Sentence examples of "pin back" in English
Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me. We long for a caring Universe which will save us from our childish mistakes, and in the face of mountains of evidence to the contrary we will pin all our hopes on the slimmest of doubts. God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist.
La capacité inébranlable de l'homme à croire ce qu'il préfère plutôt qu'à ce que les preuves démontrent être probable et possible m'a toujours stupéfié. Nous nous languissons d'un univers attentionné qui nous sauvera de nos puériles erreurs, et face à des montagnes de preuves du contraire nous allons accrocher nos espoirs aux doutes les plus minces. On n'a pas prouvé que Dieu n'existait pas, donc il doit exister.
There came a complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
Il s'est fait un silence absolu. On aurait pu entendre une mouche voler.
It reveals local executives' ambitions of bringing the region back to the top.
Cela révèle l'ambition des dirigeants locaux de redonner à la région son niveau d'excellence.
It was so still that you would have heard a pin drop.
C'était si calme qu'on aurait entendu tomber une épingle.
He made a lot of money in New York and went back to the small town where he was born.
Il se fit beaucoup d'argent à New-York et retourna dans la petite ville où il était né.
I will be back to square one and have to take the classes over.
Je serai de nouveau à la case départ et devrai reprendre les cours à zéro.
I saw your profile today at tatoeba.org and I love it. I would like to know more about you, so please email me back and I will send you some pictures of me.
J'ai vu votre profil aujourd'hui sur tatoeba.org et j'en raffole. Je voudrais mieux vous connaître, donc envoyez-moi un courriel en retour et je vous enverrai des photos de moi.
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