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road [rəʊd]1 noun∎ minor road route f secondaire;∎ by road par la route;∎ the Liverpool road la route de Liverpool;∎ is this the (right) road for or to Liverpool? est-ce la (bonne) route pour Liverpool?;∎ are we on the right road? sommes-nous sur la bonne route?;∎ on the road to Liverpool, the car broke down en allant à Liverpool, la voiture est tombée en panne;∎ we took the road from Manchester to Liverpool on a pris la route qui va de Manchester à Liverpool ou qui relie Manchester à Liverpool;∎ to be on the road (travelling) être en route ou chemin ou voyage; (salesman) être sur la route; (pop star, troupe) être en tournée;∎ we've been on the road since six o'clock this morning nous roulons depuis six heures ce matin;∎ his car shouldn't be on the road sa voiture devrait être retirée de la circulation;∎ someone of his age shouldn't be on the road une personne de son âge ne devrait pas prendre le volant;∎ British the price on the road excludes number plates and delivery le prix clés en mains ne comprend pas les frais de livraison et d'immatriculation;∎ my car is off the road at the moment ma voiture est en panne ou chez le garagiste∎ a road of shops/of houses une rue de magasins/de maisons, une artère commerçante/résidentielle;∎ he lives just down the road il habite un peu plus loin dans la même rue;∎ Mr James from across the road M. James qui habite en face;∎ he lives across the road from us il habite en face de chez nous∎ to stand in the middle of the road se tenir au milieu de la route ou de la chaussée;∎ figurative let's get this show on the road! bon, on y va!;∎ familiar one for the road un petit coup avant de partir;∎ proverb the road to hell is paved with good intentions l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions∎ if we go down that road si nous nous engageons sur cette voie;∎ we don't want to go down the road of military intervention nous ne voulons pas nous engager dans la voie d'une intervention armée;∎ to be on the right road être sur la bonne voie;∎ to be on the road to success/recovery être sur le chemin de la réussite/en voie de guérison;∎ he is on the road to an early death il est (bien) parti pour mourir jeune;∎ down the road (in the future) à l'avenir;∎ no one can see what is down the road personne ne peut savoir ce que l'avenir réserve;∎ a few years down the road dans quelques années;∎ yes, when I'm seventy, but that's a long way down the road (yet) oui, quand j'aurai soixante-dix ans, mais ce n'est pas pour tout de suite;∎ British familiar you're in my road! (I can't pass) vous me bouchez le passage!□ ; (I can't see) vous me bouchez la vue!□ ;∎ familiar it was getting in the road of solving the problem cela empêchait de résoudre le problème□ ;∎ proverb all roads lead to Rome tous les chemins mènent à Rome∎ any road (up) de toute façon□ ;∎ it's too late, any road de toute façon, c'est trop tardroad atlas atlas m routier;road book guide m routier;road haulage camionnage m, transports mpl routiers;road haulage company entreprise f de transports routiers;road haulage forwarding agent groupeur m routier;road haulier transporteur m routier, affréteur m routier;familiar road kill = animaux écrasés par des voitures;road maintenance voirie f;road manager responsable mf de tournée (d'un chanteur ou d'un groupe pop);road map carte f routière;road movie road-movie m;road pricing = instauration d'un système de routes à péage;road race (in cycling) course f cycliste sur route;road rage = accès de colère provoqué par la conduite des autres automobilistes;road roller rouleau m compresseur;road safety sécurité f routière;road sense (for driver) sens m de la conduite;∎ children have to be taught road sense on doit apprendre aux enfants à faire attention à la circulation;road sign panneau m de signalisation;British road tax taxe f sur les automobiles;∎ have you paid your road tax? ≃ est-ce que tu as acheté ta vignette?;road tax disc ≃ vignette f (automobile);road test essai m sur route;road train train m ou convoi m routier;road transport transports mpl routiers;road transport company entreprise f de transport routier;road works travaux mpl (d'entretien des routes)
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