Sentence examples of "mettre au point" in French
Nous fûmes réveillés, au point du jour, par le sifflement d'un train.
We were roused at daybreak by the whistle of a train.
Pour une raison ou une autre je n'arrive pas à me mettre au travail.
For some reason or other I cannot bring myself to work.
Les technologies de chiffrement ont avancé au point d'être plutôt fiables.
Encryption technology has advanced to the point where it's pretty reliable.
Je venais de me mettre au lit quand le téléphone commença à sonner.
I had hardly gotten into bed when the telephone began to ring.
Les choses en sont venues au point que je dus me cacher du propriétaire.
It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.
Allons, Jacques, c'est Noël. Tu dois te mettre au diapason des choses.
Come on Jack, it's Christmas. You've got to get into the spirit of things.
Elle n'était pas bête au point de lui raconter une telle histoire.
She knew better than to tell him such a story.
Si tu te trouves piégée par un ours dans la forêt, ta meilleure option est de te mettre au sol et de faire la morte.
If you find yourself trapped by a bear in the forest, your best bet is to drop to the ground and play dead.
Il est étonnant de constater que les Iraniens, auxquels les Arabes ont imposé l'Islam en les battant militairement, sont devenus ses plus zélés adeptes au point d'opprimer ceux du Zoroastrisme, qui est pourtant la religion de leurs propres pères. Une sorte de syndrome de Stockholm à l'échelle nationale.
It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.
Je pense qu'il est temps que je réfléchisse à me mettre au régime.
I think it's time for me to consider going on a diet.
Il n'est pas stupide au point de croire à cette histoire.
He is not such a fool as to believe that story.
Si tu te trouves piégé par un ours dans la forêt, ta meilleure option est de te mettre au sol et de faire le mort.
If you find yourself trapped by a bear in the forest, your best bet is to drop to the ground and play dead.
Thomas a retenu beaucoup de kanji au point d'être capable de lire les livres destinés aux écoliers.
Tom has memorised so many kanji that he can read books for primary school children.
Mettons les choses au point. Vous et moi ne sommes pas amis. Nous sommes alliés contre un ennemi commun.
Let's get one thing straight. You and I are not friends. We're allies against a common enemy.
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