into

into
into [ˈɪntʊ]
preposition
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► When into is an element in a phrasal verb, eg break into, look into, walk into, look up the verb.
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• to come or go into a room entrer dans une pièce
• to go into town aller en ville
• to get into a car monter dans une voiture or en voiture
• he helped his mother into the car il a aidé sa mère à monter dans la voiture
• she fell into the lake elle est tombée dans le lac
• it broke into a thousand pieces ça s'est cassé en mille morceaux
• to change euros into dollars changer des euros contre des dollars
• to translate sth into French traduire qch en français
• far into the night tard dans la nuit
• it continued well into 1996 cela a continué pendant une bonne partie de 1996
• he's well into his fifties/sixties il a une bonne cinquantaine/soixantaine d'années
• 4 into 12 goes 3 12 divisé par 4 égale 3
• the children are into everything (inf) les enfants touchent à tout
• she's into health foods (inf) les aliments naturels, c'est son truc (inf)
• to be into drugs (inf) toucher à la drogue (inf)
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['ɪntə, 'ɪntuː]
Note: into is used after certain nouns and verbs in English (change into, wander into etc). For translations, consult the appropriate noun or verb entry (change, wander etc)
into is used in the structure verb + somebody + into + doing (to bully somebody into doing, to fool somebody into doing). For translations of these structures see the appropriate verb entry (bully, fool etc)
For translations of expressions like get into trouble, go into detail, get into debt etc you should consult the appropriate noun entry (trouble, detail, debt etc)
preposition
1) (indicating change of location) [put, go, disappear] dans [place]

pour the mixture into it — versez-y le mélange

to move something into the shade — mettre quelque chose à l'ombre

to go into town/into the office — aller en ville/au bureau

to get into bed — se mettre au lit

to help somebody into bed — aider quelqu'un à se mettre au lit

2) (indicating change of form) en [new shape, foreign currency, different language]
3) (indicating duration)

into the 18th century — jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle

well into the afternoon — jusque tard dans l'après-midi

4) (indicating a point in a process)

we were well into 1988 when... — l'année 1988 était bien entamée quand...

well into the second half — bien après le début de la deuxième mi-temps

to be (well) into one's thirties — avoir une bonne trentaine d'années

5) (indicating direction) dans

to speak into the microphone — parler dans le microphone

6) (colloq) (keen on)

to be into — être fana (colloq) de [jazz etc]

to be into drugs — se droguer

7) (indicating impact) dans

to run into something — rentrer dans quelque chose

to bang into somebody/something — heurter quelqu'un/quelque chose

8) Mathematics

8 into 24 goes 3 times ou is 3 — 24 divisé par 8 égale 3

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to be into everything — [child] toucher à tout


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