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A n1 gen, Tourism voyages mpl ; ( one specific trip) voyage m ; air/sea/space travel voyages aériens/par mer/spatiaux ; business/holiday travel voyages d'affaires/d'agrément ; overseas ou 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 ;2 Tech course f.B travels npl voyages mpl ; on ou in the course of my travels au cours de mes voyages ; he's off on his travels again il repart en voyage.C modif [book, grant, plans, service] de voyage ; [brochure, company, firm, magazine] de voyages ; [allowance, voucher, expenses] de déplacement ; [business] de tourisme ; [writer] de récits de voyage ; [ban] de déplacements à l'étranger ; travel regulations règlement de passage à l'étranger ; ‘travel time: 3 hours’ ‘durée du trajet: 3 heures’.1 ( journey) [person] voyager ; to travel by bus/car etc voyager en bus/voiture etc ; their teacher is travelling with them leur professeur voyage avec eux ; he travels widely il voyage beaucoup ; to travel on a season ticket/German passport voyager avec un abonnement/un passeport allemand ; to travel in style voyager princièrement ; they were travelling abroad ils étaient en voyage à l'étranger ; to travel abroad/to Brazil aller à l'étranger/au Brésil ; to travel light voyager léger ; this is the way to travel! c'est comme ça que je comprends les voyages! ;2 ( move) [person, news, object, plane, boat] aller ; [car, lorry, train] aller, rouler ; Phys [light, sound, wave] se propager ; [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 ○ 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 ; [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 ;3 Comm ( as sales rep) to travel in être représentant en [product] ; he travels in encyclopedias il est représentant en encyclopédies ; to travel for être représentant de [company, firm] ;5 Sport ( in netball) faire plus de pas qu'il n'est autorisé.F - travelled GB, - traveled US (dans composés) much- ou well-travelled [road, route] fréquenté ; much- ou widely-travelled person personne qui a beaucoup voyagé.travel broadens the mind ≈ les voyages forment la jeunesse.
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