McDonalds make it hard for English teachers to maintain this rule, especially when they introduce advertising slogans like "I'm lovin" it'... urrghh!
9 To enjoy French food!: This is incorrect. When listing interests the gerund can be used, but never the full infinitive at the start of a sentence. Example: -What are your main hobbies? -Playing volleyball with my friends at the gym, eating hotdogs, walking the streets at night...
10 Surfing the internet for girls!: This is the correct answer. When listing interests and activities, the gerund (ING) form of the verb is often used. For example: Eating too many hamburgers was the cause of my health problems.
10 I surfing on the internet for beautiful women!: This is incorrect. To form the present progressive tense, an auxiliary verb is needed. In this case, however, it would be more correct to use the present simple tense (to describe habitual actions) or the gerund form (to describe activities).
10 To surf the internet to see lovely women!: This is incorrect. When describing interests and activities it is uncommon to use the full infinitive form, and the gerund is used more often.
10 Wow! The internet, he is great to see girls!: This is incorrect. Since the "internet" takes a neutral genre in English (as for objects and animals etc), "it" is used as a pronoun rather than "he". Example: I love my cat, it is very friendly.
Exercice 4
With the appropriate terms used in the dialogue, describe the woman Philip is talking to!

Nationality:
Height:
Hair colour:
Philip tells the woman that he thinks she is very attractive. He describes her as:
With the appropriate terms used in the dialogue, describe the woman Philip is talking to!

Nationality: Australian 1
Height: tall 2
Hair colour: blonde 3
Philip tells the woman that he thinks she is very attractive. He describes her as: [not done] gorgeous 4
1 Australian: "Australian" is the correct answer. In the dialogue, Philip says "are you Australian?" and the woman replies "I am", which confirms that she is indeed Australian. Australians come from Australia, which is a big country famous for kangaroos, koalas, and Kylie.
2 tall: "Tall" is the best choice here. A person's "height" refers to whether they are "tall" or "short". In the dialogue, Philip says "you're tall", meaning that the woman is not short! A useful question is "how tall are you?" to ask someone to tell you their height ("I am 6 foot 2", for example).
2 short: This is incorrect. "Short" people include children, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Tom Cruise. The woman in the dialogue is "tall", which is in fact the OPPOSITE of "short".
2 fat: This is incorrect. "Fat" people are "heavy" or "overweight". There is no suggestion in the dialogue that the woman in the dialogue is "fat". Moreover, the term "height" does not apply to a person's weight.
2 thin: This is incorrect. "Thin" people are "slim", "skinny", or "light". The dialogue does not mention whether the woman is fat, thin, or average. Moreover, the term "height" does not apply to a person's weight.
3 blonde: "Blonde" is the term we were looking for here. If you "are blonde" or "have blonde hair", then you have pale or yellow hair. Famous blondes include Marilyn Monroe and Luke Skywalker. Note that this term can also be written "blond", without the "e"!
3 red: Sorry, but the woman in the dialogue doesn't have red hair. People with red hair include Chuck Norris, Ronald McDonald, and me.
3 brown: Sorry, but the woman in the dialogue doesn't have brown hair. People with brown hair include Bruno Delavigne and Jennifer Lopez.
3 black: Sorry, but the woman in the dialogue doesn't have black hair. People with black hair include Demi Moore and Jackie Chan.
4 gorgeous: "Gorgeous" is the right answer. If someone is "gorgeous", they are very attractive, "handsome", or "beautiful". We can also describe inanimate objects as "gorgeous". Here's an example: "Your apartment is gorgeous. I wish I lived here!".
Exercice 5
Complete the imaginary dialogue using terms from the conversation you just heard.

Doctor: Good Morning, Mr. Marron. How much do you ?
Jean: In France: 60 kilograms ... In The US: 130 ... on the moon: 10 kilograms.
Doctor: Wow! You're not at all. You're extremely .
Jean: Merci!
Doctor: How much water do you drink each day?
Jean: 1 or 3.8 litres.
Doctor: (choose the most appropriate question)
Jean: What's my ? 170cm. (not used in dialogue)
Complete the imaginary dialogue using terms from the conversation you just heard.

Doctor: Good Morning, Mr. Marron. How much do you weigh 1?
Jean: In France: 60 kilograms ... In The US: 130 pounds 2... on the moon: 10 kilograms.
Doctor: Wow! You're not [not done] heavy 3 at all. You're extremely [not done] light 4.
Jean: Merci!
Doctor: How much water do you drink each day?
Jean: 1 gallon 5 or 3.8 litres.
Doctor: How tall are you? 6 (choose the most appropriate question)
Jean: What's my [not done] height 7? 170cm. (not used in dialogue)
1 weigh: "How much do you weigh?" is the most common way of asking for someone's weight. In the dialogue, Philip's friend Joe "weighs 250 pounds". Note: Phonetically, "weigh" sounds exactly the same as "way"!
2 pounds: A "pound" is a unit for measuring weight. 1 pound = 0.454 kilograms. In the US, it is common to describe people's weight in pounds. Example: The average American male weighs 191 pounds.
3 heavy: If something is "heavy", it weighs a lot and is difficult to move. Example: This dead body is very heavy.
4 light: If something is "light", it weighs very little. Feathers, pieces of paper, and leaves are all light!
5 gallon: A "gallon" is a unit for measuring liquid. In the US, 1 gallon = 3.8 liters. In the dialogue, Philip says, "I need to drink a gallon of beer just to tolerate you". Philip probably isn't going to literally drink a "gallon" of beer! He is probably just using the term in an exaggerated way to mean "a lot of liquid". Another example: When I cut my finger, I lost a gallon of blood!
6 How tall are you?: "How tall are you?" is the most common way of asking for someone's height. Example: -How tall is that French guy? -Jean is 1.44 meters tall. In the dialogue, Jean incorrectly says "(Joe) must measure 5 meters!". In English, the verb "to measure" is used to talk about finding the size of something. Example: We measured the length of the bed to see if it would fit in the bedroom. "To measure" is not used to describe how tall someone is.
6 How much do you measure?: Oops! We can't use the verb "to measure" like this!
6 How high are you?: We could say "How high is that building?" or "How high is that mountain?". Unfortunately, we can only say "How high are you?" if someone has taken drugs and we want to know how intoxicated they are!
7 height: "Height" is the measurement of how tall a person is. Example: Jean is of average height.

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