Sentence examples of "étais à bout" in French

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Il va lui falloir deux heures pour venir à bout de cette tâche. It will take him two hours to finish the work.
Tu étais à la maison hier, n'est-ce pas ? You were at home yesterday, weren't you?
J'étais à bout de souffle. I ran out of breath.
Tu étais à moi. You were mine.
Ma patience est à bout. My patience is worn out.
Que dirais-tu si tu étais à ma place ? What would you say if you were in my place?
Il fut difficile de venir à bout de la tache de café. It was difficult to remove the coffee stain.
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. He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room.
Mettez les tables bout à bout. Put the tables end to end.
Sa vieille voiture est à bout de souffle. His old car is on its last legs.
Il est à bout de patience. His patience is worn out.
Il est à bout de force. He's on his last legs.
Il est arrivé à bout de son travail. He got through his work.
Il a tiré à bout portant. He fired at point blank range.
C'est vrai que le projet est une tâche difficile, mais M. Hara sera capable d'en venir à bout (de le mener à bien). It's true that the project is a difficult task, but Mr Hara will be able to bring it off.
Donnez-m'en un bout. Give me a tip.
Lors de mon adolescence, je détestais la vie et j'étais continuellement au bord du suicide, mais j'en étais écarté par le désir de connaître plus de mathématiques. In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics.
J'avais son nom au bout de la langue mais je ne pouvais m'en souvenir. His name was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't remember it.
As-tu déjà tellement voulu quelque chose que tu étais prêt à faire n'importe quoi pour l'obtenir ? Have you ever wanted something so much that you'd do anything to get it?
Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
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