tyre-tracks in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tyre-tracks in the French»English Dictionary

I.conduire [kɔ̃dɥiʀ] VB trans

1. conduire:

conduire (accompagner) personne

to take

conduire (en voiture) personne

to drive (à to)

je vais vous conduire à l'hôpital

I'll take ou drive you to the hospital

se faire conduire quelque part en taxi

to take a taxi somewhere

conduisez monsieur à sa chambre

show the gentleman to his room

2. conduire (mener à un lieu):

un bus vous conduira à l'hôtel

a bus will take you to the hotel

le chemin conduit à l'église

the path leads to the church

les traces de pneus conduisaient à une clairière

the tyre-tracks led to a clearing

mon voyage m'a conduit dans cinq pays/à Paris

my trip took me to five countries/to Paris

la route qui conduit à Oxford

the road that goes to Oxford

conduire qn à l'échafaud

to lead sb to the scaffold

3. conduire (faire aboutir):

conduire à qc

to lead to sth

conduire qn à faire

to lead sb to do

les résultats nous ont conduits à réviser notre programme

the results led us to modify our programme Brit

conduire à une amélioration de qc/à la fermeture de qc

to lead to an improvement in sth/to the closing of sth

conduire à améliorer qc/à fermer qc

to lead to improvements in sth/to the closing of sth

conduire qn à la faillite

to make sb bankrupt

conduire qn à la folie/au désespoir/au suicide

to drive sb to madness/to despair/to suicide

4. conduire (être aux commandes de):

conduire auto, camion, train

to drive

conduire moto

to ride

je n'aime pas conduire la nuit/en ville

I don't like driving at night/in town

je ne te laisserai pas conduire

I won't let you drive

5. conduire (guider):

conduire personne, animal

to lead (à to)

se laisser conduire par qn/par un chien

to be led by sb/by a dog

6. conduire (faire évoluer):

conduire recherches, négociations

to conduct

conduire politique

to pursue

conduire projet

to carry out

conduire affaire commerciale

to run

7. conduire (être à la tête de):

conduire délégation, troupe

to lead

conduire la marche/le deuil

to lead the march/the mourners

il a conduit la nation pendant la guerre

he led the nation during the war

il a conduit le pays d'une poigne de fer

he ruled the country with a rod of iron

la liste conduite par le candidat socialiste

the list headed by the socialist candidate

8. conduire (faire passer):

conduire canalisation: eau, gaz, pétrole

to carry

conduire fil: électricité

to conduct

conduire corps: chaleur

to conduct

II.se conduire VB refl

se conduire refl:

se conduire

to behave

il ne sait pas se conduire en société

he doesn't know how to behave in company

se conduire bien/mal

to behave well/badly (avec ou envers qn toward, towards Brit sb)

se conduire comme un enfant/imbécile

to behave like a child/fool

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traces de pneus

tyre tracks

Translations for tyre-tracks in the English»French Dictionary

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the (tyre) tracks led to the lake

les traces (de pneu) menaient au lac

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The original tunnel was single-track, and when the line was doubled a second single-track tunnel was built.

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Creatively employing a piece of his picket fence as a track, he drives his trolley car out of his shed.

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By 1920 the ground was still quite basic, with a narrow grandstand on the southern touchline and a cycle track around the pitch.

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The first track opens with a recording of a jet airliner landing, dissolving into the driving rhythm of the song.

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A second excursion train was on an adjacent track for 2719.

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There's a mesmeric quality in this music that makes you want to savour every track with the respectful appreciation of a connoisseur.

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A gifted athlete from childhood, she excelled in swimming (specifically, in the breast stroke), basketball, soccer, and track.

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Five hundred of the designed 700 km canal track pass through existing reservoirs requiring deepening of the canal invert.

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The traction pipe can hardly have crossed the ordinary track and trains may have been moved by horses.

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Some board games include a deck of cards as a gameplay element, normally for randomization and/or to keep track of game progress.

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