Sentence examples of "fob off" in English
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.
Make sure that the lights are turned off before you leave.
Assurez-vous que les lumières sont éteintes avant de partir.
Many kiss the hand they wish to cut off.
Nombreux sont ceux qui baisent la main qu'ils souhaitent trancher.
It has been raining on and off since the day before yesterday.
Il a plu par intermittences depuis avant-hier.
Starting off, first on the agenda is about this morning's two-in-a-bed ruckus.
Pour commencer, le premier point à l'ordre du jour est ce remue-ménage au sujet des lits partagés de ce matin.
You're not a serious mathematician unless you crumple up a piece of paper in frustration every twenty minutes, look off into space, and appear to be questioning your very existence.
Vous n'êtes pas un vrai mathématicien à moins que vous ne froissiez un morceau de papier tous les vingt minutes en signe d'exaspération, regardiez en l'air et sembliez mettre en question jusqu'à votre propre existence.
Our project didn't get off the ground until he joined the company.
Notre projet n'a pas décollé jusqu'à ce qu'il rejoigne l'entreprise.
Little lights were blinking on and off in the distance.
De petites lumières clignotaient dans le lointain.
Women's faces are often more beautiful when they take their clothes off, for they then stop thinking about their external appearance.
Le visage des femmes est souvent plus beau, quand elles retirent leurs vêtements, car elles ne pensent alors plus du tout à leur apparence extérieure.
If you really want to get to know a place you have to go off the beaten track.
Si vous voulez vraiment apprendre à connaître un endroit, vous devez sortir des sentiers battus.
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