Sentence examples of "entre les mains de" in French
Le pauvre lapin, terrifié, gémissait entre les mains de son maître.
The poor rabbit, terrified, whimpered in the hands of its owner.
Le pauvre lapin, terrifié, gémit entre les mains de son maître.
The poor rabbit, terrified, whimpered in the hands of its owner.
La canne sert à annoncer le fait que les mains de celui qui la tient sont employées à autre chose qu'à un effort utile, et elle est donc utile comme preuve d'oisiveté.
The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.
Il vint me voir le chapeau entre les mains pour me demander un prêt.
He came to me hat in hand and asked for a loan.
Avec un bon livre entre les mains, on ne se sent jamais seul.
With a good book in your hands you need never feel lonely.
La distance entre les étoiles se mesure en années-lumière.
The distance between stars is measured in light years.
Il ne pouvait faire la différence entre les jumeaux.
He could not perceive any difference between the twins.
En tant qu'Anglais, il est particulièrement sensible aux différences entre les usages anglais et étasunien.
As an Englishman, he is particularly sensitive to the differences between English and American usage.
Chokichi sentait vivement que les gens, à mesure qu'ils vieillissent, oublient entièrement les soucis que seuls les jeunes peuvent connaître et dont ils ont eux-mêmes fait l'expérience dans leur jeunesse ; et qu'ils prennent nonchalamment cette attitude facile où ils jugent durement les circonstances des jeunes de la nouvelle génération. Il sentait qu'il y avait réellement une distance irréconciliable entre les vieux et les jeunes.
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young.
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