Sentence examples of "not so long ago ," in English
What makes one sad about love, it is not so much to not be loved when you love, but to still be loved when you do not love anymore.
Ce qui rend malheureux en amour, c'est moins de ne pas être aimé quand on aime, que d'être encore aimé quand on n'aime plus.
Long long ago, there lived a pretty girl.
Il y a très, très longtemps vivait une belle petite fille.
These days, when people emigrate, it is not so much in search of sunshine, or food, or even servants.
De nos jours, quand les gens émigrent, ce n'est pas tant en quête de soleil, ou de nourriture, ou même de serviteurs.
Long, long ago, there lived an old man and his wife.
Il y a très très longtemps vivaient un vieil homme et sa femme.
Oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it.
Les océans divisent moins le monde qu'ils ne l'unissent.
Long, long ago, there lived an old king on a small island.
Il y a très, très longtemps vivait un vieux roi sur une petite île.
We finally meet. I have been waiting for this day for so long.
Enfin nous nous rencontrons. J'attends ce jour depuis si longtemps.
Eriko worked so long and so hard, without stopping to eat, that I feared she would faint.
Eriko travailla si longtemps et si fort, sans s'arrêter pour manger, que j'eus peur qu'elle ne défaille (s'évanouisse).
It is not so much the heat as the humidity that makes me tired.
Ce n'est pas tant la chaleur que l'humidité qui me fatigue.
Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.
On dit que les baleines vivaient sur la terre il y a longtemps.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long, by so many, to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve, to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
C'est la réponse qui a conduit ceux auxquels tant de gens disaient depuis si longtemps d'être cynique et craintif et dubitatif sur ce que l'on peut accomplir, à prendre en mains l'arc de l'histoire et à le tendre une fois de plus vers l'espoir d'un meilleur jour.
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