fro in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fro in the English»French Dictionary

to and fro [Brit ˌtuː ən ˈfrəʊ, Am ˌtu ən ˈfroʊ] ADV

to and fro swing:

to and fro

d'avant en arrière

to go to and fro person:

ne pas arrêter d'aller et venir

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to pace fretfully to and fro

faire nerveusement les cent pas

to scurry to and fro

courir dans tous les sens

to scurry to and fro between the kitchen and the living room

courir de la cuisine au salon

to be tossed about or to and fro person, boat:

être ballotté

to rock to and fro/back and forth

se balancer de droite à gauche/d'avant en arrière

Translations for fro in the French»English Dictionary

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sillonner aéronef:

to fly to and fro across

sillonner navire:

to sail to and fro across

faire le va-et-vient personne, bateau:

to go to and fro (entre qc et qc between sth and sth)

mouvement de va-et-vient (horizontal)

to and fro motion

il n'arrête pas de faire des allers et retours entre chez lui et son bureau

he keeps running to and fro from his house to the office

fro in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fro in the English»French Dictionary

fro [frəʊ, Am froʊ] ADV

to go to and fro

faire des va-et-vient

I.to and fro ADJ

to and fro movement:

to and fro

de va-et-vient

II.to and fro ADV

to walk to and fro

faire les cent pas

to-ing and fro-ing <to-ings and fro-ings> [ˌtu:ɪŋənˈfrəʊɪŋ, Am -ˈfroʊ-] N no pl a. fig

to-ing and fro-ing

allées fpl et venues

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to and fro

ça et là

to go to and fro

aller et venir

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sillonner une ville personnes, touristes

to go to and fro across a town

de long en large

to and fro

fro Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to walk to and fro

faire les cent pas

to go to and fro

faire des va-et-vient

to and fro

ça et là

to go to and fro

aller et venir

to go to and fro across a town

sillonner une ville personnes, touristes

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English

Like a pendulum, he swings to and fro.

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Big engines will dig big ditches, and thousands of people will be running to and fro.

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This also meant teachers were split between the three sites, traveling to and fro to teach at different locations in the same day.

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City bus shuttles to and fro between town and railway station as per the train timings.

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Sometimes they were loaded aboard rail cars and driven to and fro.

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Since everything was done by sending files to and fro.

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There, he would run to and fro, waving his arms or holding a stick raised in the direction of the cloud.

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The heart of highness will be cheering up seeing them rowing to and fro.

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Limber is a sixteenth-century word used in the dialectical sense to refer to a cart shaft, alluding to its to and fro motion.

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For example, "heilua" to swing; "heilahtaa" to swing once by itself; "heilahdella" to swing to and fro continuously.

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