travelling salesman in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.travel [Brit ˈtrav(ə)l, Am ˈtrævəl] N

1. travel:

travel (gen)
voyages mpl
travel (one specific trip)
voyage m
air/sea/space travel
voyages aériens/par mer/spatiaux
business/holiday travel
voyages d'affaires/d'agrément
overseas or foreign travel
voyages à l'étranger
travel by road/train/car
voyages par la route/en train/en voiture
travel to Italy/Canada/the Far East
des voyages en Italie/au Canada/en Extrême-Orient
after 27 hours' travel, he was exhausted
après 27 heures de voyage, il était épuisé
travel is easy/expensive/dangerous in those parts
il est facile/cher/dangereux de voyager dans cette région
the job involves a lot of travel
le poste exige beaucoup de déplacements
the job involves a lot of travel attr book, grant, plans, service
de voyage
the job involves a lot of travel brochure, company, firm, magazine
de voyages
the job involves a lot of travel allowance, voucher, expenses
de déplacement
the job involves a lot of travel business
de tourisme
the job involves a lot of travel writer
de récits de voyage
the job involves a lot of travel ban
de déplacements à l'étranger
travel regulations
règlement de passage à l'étranger
‘travel time: 3 hours’
‘durée du trajet: 3 heures’

III.travel <pres part etc travelling, travelled Am traveling, traveled> [Brit ˈtrav(ə)l, Am ˈtrævəl] VB trans

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IV.travel <pres part etc travelling, travelled Am traveling, traveled> [Brit ˈtrav(ə)l, Am ˈtrævəl] VB intr

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2. travel (move):

travel person, news, object, plane, boat:
aller
travel car, lorry, train:
aller, rouler
travel PHYS light, sound, wave:
se propager
travel moving part:
se déplacer
bad news travels fast
les mauvaises nouvelles vont vite
the washing machine travels when it spins
la machine à laver se déplace pendant l'essorage
to travel at 50 km/h
rouler à 50 km/h, faire du 50 km/h
the train was travelling through a tunnel/up a hill
le train traversait un tunnel/montait une pente
the car/motorbike was really travelling inf
la voiture/moto roulait à toute vitesse
to travel faster than the speed of sound
dépasser la vitesse du son
a bullet travels at a tremendous speed
une balle file à une vitesse impressionnante
to travel a long way person:
faire beaucoup de chemin
to travel a long way arrow:
aller très loin
to travel back in time
remonter le temps
to travel forward in time
se projeter dans l'avenir
her mind travelled back to her youth
elle s'est reportée en esprit à sa jeunesse
his eye travelled along the line of men
il a promené son regard sur la rangée d'hommes

V.travelled Brit traveled Am COMP

VI.travel [Brit ˈtrav(ə)l, Am ˈtrævəl]

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I.travelling Brit, traveling Am [Brit ˈtravəlɪŋ, Am ˈtræv(ə)lɪŋ] N

II.travelling Brit, traveling Am [Brit ˈtravəlɪŋ, Am ˈtræv(ə)lɪŋ] ADJ

salesman <pl salesmen> [Brit ˈseɪlzmən, Am ˈseɪlzmən] N

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Translations for travelling salesman in the French»English Dictionary

Translations for travelling salesman in the English»French Dictionary

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I.travel <-ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈtrævəl] VB intr

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II.travel <-ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈtrævəl] VB trans

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He then started as a travelling salesman or peddler.
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The song refers to the adventure of a travelling salesman.
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He is a travelling salesman who sells gramophones.
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These scenes are interspersed with vignettes of life the 1940s including a travelling salesman, a country wedding and soldiers in a pub, all linked to the train journey.
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He tried to make it as a travelling salesman, but when that proved unsuccessful, he returned to his hometown.
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In contrast, shop levels contain no enemies, but instead feature a travelling salesman ready to buy and sell goods.
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Notable examples include the travelling salesman problem, which asks for the route taken by the salesman, and the integer factorization problem, which asks for the list of factors.
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Really, half the shop's business came through a travelling salesman.
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Many of his games can be seen as board game variations on the travelling salesman problem.
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Meanwhile, back in the village, a smooth-talking travelling salesman, peddling deworming medicine from his boat, is passing through.
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