Sentence examples of "something other" in English
Should this be understood in something other than the literal sense?
Ceci devrait-il être compris différemment de son sens littéral ?
She is always complaining about something or other.
Elle se plaint toujours d'une chose ou d'une autre.
He is complaining about something or other all the time.
Il se plaint tout le temps d'une chose ou l'autre.
I also gave him a little something as a Christmas present the other day.
Je lui ai aussi donné un petit quelque chose comme cadeau de Noël l'autre jour.
If someone who doesn't know your background says that you sound like a native speaker, it means they probably noticed something about your speaking that made them realize you weren't a native speaker. In other words, you don't really sound like a native speaker.
Si quelqu'un qui ne connaît pas vos antécédents dit que vous parlez comme un locuteur natif, cela veut dire qu'il a probablement remarqué quelque chose à propos de votre élocution qui l'a fait prendre conscience que vous n'êtes pas un locuteur natif. En d'autres termes, vous ne parlez pas vraiment comme un locuteur natif.
If we can't get the money in any other way, we can, as a last resort, sell the car.
Si on ne peut pas obtenir l'argent de quelconque autre manière, on peut, en dernier recours, vendre la voiture.
He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room.
Il ne pouvait s'empêcher de voir que tu étais à peu près cinq fois plus jolie que toutes les autres femmes dans la pièce.
I completely forgot to make something for us to eat.
J'ai complètement oublié de préparer quelque chose à manger pour nous.
He keeps two cats: one is black, and the other white.
Il a deux chats : l'un est noir et l'autre blanc.
You shouldn't depend too much on other people to help you.
Tu ne devrais pas trop dépendre d'autres gens pour t'aider.
We were hoping something interesting would happen.
Nous espérions que quelque chose d'intéressant surviendrait.
There are no other choices than postponing our departure.
Il n'y a aucune autre possibilité que de remettre notre départ.
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