Sentence examples of "échappa" in French
Le vieil homme échappa de justesse d'être renversé par une voiture.
The old man narrowly escaped being run over by a car.
Le sens de la vie m'a toujours échappé et je crois qu'il m'échappera toujours. Mais je l'aime quand même.
Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess it always will. But I love it just the same.
Elle a laissé échappé qu'elle avait découvert le petit secret embarrassant de son frère.
She let slip that she had found out about her brother's embarrassing little secret.
Et puis elle a laissé échapper une allusion pas très subtile au sujet de mon penchant pour la boisson.
And then she let slip a not-so-subtle innuendo about my drinking habits.
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