Sentence examples of "slip by" in English
A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
Les lapsus donnent souvent des résultats inattendus.
She let slip that she had found out about her brother's embarrassing little secret.
Elle a laissé échappé qu'elle avait découvert le petit secret embarrassant de son frère.
A slip of the tongue is sometimes fatal to a politician.
Un lapsus est parfois fatal pour les politiciens.
A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, but you say your mother.
Un lapsus révélateur, c'est quand on veut dire une chose et qu'on en dit une outre.
And then she let slip a not-so-subtle innuendo about my drinking habits.
Et puis elle a laissé échapper une allusion pas très subtile au sujet de mon penchant pour la boisson.
She walked slowly so she wouldn't slip.
Elle marcha lentement de telle sorte qu'elle ne glissât pas.
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