drive

conduire

Contrôler une voiture ou un autre véhicule pour le faire avancer.

En anglais simple : To control a car or another vehicle and make it move.

• Can you drive a car?
• She drove the bus carefully.
• I am learning to drive a van.

Synonymes : operate

Expressions courantes : drive a car, drive a bus, learn to drive, drive a truck

aller en voiture, conduire

Aller quelque part en conduisant une voiture ou un autre véhicule.

En anglais simple : To go somewhere in a car or another vehicle that you control.

• I drive to work.
• We drove home after dinner.
• Will you drive across the country this summer?

Comment l'utiliser : drive to + place (We drove to the airport.); drive from A to B (She drives from home to work every morning.)

Synonymes : go by car

Expressions courantes : drive to work, drive home, drive to something, drive across something

pousser, contraindre

Pousser quelqu’un à agir ou à se retrouver dans un certain état, par pression ou sous l’effet d’émotions fortes.

En anglais simple : To make someone do something or enter a particular state, often through strong pressure or feelings.

• This noise will drive me crazy.
• Poverty drove him to steal food.
• Her ambition drove her to work harder.

Comment l'utiliser : drive someone to do something (Fear drove him to leave the city.); drive someone to + noun (The pressure drove her to tears.); drive someone + adjective (The noise is driving me mad.)

Synonymes : compel, force, push

Expressions courantes : drive someone crazy, drive someone to something, drive someone mad

pousser, chasser

Faire avancer des personnes, des animaux ou des choses dans une direction, souvent par la force.

En anglais simple : To make people, animals, or things move in a particular direction, often by force.

• The dogs drive the sheep forward.
• Strong winds drove the rain against the windows.
• The army drove the enemy out of the village.

Comment l'utiliser : drive someone/something into something (The dogs drove the sheep into the pen.); drive someone/something out of something (The soldiers drove the enemy out of the town.)

Synonymes : force, push, herd

Expressions courantes : drive cattle, drive someone away, drive something into something, drive someone out

trajet en voiture, promenade en voiture

Voyage ou promenade en voiture ou dans un autre véhicule.

En anglais simple : A journey in a car or another vehicle.

• Let us go for a drive.
• The drive home took two hours.
• We enjoyed several scenic drives through the mountains.

Comment l'utiliser : a drive to + place (The drive to the beach took an hour.)

Synonymes : car trip, journey

Expressions courantes : go for a drive, long drive, short drive, drive to something

motivation, détermination, pulsion

Désir puissant ou besoin intérieur de faire ou d’accomplir quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A strong desire or inner need to do or achieve something.

• She has plenty of drive.
• His drive to succeed kept him working late.
• The team needs someone with energy and drive.

Comment l'utiliser : drive to do something (She has the drive to build a successful business.)

Synonymes : motivation, determination, ambition

Contraires : apathy

Expressions courantes : drive to succeed, strong drive, sexual drive, drive and ambition

lecteur, lecteur de disque

Appareil informatique qui lit, conserve ou écrit des données sur un disque.

En anglais simple : A computer device that reads, stores, or writes information on a disk.

• My computer needs a new drive.
• She saved the files on an external drive.
• Both drives stopped working after the power failure.

Synonymes : disk drive

Expressions courantes : hard drive, disk drive, external drive, usb drive

allée

Petit chemin privé permettant d’accéder à une maison en voiture ou d’y garer un véhicule.

En anglais simple : A short private road where you park a car or reach a house.

• Your car is on the drive.
• We parked halfway along their narrow drive.
• The house has a long drive leading to the garage.

Synonymes : driveway

Expressions courantes : on the drive, a gravel drive, a narrow drive