vous nous tracez un tableau pessimiste de l'avenir

tracer [tʀase]

➭ TABLE 3

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ ligne, triangle, plan, trait] to draw ; [+ courbe de graphique] to plot ; [+ chiffre, mot] to write

   b. [+ frontière] to mark out ; [+ route, piste] ( = frayer) to open up ; ( = baliser) to mark out

• tracer le chemin or la voie à qn (figurative) to show sb the way

• son avenir est tout tracé his future is all mapped out

   c. ( = définir) [+ programme d'action] to outline

• tracer les grandes lignes d'un projet to give a broad outline of a project

2. intransitive verb

( = aller vite) (inf!) to belt along (inf)

• il trace sur ses rollers ! he really belts along (inf) on those roller skates!

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1) ( dessiner) to draw [ligne, plan, rectangle, portrait]; ( sur un graphique) to plot [courbe]; ( écrire) to write [caractères, mot]; to plan the route of [autoroute, oléoduc]

2) ( établir)

3) ( ouvrir) to open up [piste, route]

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1. vt

1) [trait] to draw

2) [mot] to write

3) [piste] to open up

4) fig, [voie, chemin] to show

2. vi

* (= aller vite) to belt along * to tear along

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tracer verb table: placer

A vtr

1 ( dessiner) to draw [ligne, plan, rectangle, portrait]; ( sur graphique) to plot [courbe]; ( écrire) to write [caractères, mot]; to plan the route of [autoroute, oléoduc]; dessin tracé à l'encre/à la craie ink/chalk drawing; tracer un trait à la règle to draw a line with a ruler; les patineurs traçaient des arabesques sur la glace the skaters traced ou described arabesques on the ice;

2 ( établir) tracer une frontière précise entre le légal et l'illégal to draw the line between what is legal and what is illegal; tracer un portrait de qn to paint a picture of sb; tracer un tableau pessimiste de qch to paint a pessimistic picture of sth; à 15 ans son avenir était déjà tout tracé at 15, his future was already mapped out ; tracer les grandes lignes d'une action to map out the main lines of action (to be taken); tracer un programme/une politique to outline a programme/a policy;

3 ( ouvrir) to open up [piste, route]; tracer sa propre voie fig to make one's own way (in life); tracer le chemin à qn fig to show sb the way.

B ◑vi ( aller vite) to belt along○.

[trase] verbe transitif

1. [trait, cercle, motif] to draw

2. [inscription, mot] to write

3. [marquer l'emplacement de - itinéraire] to trace, to plot ; [ - chemin, terrain] to mark ou to stake ou to lay out (separable)

4. (figuré) [indiquer] to map out (separable), to plot

5. MINES to open up (separable)

6. TECHNOLOGIE to mark, to scribe

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[trase] verbe intransitif

(familier) [aller très vite] to shift (UK), to barrel along (US)

elle trace, ta bagnole! your car goes like a bomb!, your car doesn't half shift (UK) ou barrels right along (US)