Sentence examples of "break in to" in English
It took a whole month to break in those new shoes.
Ça a pris tout un mois de casser ces nouvelles chaussures.
He called in to say he could not attend the meeting.
Il a appelé pour dire qu'il ne pourrait pas assister à la réunion.
Don't give in to despair just because you didn't get into the college that was at the top of your wish-list.
Ne te laisse pas aller au désespoir pour la seule raison que tu n'as pas pu être inscrit dans le collège qui était en tête de ta liste de vœux.
We all chipped in to buy our teacher a birthday present.
Nous nous cotisâmes tous pour acheter un présent d'anniversaire à notre professeur.
A leading specialist was brought in to authenticate the painting.
Un expert de premier plan fut convoqué pour authentifier le tableau.
A priest was called in to give last rites to the dying man.
Un prêtre fut convoqué pour donner les derniers sacrements au mourant.
Finally she gave in to temptation and ate the whole cake.
Finalement elle s'adonna à la tentation et mangea le gâteau en entier.
I gave in to temptation and began to smoke a cigarette.
Je cédais à la tentation et me mis à fumer une cigarette.
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