Sentence examples of "when" in English with translation "comme"

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Software is like sex: it's better when it's free. Les logiciels sont comme le sexe : c'est meilleur lorsque c'est libre.
When we saw what was happening there, we decided to leave. Comme nous vîmes ce qui se passait là, nous décidâmes de nous en aller.
When I visited their apartment, the couple was right in the middle of an argument. Comme je venais leur rendre visite à leur domicile, le couple était au milieu d'une dispute.
When a sentence is not owned by anyone, like this one, you can correct it yourself. Lorsqu'une phrase n'appartient à personne, comme celle-ci, tu peux la corriger toi-même.
When he saw that there was nothing more to see, he took his bike and rode home. Comme il vit qu'il n'y avait plus rien à voir, il prit son vélo et rentra chez lui.
When he whispered something into her ear, she moved just as he said, as if she had been hypnotized. Lorsqu'il chuchota quelque chose à son oreille, elle se déplaça conformément à ses indications, comme si elle avait été hypnotisée.
Because I wasn't looking where I was going, I bumped into him when we passed. It wasn't his fault. Comme je ne regardais pas où j'allais je me suis heurté à lui. Ce n'était pas sa faute.
Tom, as his usual, lagged at the beginning of the sentence, when Mary, already twelve words ahead of him, was now in its middle. Tom, comme à son habitude, traînait en début de phrase, tandis que Mary, déjà douze mots devant lui, se trouvait maintenant en son milieu.
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