Translation of "vent de travers" to English

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Dictionary translations for "vent de travers"

le vent de travers m noun

pl. vents de travers

side wind (Engineering)

wind abeam (Sport)

Contexts with "vent de travers"

Elle a eu vent de ses intentions. She had the wind of his true intentions.

Je me suis rendu à la salle de gym depuis six mois maintenant, mais je dois faire quelque chose de travers, parce que je ne vois aucune amélioration. I've been going to the gym for six months now but I must be doing something wrong because I still don't see any improvement.

Le ciel devenait de plus en plus sombre et le vent de plus en plus violent. The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder.

Le vocable « théorie » est souvent employé de travers. The word "theory" is often misused.

La guerre en Irak est un sujet explosif de débat politique ; un mot de travers et une dispute enflammée pourrait éclater. The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.

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