Sentence examples of "de plus près" in French

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Tom s'arrêta pour regarder la voiture de plus près. Tom stopped to take a close look at the car.
Il utilise un rasoir classique avec de la mousse à raser pour un rasage de plus près. He uses an old-style razor, with shaving cream, for a closer shave.
Tom, dix mots en arrière, ne voyait pas bien ce mot-ci. Mary, qui était plus près, le lui décrivit. Tom, back ten words, couldn't see very well this one. Mary, who stood closer, described it to him.
Une livraison accélérée coûtera dix dollars de plus. Expedited delivery will cost an additional ten dollars.
Sais-tu qu'Okinawa est plus près de la Chine que de Honshu ? Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?
Le ciel s'est assombri de plus en plus. The sky grew darker and darker.
La comédie est bien plus près de la vie réelle que le drame. Comedy is much closer to real life than drama.
Du coté positif, au moins de plus en plus de filles en Afghanistan se rendent-elles à l'école. On the bright side, at least more and more girls in Afghanistan are going to school.
Je connais le garçon qui est assis le plus près de la porte. I know the boy who is sitting closest to the door.
De plus en plus de jeunes gens ont recours à la chirurgie pour améliorer leur apparence physique. More and more young people are going under the knife to improve their physical appearance.
De plus en plus d'étudiants se joignent aux protestations. More and more students are joining the protests.
Elle a deux ans de plus que lui. She's two years older than him.
Nous avons marché 100 yards de plus. We walked another hundred yards.
J'ai besoin de plus de pouvoir. I need more power.
Quelque lettre qu'il m'envoie, je la déchire et la jette, rien de plus. If he sends me any letters, I just tear them up and throw them away.
Il fera de plus en plus chaud. It will get warmer and warmer.
Il produisit aussi une conclusion douteuse de plus. He also brought out one more dubious conclusion.
Une heure de plus et la dinde sera prête. One more hour and the turkey will be ready.
J'ai trois ans de plus que lui. I am older than he by three years.
Son discours devenait de plus en plus puissant à mesure qu'il progressait. His speech had more and more power as it went along.
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