Sentence examples of "within hailing distance" in English
He must be a good walker to have walked such a long distance.
Il doit être bon marcheur pour avoir parcouru une si grande distance.
Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
Héler un taxi à Manhattan à cinq heures de l'après-midi est presque impossible.
If every user adds twenty sentences per day on Tatoeba, maybe it would be possible to reach one million sentences within Christmas.
Si chaque usager ajoute vingt phrases par jour sur Tatoeba, il serait peut-être possible d'atteindre un million de phrases d'ici Noël.
He must be a good walker to walk such a long distance.
Il doit être un bon marcheur pour avoir couvert une distance aussi longue.
Let us be fully aware of all the importance of this day, because today within the generous walls of Boulogne-sur-Mer have met not French with English, nor Russians with Polish, but people with people.
Prenons bien conscience de la gravité de la journée d'aujourd'hui, car aujourd'hui, dans les murs accueillants de Boulogne-sur-Mer, ne se réunissent pas des Français avec des Anglais, des Russes avec des Polonais, mais des hommes avec des hommes.
A lightyear is the distance that light travels in one year.
Une année-lumière est la distance que parcourt la lumière en une année.
It is utterly impossible to finish the work within a month.
Il est absolument impossible de terminer le travail endéans un mois.
Little lights were blinking on and off in the distance.
De petites lumières clignotaient dans le lointain.
It happened that I saw my friend walking in the distance.
Il se trouve que j'ai vu mon ami marcher au loin.
Everyone needs education. Society must promote public welfare with all its might, and bring education within the reach of all its citizens.
L'instruction est le besoin de tous. La société doit favoriser de tout son pouvoir les progrès de la raison publique, et mettre l'instruction à la portée de tous les citoyens.
Tom did everything within his power to save the children that were trapped in the burning building.
Tom fit tout ce qu'il put pour sauver les enfants pris au piège dans le bâtiment en flammes.
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