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Cette route vous y **conduit**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#57608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57608) [\#463522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/463522)) - Your name, graven from stage to stage, **leads** the bold follower of your footsteps to the very centre of our planet's core, and there again we shall find your own name written with your own hand. Ton nom gravé d'étapes en étapes **conduit** droit à son but le voyageur assez audacieux pour te suivre, et, au centre même de notre planète, il se trouvera encore inscrit de ta propre main. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3572) - The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and **leads** them out. Le portier lui ouvre, et les brebis entendent sa voix; il appelle par leur nom les brebis qui lui appartiennent, et il les **conduit** dehors. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 10:3) - We are seeing today the extremes to which the lack of an effective fiscal apparatus **leads**. Nous voyons aujourd'hui à quelles extrémités **conduit** l'absence d'un appareil fiscal efficace. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1333168) - In the case of Germany, this overall assessment **leads** to the conclusions set out in this Decision. Dans le cas de l’Allemagne, cette évaluation globale **conduit** aux conclusions de la présente décision. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1996353) ## plomb Used about 5 717 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 29 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 128 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 775 · UN documents ≈ 2 763). - **Lead** is a toxic metal. Le **plomb** est un métal toxique. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#5748292](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5748292) [\#12804050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12804050)) - I have only a little **lead** sword, no longer than that.” Je n'ai qu'un petit sabre en **plomb**, pas plus long que ça. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 8521) - However the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the **lead**, L’or, l’argent, l’airain, le fer, l’étain et le **plomb**, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 31:22) - It contains two essential measures to improve water quality: a reduction in **lead** content and a reduction in pesticide levels. Deux actions essentielles sont prévues pour l'amélioration de la qualité de l'eau: une réduction de la teneur en **plomb** et une diminution du niveau des pesticides. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1667322) - 0,1 % or more of **lead**, 0,1 % ou plus de **plomb**, ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4393015) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Reckless driving will **lead** to an accident. La conduite inconsidérée provoquera un accident. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#240640](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/240640) [\#1106164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1106164)) - It is certain that the increase of divorce will **lead** to anxiety between couples, parents and children. Il est certain que l'augmentation des divorces entraînera de l'anxiété entre couples, parents et enfants. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by papabear and Barbiche0 · checked, community translation · [\#325386](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325386) [\#346979](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/346979)) - My pencil **lead** broke. La mine de mon crayon s'est brisée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#11669879](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11669879) [\#8313040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8313040)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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