Sentence examples of "call waiting" in English
She was waiting at the quay as the ship came in.
Elle attendait sur le quai au moment où le bateau rentra.
Can't you ever be punctual? I have been waiting here for one hour.
Ne pourrais-tu pas être ponctuel ? J'attends ici depuis une heure.
Drastic times call for drastic measures.
Les temps exceptionnels appellent des mesures exceptionnelles.
Waiting for too long for a late guest is a lack of consideration towards those guests who are present.
Attendre trop longtemps un convive retardataire est un manque d'égards pour tous ceux qui sont présents.
While we're waiting, why don't you tell me what happened?
Pendant que nous attendons, pourquoi ne me dis-tu pas ce qui s'est passé ?
No sooner had I hung up the phone than there came another call.
À peine avais-je raccroché le téléphone qu'il re-sonna.
While I was waiting for the bus, I witnessed a traffic accident.
Tandis que j'attendais le bus, j'ai assisté à un accident.
Hundreds of people were waiting outside the ticket office.
Des centaines de personnes attendaient devant le point de vente de tickets.
Waiting for too long makes most people annoyed.
Attendre trop longtemps exaspère la plupart des gens.
Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
Seul un intellectuel masculin embrumé par le désir sexuel a pu nommer le beau sexe le modèle réduit, aux épaules étroites, aux hanches larges et aux jambes courtes.
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