Sentence examples of "at the expense of" in English
Don't obtain wealth at the expense of your conscience.
N'acquiers pas la richesse au détriment de ta conscience.
RAID-1 focuses on reliability, at the expense of storage size.
Le RAID-1 se focalise sur la fiabilité, au détriment de la capacité de stockage.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of whom listens to them.
Tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
Thanks to the development of agricultural science, world food production has managed to keep up with population growth - but only at the expense of the future.
Grâce au développement de l'agronomie, la production mondiale en nourriture a pu réussir à suivre la croissance de la population, mais seulement au détriment du futur.
Such an economic program will help the rich at the expense of the poor.
Un tel programme économique va aider les riches aux dépens des pauvres.
It's amazing that he won the championship at the age of nineteen.
C'est incroyable qu'il a gagné le championnat à l'âge de 19 ans.
Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English.
Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.
If my plane doesn't crash, and if I do not get kidnapped by organ thieves, I will drop you a line at the beginning of the week.
Si mon avion ne s'écrase pas, si je ne me fais pas enlever par des voleurs d'organes, je vous passe un coup de fil en début de semaine.
Get off at the next stop and take a bus headed to the airport.
Descends au prochain arrêt et prends un bus à destination de l'aéroport.
The remark you made at the party about Lisa's weight was totally uncalled for.
La remarque que tu as faite à la fête à propos du poids de Lisa était totalement déplacée.
The soldier saved his friend at the cost of his own life.
Le soldat a sauvé son ami au prix de sa vie.
I was surprised at the news of his sudden death.
J'ai été surpris par la nouvelle de son décès soudain.
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