English to French Meaning of abreast - au fait

Abreast :

au fait

adverb

aux côtés de, le long de, cote à cote, au fait

Abreast :: courant

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Definitions of abreast in English

Adjective(1) being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
Adverb(1) alongside each other, facing in the same direction

Examples of abreast in English

(1) We set out along a series of paths just wide enough for two horses to walk abreast .(2) You can see them walking three abreast and you have to walk into the road to get past.(3) Mr Gonsell spends half an hour a day reading the New York Times and Washington Post to keep abreast with international news.(4) the cart came abreast of the Americans in their rickshaw(5) A tiny arched drawbridge spanned the channel, wide enough for two people to walk abreast .(6) The secret passage was wide enough for three or four men to walk abreast .(7) Conveying a fluid sense of motion, simple outlines portray two lions walking abreast .(8) They often, too, ride two abreast , causing car drivers to swerve to the other side of the road to pass them.(9) So when two cyclists - one of my other pet peeves - cut him off by riding two abreast , I kindly offered to open the passenger door and clean them up for him.(10) they were riding three abreast(11) It is virtually impossible to walk two abreast along the pavement and for wheelchairs and pushchairs it is a complete nightmare.(12) There are the people who walk three abreast and really slowly forcing you to lower your pace until you spot a chance to get around them.(13) keeping abreast of developments(14) Cyclists may feel a little more inclined to use the towpath if pedestrians did not walk four abreast and refuse to give way until the last minute and dog walkers kept their dogs on a short lead and cleaned up after their dogs.(15) Before them stretched a long corridor, allowing only three people to walk abreast .(16) Everyone is entitled to walk the streets of the town - but not to take them over and walk four and five abreast .

Related Phrases of abreast

(1) keep abreast of ::

se tenir au courant des

(2) abreast of ::

au courant des

(3) be abreast ::

être au courant

Related Phrases of abreast

(1) keep abreast of ::

se tenir au courant des

(2) abreast of ::

au courant des

(3) be abreast ::

être au courant

Synonyms

Adjective

1. au fait ::

au fait

2. au courant ::

au courant

Adverb

3. in a row ::

dans une rangée

4. side by side ::

cote à cote

5. alongside ::

aux côtés de

6. level ::

niveau

7. beside each other ::

à côté de l'autre

8. shoulder to shoulder ::

épaule contre épaule

Different Forms

abreast

Word Example from TV Shows

three men ABREAST,

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 5

Examples of abreast from TV Shows

three men ABREAST,

Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 5

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