Sentence examples of "hitting action" in English
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action.
Si toute votre vie vous vous abstenez du meurtre, du vol, de la fornication, du parjure, du blasphème et de l'outrecuidance envers vos parents, votre église et votre roi, on vous considérera conventionnellement comme digne d'admiration morale, même si vous n'avez jamais fait un seul geste gentil ou généreux.
Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.
Christophe Colomb était connu pour arrêter habituellement son réveille-matin d'un puissant coup de poing. Malheureusement, en ce temps là, son réveille-matin était son Second.
It's like he has this special skill of hitting pressure points.
C'est comme s'il avait ce don particulier d'appuyer là ou ça fait mal.
Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
Une fois, quand j'étais allé chez mon ami Kawai, il tira avec un pistolet. Il pensait qu'il n'était pas chargé et il visa ma bouche, mais il l'était et la balle rasa mon oreille avant de frapper la garde-robe.
If they hope to make us yield by hitting us, they're wrong. Shame on the timid who are afraid! But more shame on the cowards who profit from our misery.
S'ils prétendent nous faire fléchir en nous frappant, ils se trompent. Honte aux timides qui ont peur! Honte surtout aux lâches qui exploitent nos misères.
All we need now is action, not discussion.
Tout ce dont nous avons besoin maintenant est l'action, pas la discussion.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
À chaque action correspond une réaction égale et opposée.
He's trying to muscle in on my territory and get a piece of the action.
Il tente de s'immiscer sur mon territoire et d'obtenir une part du gâteau.
Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy.
Sans un instant d'hésitation, ils prirent des mesures draconiennes contre la conspiration.
One must act as a man of thought and think as a man of action.
Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action.
Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.
Bien qu'ils payent un service de traducteur dans l'idée d'une action positive, très peu de minorités sont embauchées en réalité.
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