Sentence examples of "à bout de souffle" in French

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J'étais à bout de souffle. I ran out of breath.
Sa vieille voiture est à bout de souffle. His old car is on its last legs.
Il est à bout de patience. His patience is worn out.
Il va lui falloir deux heures pour venir à bout de cette tâche. It will take him two hours to finish the work.
Il est à bout de force. He's on his last legs.
Il est arrivé à bout de son travail. He got through his work.
Il fut difficile de venir à bout de la tache de café. It was difficult to remove the coffee stain.
Mon attitude vis-à-vis des virgules est physiologique ; plus j'ai de souffle, moins j'ai besoin de virgules. My attitude to the comma is physiological; the more breath I have, the fewer commas I use.
Ils y avaient songé depuis un bout de temps. They had been thinking about it for some time.
Il a tiré à bout portant. He fired at point blank range.
Qui est assis là à l'autre bout de la table ? Who is sitting at the other end of the table?
Mettez les tables bout à bout. Put the tables end to end.
Ça fait un bout de temps qu'on ne t'a pas vu. We haven't seen you in a while.
C'est vrai que le projet est une tâche difficile, mais M. Hara sera capable d'en venir à bout (de le mener à bien). It's true that the project is a difficult task, but Mr Hara will be able to bring it off.
Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
Ma patience est à bout. My patience is worn out.
Afin d'écrire, donnez-moi un petit bout de papier. Give me some paper to write on.
Mes lunettes glissent constamment au bout de mon nez. My glasses keep slipping down my nose.
J'ai le mot sur le bout de la langue. The word is on the tip of my tongue.
Sers-toi un bout de gâteau. Please help yourself to the cake.
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