advance

We were advancing more slowly than at the beginning.
Nous avancions plus lentement qu’au début.
He claimed at all the above steps were advancing the Palestinians' joining the ICC (Voice of Palestine, October 28, 2014).
Il a affirmé que toutes les étapes ci-dessus rapprochaient les Palestiniens d'une "adhésion à la CPI" (Radio Voix de la Palestine, 28 octobre 2014).
In view of the rapid advance of the Fascists, who had broken through the front and were advancing with lightning speed towards Catalonia, they were urgently needed.
On en avait un besoin urgent vu l'avance rapide des fascistes qui avaient rompu le front, et avançaient avec une vitesse foudroyante vers la Catalogne.
He was assigned the mission of assassinating me when our forces were advancing towards Santiago de Cuba, Holguín, Las Villas and the western part of Cuba.
Evaristo Venereo rentra ensuite à Cuba. Il avait reçu la mission de m’assassiner quand nos forces avançaient déjà sur Santiago de Cuba, Holguín, Las Villas et l’Ouest.
As they were advancing to the right in order to relieve him, they were themselves met by the auxiliaries on the Persian right, and checked in their progress.
Pendant qu'ils avançaient vers le droit afin de le soulager, ils eux-mêmes ont été rencontrés par les auxiliaires sur la droite persane, et ont signé leur progrès.
Many of the stavloi, beginning as very humble and primitive homes, were advancing to a sport ter condition; each with its vine, its paved court or terrace to sit on, its pots of flowers ranged in a row, its own lovely view.
Beaucoup du stavloi, commençant en tant que maisons très humbles et primitives, avançaient à une meilleure condition ; chacun avec sa vigne, sa cour pavée ou terrasse à reposer dessus, ses pots de fleurs s'est étendu dans une rangée, sa propre belle vue.
While we were resting in our billets, the enemy troops were advancing.
Pendant que nous nous reposions dans nos cantonnements, les troupes ennemies avançaient.
The soldiers on the left flank had broken ranks and were advancing in droves to the battlefield.
Les soldats du flanc gauche avaient rompu les rangs et avançaient en masse vers le champ de bataille.
The Fascists were advancing by as much as 15 or 20 kilometres a day.
Les fascistes avançaient parfois de 15 à 20 kilomètres par jour.
Also important were advancing non-market objectives of universal access and consumer protection.
Elle cherchait également à promouvoir la réalisation des objectifs non commerciaux qu'étaient l'accès universel et la protection des consommateurs.
When Kolchak and Denikin were advancing from Siberia and the South, the peasants were on their side.
Quand Koltchak et Dénikine marchaient sur nous, venant de Sibérie et du Sud, les paysans étaient pour eux.
We should stop seeing Parliament as if it were advancing goodness knows what dangerous demands and impossible requests.
Il faut que l'on cesse de croire que le Parlement affiche Dieu sait quelles dangereuses prétentions et qu'il présente d'impossibles requêtes.
As I looked up at Heaven the Yasaka tower looked magnificent and as if it were advancing towards me.
Tandis que je regardais en haut le ciel la tour de Yasaka parut magnifique et comme si elle fût en train d’avancer vers moi.
During the day, however, telegraphic reports informed us that the Germans had opened an offensive, had seized our military supplies and were advancing in the direction of Dvinsk.
Cependant, dans le courant de la journée, des dépêches nous apprirent que les Allemands avaient repris l'offensive, qu'ils s'étaient emparés de notre matériel de guerre et s'avançaient sur Dvinsk.
With improved weather conditions, Government sources reported that the Angolan Armed Forces took Cuemba, Munhango and Luando areas, and were advancing towards Quirima and Sautar.
De source officielle, l'amélioration des conditions météorologiques a permis aux forces armées angolaises de prendre les régions de Cuemba, Munhango et Luando et de progresser vers Quirima et Sautar.
How could it happen that the Bolsheviks, who were advancing towards a Republic of Soviets, at the same time demanded that the Provisional Government should immediately convene the Constituent Assembly?
Comment se faitil que les bolcheviks, en marchant vers la République soviétiste, aient en même temps exigé du Gouvernement provisoire la convocation immédiate de l'Assemblée constituante ?
I must stress that the position taken by the Commission during the conciliation - and we were advancing various proposals in this regard - was that, as I said before, any solution or any compromise that could be reached had to be implementable.
J'insiste sur le fait que, pendant la conciliation, la Commission a maintenu la position selon laquelle tout compromis conclu devait être réalisable. Nous avons d'ailleurs fait plusieurs propositions à cet égard.
The Yankee cavalry were advancing on Atlanta.
La cavalerie yankee avançait sur Atlanta.
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