Sentence examples of "tir à bout portant" in French

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Il a tiré à bout portant. He fired at point blank range.
Il va lui falloir deux heures pour venir à bout de cette tâche. It will take him two hours to finish the work.
J'étais à bout de souffle. I ran out of breath.
Ma patience est à bout. My patience is worn out.
Il fut difficile de venir à bout de la tache de café. It was difficult to remove the coffee stain.
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.
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.
Cette église fut détruite par un tir d'obus. This church was destroyed by cannon fire.
Même en portant un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison. Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.
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.
Pensez-vous que le tir fut accidentel ? Do you think the shooting was accidental?
Tout homme portant un postiche craint les jours de vent. Any man wearing a toupee fears a windy day.
Il se tenait au bout de la queue. He stood at the end of the line.
On ne pense jamais qu'on ira à la guerre et qu'on finira par tomber sous un tir ami. You never think you'll go to war and end up a victim of friendly fire.
La soubrette est entrée portant un gâteau. The maid came in bearing a cake.
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