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lead [somebody] on1) ( give false hope) mener [quelqu'un] en bateau (colloq) [client, investor]2) ( sexually) provoquer -
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lead up to [something]1) ( precede) précéder2) ( culminate in) se terminer par [argument, outburst]3) ( introduce) amener [topic] -
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I.lead1 [li:d]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun2. adjective5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp led━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• to have a two-minute/ten-metre lead over sb avoir deux minutes/dix mètres d'avance sur qnb. ( = initiative) to follow sb's lead suivre l'exemple de qnc. ( = clue) piste f• male/female lead premier rôle m masculin/féminine. ( = leash) laisse ff. ( = electrical flex) fil m• the financial crisis is the lead in this morning's papers ( = headlines) la crise financière fait les gros titres des journaux ce matin2. adjectivea. ( = show the way to) [+ person, horse] conduire (to à ) ; [+ procession, parade] être à la tête de• to lead sb in/out/across faire entrer/sortir/traverser qn• he led the way to the garage il nous (or les etc) a menés jusqu'au garage• will you lead the way? passez devant, nous vous suivonsb. ( = be leader of) [+ government, team] être à la tête de ; [+ regiment] commanderc. ( = be ahead of) they were leading us by 10 metres ils avaient une avance de 10 mètres sur nousd. [+ life, existence] menere. ( = induce, bring) amener• I am led to the conclusion that... je suis amené à conclure que...• what led you to think that? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à penser ça ?• which horse is leading? quel est le cheval en tête ?• to lead by half a length/three points avoir une demi-longueur/trois points d'avanceb. ( = go ahead) aller devant ; ( = show the way) montrer le chemin• you lead, I'll follow passez devant, je vous suisc. [dancer] menerd. [road, corridor, door] mener (to à)• where is all this leading? (trend, events) où cela va-t-il nous mener ? ; (questions, reasoning) où veut-il (or voulez-vous etc) en venir ?• the streets that lead into/from the square les rues qui débouchent sur/partent de la placee. ► to lead to• one thing led to another and we... une chose en amenant une autre, nous...5. compounds• they led him away to the cells ils l'ont conduit en cellule► lead back separable transitive verb ramener( = begin) commencer[corridor, path] partir de= lead away► lead on( = lead the way) marcher devant( = tease) taquiner ; ( = fool) duper ; ( = raise hopes in) donner de faux espoirs à ; (sexually) allumer (inf)► lead up intransitive verba. [path] conduireb. ( = precede) précéderc. ( = lead on) what are you leading up to? où voulez-vous en venir ?II.lead2 [led]1. nouna. ( = metal) plomb mb. [of pencil] mine f2. adjective[object, weight] en plomb3. compounds► lead replacement petrol noun ≈ super m* * *I 1. [liːd]1) ( winning position)to be in the lead —
to go into the lead —
2) ( amount by which one is winning) avance f ( over sur)3) ( initiative)to take the lead in doing — être le premier/la première à faire
4) ( clue) piste f6) ( in newspaper)to be the lead — être à la une (colloq)
7) Electricity ( wire) fil m8) GB ( for dog) laisse f2. 3.transitive verb (prét, pp led)1) (guide, escort) mener, conduire [person] ( to something à quelque chose; to somebody auprès de quelqu'un; out of hors de; through à travers)2) ( bring) [path, sign, smell] mener [person] (to à)he led me to expect that... — d'après ce qu'il m'avait dit je m'attendais à ce que (+ subj)
3) ( be leader of) mener [army, team, attack, strike, procession]; diriger [orchestra, research]4) Sport, Commerce ( be ahead of) avoir une avance sur [rival, team]to lead the field — (in commerce, research) être le plus avancé; ( in race) mener, être en tête
5) (conduct, have) mener [active life]4.intransitive verb (prét, pp led)1) (go, be directed)to lead to — [path] mener à; [door] s'ouvrir sur; [exit, trapdoor] donner accès à
2) ( result in)to lead to — entraîner [complication, discovery, accident, response]
one thing led to another, and we... — de fil en aiguille, nous...
3) ( be ahead) [runner, car, company] être en tête; [team, side] mener4) ( go first) (in walk, procession) aller devant; (in action, discussion) prendre l'initiative5) ( in dancing) conduire6) ( in newspaper)to lead with — mettre [quelque chose] à la une (colloq) [story, headline]
7) ( in boxing)to lead with one's left/right — attaquer de gauche/de droite
•Phrasal Verbs:- lead on••II [led]to lead the way — ( go first) passer devant; ( guide others) montrer le chemin; (be ahead, winning) être en tête
1) ( metal) plomb m2) (colloq) fig ( bullets) pruneaux (colloq) mpl3) (also black lead) ( graphite) mine f de plomb; ( in pencil) mine f4) ( of window) (baguette f de) plomb mleads — ( of windows) plombure f [U]
5) GB ( for roofing) couverture f de plomb [U]••to fill ou pump somebody full of lead — (colloq) cribler quelqu'un de balles (colloq)
to get the lead out — (colloq) US ( stop loafing) se bouger; ( speed up) se grouiller (colloq)
to go over US ou down GB like a lead balloon — (colloq) tomber à plat (colloq)
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English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lead
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amenée de courant f, avance f, plomb mDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead
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1) amenée de courant f2) plomb mEnglish-French architecture and construction dictionary > lead
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10 lead burning
soudage au plomb m, soudure autogène sur plomb fDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead burning
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11 lead joint
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead joint
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12 lead paint
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead paint
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13 lead plug
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead plug
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14 lead wool
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead wool
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15 lead-in pipe
tube d’entrée mDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead-in pipe
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16 lead-in wire
fil d’amenée de courant mDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > lead-in wire
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17 lead agency
Org. institution chef de file ou directriceEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lead agency
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18 lead article
[Presse] éditorialEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lead article
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19 lead bank
[Banque] banque chef de file [dans le cas d'un prêt consortial]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lead bank
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20 lead seal
Pol., fig. chape de plombEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lead seal
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lead — lead, led Lead is the present tense of the verb meaning ‘to go in front’, ‘to take charge of’, etc., and its past form is led. A common mistake is to use lead for the past form and pronounce it led in speech, probably on the false analogy of read … Modern English usage
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