Sentence examples of "from century to century" in English
The Viking expansion from the 9th century onwards reached areas such as Normandy, Galicia, Andalusia, Sicily and Crimea.
L'expansion viking à partir du 9e siècle a atteint des régions telles que la Normandie, la Galice, l'Andalousie, la Sicile et la Crimée.
The French language, by the way, is a clear stream that affected writers have never been, and will never be able to ripple. Each century has thrown in this limpid current its fashions, its pretentious archaisms and its preciousness, without anything surfacing from those useless attempts, those powerless efforts. The nature of this language is to be clear, logical and nervous. It won't let itself be weakened, obscured or corrupted.
La langue française, d’ailleurs, est une eau pure que les écrivains maniérés n’ont jamais pu et ne pourront jamais troubler. Chaque siècle a jeté dans ce courant limpide ses modes, ses archaïsmes prétentieux et ses préciosités, sans que rien surnage de ces tentatives inutiles, de ces efforts impuissants. La nature de cette langue est d’être claire, logique et nerveuse. Elle ne se laisse pas affaiblir, obscurcir ou corrompre.
Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century.
Le tennis fut d'abord pratiqué en France au treizième siècle.
Shall I fetch your glasses from the living room, Dad?
Voulez-vous que j'aille chercher vos lunettes dans la salle à manger, père ?
Picasso is considered the greatest painter of the twentieth century.
Picasso est considéré comme le plus grand peintre du vingtième siècle.
Asked from what country he came, he replied, "I am a citizen of the world."
Lorsqu'on lui demanda de quel pays il venait, il répondit: "Je suis citoyen du monde."
Islam emerged in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century.
L'Islam émergea au septième siècle dans la péninsule arabique.
He studied the scientists considered to be the most significant of the 19th century.
Il a étudié les scientifiques qui lui paraissaient important au 19e siècle.
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Le temps n'a aucune division qui marque son passage, il n'y a jamais de tempête ni d'éclat des trompettes pour annoncer le début d'un nouveau mois ou d'une nouvelle année. Même lorsqu'un siècle commence, ce ne sont que nous, mortels, qui faisons sonner les cloches et envoyons des salves de fusils.
His bravery to save the child from drowning is above praise.
Sa bravoure pour sauver l'enfant de la noyade est au-delà des éloges.
In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.
Tout ceci a changé au cours du vingtième siècle.
Do you know how far it is from the station to city hall?
Sais-tu quelle est la distance entre la gare et l'hôtel de ville ?
Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.
Même à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, les marins de la marine britannique n'étaient pas autorisés à utiliser des couteaux et des fourchettes parce que c'était considéré comme un signe de faiblesse.
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