Usage examples of "grandes lignes" in French with translation to English

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N'importe quel politicien qui ne suit pas les grandes lignes de son parti sera reconnu comme un traître. Any politician who does not toe the main party line would be branded a renegade.
Demande-lui de mettre à l'écrit les grandes lignes de son projet. Ask him to sketch out his plan.
Veuillez lire entre les lignes. Please read between the lines.
Les chances de succès sont plus grandes si l'homme d'affaire s'y connaît et aussi s'il dispose de davantage de fonds. The chances of success are greater if the business man knows the ropes, and also has more funds at his disposal.
Il trace des lignes droites. He draws straight lines.
Le vrai goût de la vie, on ne le trouve pas dans les grandes choses, mais dans les petites. The real taste of life is not found in great things, but in small ones.
Il a trouvé cinq fautes en autant de lignes. He found five mistakes in as many lines.
La criminalité est certainement en progression dans plusieurs de nos grandes villes. Crime is certainly on the increase in many of our big cities.
Les soldats retournèrent dans leurs lignes. The soldiers returned to their lines.
Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières. Many a little makes a mickle.
Puis-je avoir un plan des lignes de bus ? May I have a bus route map?
Je n'aime pas l'atmosphère polluée des grandes villes. I don't like the polluted atmosphere of big cities.
Vous devez filtrer la sortie de cette commande afin de n'afficher que les lignes contenant "foo". You need to filter the output of this command in order to display only the lines with "foo" inside.
Les éléphants d'Afrique ont de plus grandes oreilles que les éléphants d'Asie. African elephants have bigger ears than Asian elephants.
Les grosses lignes sur la carte représentent les routes. The broad lines on the map correspond to roads.
L'éléphant d'Afrique est doté d'oreilles plus grandes que l'éléphant d'Asie. The African elephant has bigger ears than the Asian elephant.
Un parallélogramme est un quadrilatère formé de deux paires de lignes parallèles. A parallelogram is a quadrilateral formed from two sets of parallel lines.
Il n'y avait pas de clôtures sur les grandes plaines. There were no fences on the great plains.
Les lignes rouges sur la carte représentent les voies de chemin de fer. The red lines on the map represent railway lines.
Les grandes rues de nombreux villages ont été pratiquement abandonnées à cause, en grande partie, de géants comme Wal-Mart. The main streets of many small towns have been all but abandoned thanks, in large part, to behemoths like Wal-Mart.
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