Sentence examples of "by a long chalk" in English
"Are scientists close to cloning a human being?" "Not by a long shot."
«les scientifiques sont-ils sur le point de répliquer un être humain ?» «Loin de là.»
The natives were tormented by a long spell of dry weather.
Les habitants furent frappés d'une durable sécheresse.
He must be a good walker to have walked such a long distance.
Il doit être bon marcheur pour avoir parcouru une si grande distance.
He must be a good walker to walk such a long distance.
Il doit être un bon marcheur pour avoir couvert une distance aussi longue.
Hardware RAID is not managed directly by the operating system but by a dedicated card, called a RAID controller.
Le RAID matériel n'est pas géré directement par le système d'exploitation mais par une carte dédiée, appelée contrôleur RAID.
On weekends I take my dogs out for a long walk in the park.
Le week-end, j'emmène mes chiens dehors pour une longue promenade dans le parc.
Yesterday a pedestrian was run over by a truck at this pedestrian crossing.
Hier un piéton a été écrasé par un camion sur ce passage-piétons.
Last night I could not do my homework on account of a long blackout.
Je n'ai pas pu faire mes devoirs la nuit dernière, à cause d'une longue panne d'électricité.
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