drift apart in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for drift apart in the English»French Dictionary

I.apart [Brit əˈpɑːt, Am əˈpɑrt] ADV Apart is used after certain verbs in English (keep apart, tell apart etc.). For translations consult the appropriate verb entry (keep, tell etc.).

See also tell, keep

I.tell <pret, pp told> [Brit tɛl, Am tɛl] VB trans

1. tell (gen) (give information to):

2. tell (narrate, recount):

tell me about it! iron

II.tell <pret, pp told> [Brit tɛl, Am tɛl] VB intr

IV.tell <pret, pp told> [Brit tɛl, Am tɛl]

I.keep [Brit kiːp, Am kip] N

II.keep <pret, pp kept> [Brit kiːp, Am kip] VB trans

III.keep <pret, pp kept> [Brit kiːp, Am kip] VB intr

I.drift [Brit drɪft, Am drɪft] N

II.drift [Brit drɪft, Am drɪft] VB intr

drift apart in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for drift apart in the English»French Dictionary

apart [əˈpɑ:t, Am -ˈpɑ:rt] ADV

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
They eventually drift apart completely during his hospital stay.
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From there they are rescued and gradually drift apart from one another for a few years.
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The friends begin to drift apart, as they are compelled to stay within their cliques.
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They drift apart, until 16 years later, when they meet again while helping their children move in to the same college dorm.
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However, disagreements in approach to lobbying caused the two organizations to drift apart during the first decade of 2000.
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An alternative solution is to ignore the mismatch and simply let the cycles continue to drift apart.
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The difficulty comes when prices of the two securities begin to drift apart, i.e. the spread begins to trend instead of reverting to the original mean.
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Theology and the problems of the world have tended to drift apart, as theology has sometimes seen the academic world as a refuge from relevance.
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Eventually both of them drift apart and break up.
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He would put two tape loops together at slightly different speeds, so they would start quite together and then drift apart.
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