Sentence examples of "when" in English with translation "alors que"
She arrived when we were about to leave.
Elle est arrivée alors que nous étions sur le point de partir.
He brought me coffee, when I had asked for tea.
Il m'a apporté un café, alors que j'avais demandé un thé.
I have been to Australia once when I was in college.
Je suis allé en Australie une fois alors que j'étais à l'université.
The vase on my desk overturned when I jumped up in surprise.
Le vase sur mon pupitre se renversa alors que je sursautai.
It's amazing that so many people cross this street when the light is red.
C'est fou, tous ces gens qui traversent la rue alors que le feu est rouge.
That's when we learned that the main post office was on fire and that they had kidnapped our president.
C'est alors que nous avons appris que la poste centrale était en feu et qu'ils avaient kidnappé notre président.
You know you have a problem when you light up a cigarette while you already have one lit in the ashtray.
Tu sais que t'as un problème quand tu allumes une cigarette alors que t'en as déjà une allumée sur le cendrier.
I wondered to hear her talking of death, when, to all appearance, she seemed as well as we had ever seen her.
J'étais confus de l'entendre ainsi parler de mort, alors que, selon toutes les apparences, elle semblait aussi bien portante qu'on ne l'ait jamais vue.
Mary argued that Tom stood three words ahead of her, although when he turned back, he saw that, between she and he, there were only two.
Mary prétendait que Tom était trois mots devant lui, alors que quand il se retourna, il vit qu'entre elle et lui, il n'y en avait bien que deux.
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