Put food on the table vs Sustain

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Put food on the table

Top 2000 (courant)

Sustain

Top 2000 (courant) C1 verb

	Put food on the table	Sustain
Prononciation	🇬🇧 //pʊt fuːd ɒn ðə ˈteɪbəl// 🇺🇸 //pʊt fud ɔn ðə ˈteɪbəl//	🇬🇧 /["/səˈsteɪn/","/səˈsteɪnz/","/səˈsteɪnd/","/səˈsteɪnɪŋ/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/səˈsteɪn/","/səˈsteɪnz/","/səˈsteɪnd/","/səˈsteɪnɪŋ/"]/
Sens	To provide food for your family.	Garder quelque chose en vie ou le maintenir. To keep something going or maintain it.
Exemple	He works hard every day to put food on the table.	We must find ways to sustain our natural resources for the future.
Registre	Neutre	Neutre
Fréquence	Top 2000 (courant)	Top 2000 (courant)
Niveau CEFR	-	C1
Nature grammaticale		verb
Collocations	put food, put food on, put food on the table, put dinner on the table	no longer, barely, indefinitely, be able to, can, be unable to
Antonymes	-	neglect, abandon, cease
Erreurs fréquentes	Used incorrectly as an action unrelated to providing food., Shortened to just 'put' which loses the meaning., Confused with literal placement of food on a table.	'Sustain' is often confused with 'sustained' as a past form., Learners sometimes forget to add an object after 'sustain'., 'Sustain' is misused when referring to temporary situations, instead of ongoing support.
Notes d'usage	Used to describe the act of providing basic needs, often in discussions about financial responsibility or family support. Suitable for both formal and informal contexts.	Utilisez 'soutenir' dans des contextes où il s'agit de maintenir quelque chose en vie ou de le supporter sur la durée. Cela peut être formel lorsqu'on parle de sujets comme les questions environnementales, ou moins formel dans des conversations sur des intérêts personnels. Use 'sustain' in contexts about keeping something alive or supporting it over time. It can be formal when discussing topics like environmental issues or less formal in conversations about personal interests.

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Not while you're struggling to put food on the table.

Put food on the table

"And I might share with you some words which have sustained me

Sherlock › S1 E1

Impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London these days.

There's not a planet in our solar system that could sustain life...

"And I might share with you some words which have sustained me

Sherlock › S1 E1

Impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London these days.

Sustain

Questions fréquentes : Put food on the table vs Sustain

Quelle est la différence entre Put food on the table et Sustain ?

Put food on the table: To provide food for your family. Sustain: To keep something going or maintain it.

Peux-tu montrer un exemple de chacun ?

Put food on the table: He works hard every day to put food on the table. Sustain: We must find ways to sustain our natural resources for the future.

Puis-je utiliser Put food on the table et Sustain de façon interchangeable ?

Pas toujours. Put food on the table et Sustain sont proches et se recoupent parfois, mais elles diffèrent par le registre, la fréquence et l'usage, donc remplacer l'une par l'autre peut changer le sens ou le ton. Regarde les différences ci-dessus avant de substituer.