drive at

conducir a

Conducir un vehículo a una velocidad determinada.

En inglés sencillo: To control a moving vehicle at a particular speed.

• Drive at a safe speed.
• She drove at forty kilometres an hour through the village.
• Were you driving at the speed limit?

Cómo se usa: drive at a speed (You must drive at a safe speed here.)

Expresiones frecuentes: drive at speed, drive at walking pace

querer decir

Intentar expresar una idea, a menudo sin decirla claramente.

En inglés sencillo: To try to express a particular idea, often without saying it clearly.

• What are you driving at?
• I finally understood what he was driving at.
• Your question is confusing; what exactly are you driving at?

Cómo se usa: what someone is driving at (I could not understand what she was driving at.)

Sinónimos: mean, get at

Expresiones frecuentes: drive at something, drive at a point