Usage examples of "en un clin d'œil" in French with translation to English

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Il partit en un clin d'œil. He left in the blink of an eye.
Les pompiers éteignirent le feu en un clin d'œil. The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
Je vais le mettre en route en un clin d'œil. I'll have it up and running in no time.
Je vais la mettre en route en un clin d'œil. I'll have it up and running in no time.
La valeur de l'action a baissé de moitié en un mois. The price of the stock declined by half in a month.
Vous aurez beau étudier de toutes vos forces, vous n'arriverez pas à maîtriser l'anglais en un an ou deux. No matter how hard you may study, you cannot master English in a year or two.
L'eau atteignit la poutre du pont en un instant. The water came up to the bridge girder in a second.
Tom s'est rendu maître de la situation en un instant. Tom was master of the situation in no time.
S'étant efforcé de s'imposer la croyance en un système contre lequel la raison se rebelle, il la nomme déplaisamment raison humaine, comme si l'homme pouvait se donner raison à lui-même. Having endeavoured to force upon himself the belief of a system against which reason revolts, he ungratefully calls it human reason, as if man could give reason to himself.
En un sens, la vie est cruelle. Elle garde en réserve des problèmes majeurs pour chacun d'entre nous. In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.
Mon père transforma son garage en un bureau. My father converted a garage into a study.
Et en un jour, ils furent en France. Within one day, they were in France.
Nos professeurs disent que notre école est la meilleure du pays, et en un sens, c'est vrai. Our teachers say ours is the best school in the state, and in a way, it is.
Une langue étrangère ne peut être maîtrisée en un an et quelques. A foreign language cannot be mastered in a year or so.
Avec un peu d'huile de coude, on va remettre ça en état en un rien de temps. With a little elbow grease we'll have this up and running again in no time.
Un voleur professionnel peut crocheter une portière de voiture en un rien de temps. A professional thief can jimmy a car door in no time.
Attisé par un vent fort, le feu s'est répandu en un instant. Fanned by a strong wind, the fire spread in an instant.
En un sens, c'est vrai. It is true in a sense.
Les pensées se diffusent par le monde en un clin d'oeil. Around the world thoughts shall fly in the twinkling of an eye.
Il dépense en un jour les économies qu'il fait en dix ans. He spends in one day the money he has been saving for ten years.
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