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BACK-SEAT DRIVING [1 record]

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Record 1 1981-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
OBS

As we neared the battery works he dropped the subject of diesel engines and returned to back-seat driving. (E. Ambler, The Levanter, Redwood Press Ltd., G.B., 1972, p. 162).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
OBS

Nous approchions de l'usine de piles. Il laissa tomber la conversation et se remit à piloter par personne interposée. (ibid., Le Levantin, Hachette, 1973, p. 190 - traduction par Michel Deutsch). Auteur: FL; 30/01/78.

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